Emergency Care Nurse/Paramedic

·
Full time
·
Job offered by: NHS
·
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

This is a great time to join our team and make a difference. Kingston Hospital is a high performing and clinically led acute hospital providing healthcare to around 350,000 people in South West London and North West Surrey. Emergency Medicine is a critical service for us and our Emergency Department is a vital part of the community that cares for around 106,000 patients every year. We are looking for an Emergency Care Nurse/Paramedic to join our team, to provide exceptional clinical leadership to the service line. The service line is growing rapidly and has had a recent investment of over £4 million to expand its resus and majors areas including a newly designed dementia friendly zone, dedicated paediatric resus cubicle and new Resus Team of Nurses and Paramedics, as well as the new co-located Urgent Treatment Centre which opened in November 2017. It is an exciting time for Kingston Emergency Department with the introduction of the new role of an Emergency Care Nurse to work (predominately) within the Resuscitation room. As an ECN/Paramedic, you should have substantial emergency care experience, a detailed understanding of recent developments in emergency medicine and be able to translate and implement this into quality patient care. Applicants should have a mentorship qualification/experience and must have completed ILS. Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide leadership in the Resuscitation room undertaking the role of the Resuscitation room lead. This will provide specialist emergency nursing advice to co-workers and juniors working throughout the department. The role is to work primarily, but not exclusively, in the resuscitation area. Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document and person spec which contains more information about the role. Person Specification

Qualifications

NMC Level 1 Registered Nurse or Paramedic qualification Relevant post registration clinically specialty qualification (ie ICU or ED nursing course or equivalent) Experience

Relevant post registration experience; within critical/high dependency care or ED Ability to work independently and as part of a team Skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills Knowledge

Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment Clear understanding of safeguarding procedures Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust £42,939 to £50,697 a year inclusive of HCAS (15%) pro rata

#J-18808-Ljbffr

Recent Jobs

London (On site) · Full time

Are you a smart, driven professional who takes pride in making a difference in local communities? Turner & Townsend’s Real Estate division is experiencing significant growth and we’re looking for an experienced industry professional with health project experience to join our high-performing and collaborative Project Management team. Why Join Us? Impactful Work: Contribute to social [...]Read More... from Assistant Project Manager – Healthcare See details

Chasetown (On site) · Full time

My client, Autosmart International are a manufacturing success story! Site Operations Manager – leading fast-paced manufacturing and warehousing About Our Client Autosmart International is a manufacturing success story, leading the field in vehicle cleaning products. We are the No.1 choice of automotive trade customers across the UK. We have doubled in size in the last [...]Read More... from Site Operations Manager See details

London (On site) · Full time

CSS are looking for an experienced duty officer to join our client’s team who are a local council responsible for all areas within the Tendering district. Working hours: All shifts are 8 hours long with various start times available: Monday to Friday – start times between 6AM – 3PM Saturday & Sunday – 6AM – [...]Read More... from Duty Officer See details