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Location

King's Lynn, Norfolk | United Kingdom

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Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the newly developed division of Urgent and Emergency Care for the position of Junior Sister/Registered Practitioner in our Emergency Department.

You will work with all members of the department clinical teams & within the wider multidisciplinary team. You will maintain a high standard of patient care working alongside the senior sister/ registered practitioner in charge & accepting delegated responsibility for the provision of professional & managerial leadership for the patients in the Emergency Department.

At all times, you will work in accordance with the principles governed by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) / Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Trust Policies. You will participate in developing action plans, protocols and pathways to ensure continuous quality improvement for the service, contributing to the strategic development of patient & health care services. You will deputise for the senior sister/registered practitioner in charge as appropriate, while the senior nurse / senior registered practitioner in charge will be in the department. Encourage staff to embrace a culture of change & to ensure that there is commitment to achieving & sustaining high standards of patient care and clinical practice.

As the successful applicant, you will support the Senior Sisters / Senior Paramedic and Charge Nurses / Registered Practitioner in Charge in delivering safe patient care and maintaining high quality standards within these areas. You will also be involved in ensuring that the department meets its Key Performance Indicators; whilst ensuring that care is delivered in a compassionate manner within the Emergency Department.

We are looking for someone who is positive, progressive and forward thinking. Therefore, you will be enthusiastic, flexible and committed to delivering high quality care for our patients. Management and team leadership skills are necessary but not essential as training will be provided.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.

In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the job role.

This vacancy is for Registered Nurses withfull NMC registration in the UK. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.

However, we do support Internationally Trained Nurses with their OSCE through the Norfolk and Waveney Recruitment [email protected]. Please note that we adhere to the NHS Code of Practice and cannot recruit from ‘red list countries’

This advert closes on Monday 26 Feb 2024

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