Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Aintree for dynamic Staff Nurses to join our established team of highly motivated and committed nursing staff within Our Stroke Emergency Assessment Centre. The unit area offer a supportive working environment alongside opportunities to develop individual clinical competence. It is an excellent unit to learn if you are starting your nursing career and to continue to develop your knowledge base, if you have more experience. Providing high quality nursing care within the unit the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, team working skills and dedicated to improving the patients experience. You will need to demonstrate continuing professional development and a strong commitment to develop others and work closely within a Multi-disciplinary team. Full time post. Day and night work.

Main duties of the job
Working with in a emergency setting. Working alongside stroke nurse clinicians, Stroke Consultants, radiologists. Working closely with MDT team. The successful candidate must be driven to develop new skills and knowledge whilst always keeping the patient at the centre of what they do. They must be a positive role model and lead by example. Applicants must possess excellent communication skills, have a flexible working approach and a willingness to work as part of a forward thinking team, as well as a strong commitment to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and their relatives/carers.

About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Job responsibilities

• Participate in maintaining a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for all patients and carers and maintain agreed standards of nursing care.
• Determines nursing priorities and plans patient care. Informs the nurse incharge when changes in circumstances may affect patient care.
• Maintain nursing records in accordance with the NMC and Trust guidelines.
• Maintain and improve quality of patient care through contribution to the development of Essence of Care and clinical benchmarking within the unit.
• Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients.
• Providing information and support to patients/carers, and ensuring all those involved in the care are aware of changes in the patients condition.
• Assist in the safe custody, checking and administration of drugs.
• To develop the clinical knowledge and skills to care for acutely ill patients admitted via both planned route.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Diploma in Nursing

Desirable

• Mentorship/teaching qualification
• Post registration qualification in relevant specialty

Experience
Essential

• Post registration experience and successful completion of band 5 foundation gateway competencies Recent acute hospital experience (including as a student nurse)
• Experience within relevant clinical setting
• Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment.
• Evidence of working with students

Desirable

• Recent acute hospital experience (including as a student nurse)

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of current nursing issues and clinical governance
• Demonstrates awareness of own limitations

Skills
Essential

• Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to support less experienced staff
• Ability to problem solve
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

Other
Essential

• Supportive of colleagues
• Ability to work in changing environments
• Committed to high standards of patient care
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Maintain both personal and professional development
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).