Staff Nurse – SACU Job Vacancy in Hebburn, England, UK

Job summary

The post holder will provide high quality care and work towards developing and working within a cohesive multidisciplinary team. The expectations within this job description will be met through, hands on clinical practice, education and training, and research. The post holder will be caring and compassionate with patients, relatives and staff, and will actively listen, understand and respond to the patients’ needs and improve and innovate for patient safety. You will provide highly skilled assistance in all and act as a professional member of the team. The initial objectives of the post will be reviewed with the post holder on an annual basis.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a motivated surgical band 5 Registered Nurses with sound knowledge and evidenced based practice to join the Surgical Ambulatory Care Unit at St Helier Hospital.

SACU is a busy but friendly assessment unit for adult urology and general surgical patients who present via GP referrals, transfers from the Emergency Department, clinic referrals as well as a nurse led dressing clinic for complex surgical wounds.

The unit is open 8am-8pm seven days a week consisting of 8 bed spaces/chairs together with clinical treatment areas. The surgical team comprises of Registered Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, surgical clinicians and Health Care Assistants.

The successful candidate would be expected to liaise closely with all surgical teams within SACU and the clinical site team, to ensure a smooth pathway through the hospital.

Shifts include Long days, Bank holidays and weekends.

If you are a surgical nurse with a keen interest to develop your autonomy and surgical skills further , we would welcome your application.

About us

Welcome to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynecologyto over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospitaland St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. We are also part of two innovative integrated care partnerships – Sutton Health and Careand Surrey Downs Health and Care. St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unitand Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E)and Maternity services (Obstetrics). With nearly 900,000 people coming to our hospitals for care and treatment every year, our almost 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep our busy hospitals running smoothly.

As teaching hospitals, we play a key role in the education and training of tomorrow’s doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Both sites work in partnership with St George’s Hospital and St George’s Medical School in south London to deliver high quality education and research.