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Job overview

To support and deputise for the ED Nurse in Charge / Team Leader with the objective of providing high quality nursing care ensuring effective management of staff and resources. To carry out day to day management and co-ordination of the department. To participate in the support and professional development of all staff.

Main duties of the job

Are you looking for a challenge and excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative environment?

We are seeking experienced adult nurses to join our Emergency Department team as senior staff nurses there is also potential for secondment opportunity too.

You will have extensive experience with emergency care, including triage and resuscitation and be able to provide first-rate care to critically ill patients. We are seeking emerging leaders for our department, who will be willing to take on projects, develop and teach junior staff and drive LINK nurse initiatives.

We see a wide variety of patients, from those with primary care issues in our ED injuries unit, to trauma patients seen in the designated Major Trauma Centre for southwest London. You will need to be comfortable and competent to work in all areas of the department.

This is an excellent opportunity to expand your skills and be part of an evolving and developing service. Please read the job description carefully to ensure that you meet the experience criteria.

Working for our organisation

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.