Senior Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

Senior Staff Nurse - Emergency Department Band 6

Main area: Accident & Emergency

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent and fixed term until 30th November 2025

Hours:

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 293-EMRS2-0397

Site: Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Town: London

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 02/01/:59

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Job Overview

We are excited to announce there is an opportunity for Senior Staff Nurses to join our OUTSTANDING Emergency Department in the heart of East London.

You will be joining a team that is one of the highest performing Emergency Departments in the UK, achieving consistently good clinical engagement, patient flow, and an OUTSTANDING rating at CQC.

As a dynamic and forward-thinking Emergency Department, we are committed to providing excellent leadership to our Nursing team. We are currently seeking to employ a Senior Staff Nurse.

We are looking for an ED Nurse with significant experience at Band 5 in the specialty. Evidence of organizational and leadership potential as well as a commitment to teaching and facilitating training is essential. You will also need an understanding of recent developments in Emergency Nursing and be able to translate and implement this into quality nursing care.

You will be supported by a dedicated team of practice development nurses, senior nurses, and a strong education ethos. We will deliver a key career pathway and emergency nursing specialty training to give you grounding in your career. Please review the attached document 'career development pathway for ED Nurses' for more information.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their clinical knowledge of ED nursing and translate this into effective nursing practice in a leadership role within this challenging environment. They will need to be highly motivated, energetic, hardworking, proactive, and committed to their own professional development.

• Act as an independent practitioner while providing advanced clinical practice in the assessment and management of patients in the Emergency Department.
• Demonstrate an advanced level of leadership and operational management, ensuring nursing and medical staff at all levels feel supported.
• Independently manage the Department on a shift-to-shift basis in the absence of a Band 7 Senior Sister.
• Assist in the development of educational needs of all staff and act as a clinical mentor to junior staff.
• Advise on the promotion of health and prevention of illness.

Internal rotation: days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays; part-time hours considered.

Working for Our Organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high-performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City, and beyond.

We are extremely proud that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures, and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification Education / Qualification

• Registered Nurse
• Post Registration A&E Nursing Course
• Post Registration Teaching and Assessing Course
• ALS course

Skills / Abilities

• Leadership potential and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to use influencing and negotiating skills to direct own staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Able to demonstrate good management skills and contribute to the development of the service.
• Able to give feedback to staff and support them.
• Able to adapt to and implement change with support.

Experience

• Substantive post-registration experience in accident and emergency at Band 5.

Knowledge

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues.
• Advanced clinical knowledge.

Other Requirements

• Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act.
• Capable of carrying out physical activities as required.
• Able to work flexibly to meet service needs.

Trust Values

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working, and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.