Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: full time
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 326-7239991-SL
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/07/2025
Employer heading
Practice Dev Nurse-ED
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity is now available in the Emergency Department (ED) Medicine Division for a Practice Development Nurse (PDN). This is an exciting opportunity for an interested B7/B6 who is looking to develop their training and practice development skills. Whilst the PDN role is a challenging one, you will be supported primarily by the Matrons, and another PDN's within the team and Consultants. You will be working alongside a supportive team of Band 7’s who have a wealth of skills & knowledge within in respective areas of practice.
We are looking for someone who has a strong track record of leading and managing staff and who has the ability to inspire and motivate those around them to deliver the highest standards of patient care. The PDN is expected to work autonomously and is responsible for supporting ED Nursing Staff to ensure the consistent delivery of evidence based, safe and effective nursing care, infection prevention, safeguarding and patient flow standards within the division.
The role provides direct leadership to ensure that the Charge Nurses, staff nurses and healthcare assistants are supported, allowing them to implement the nursing and quality strategy and provide person-cantered care, meeting the needs of patients and their families.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
- We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information, regarding the role please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.
Person specification
criteria
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- • A complete and accurate application
- • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- • Evidence of essential experience for role
- • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Viranga Brooks
- Job title
- Associate Divisional Chief Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737768511 Bleep 502
- Additional information
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