Emergency Department Major Trauma Lead Nurse

This innovative role has been developed to support the Emergency Department (ED) and inpatient specialties in managing those patients presenting with a Traumatic Injury.

The post holder will be a senior clinical presence within the ED and on inpatient wards and will participate in the management and delivery of care to these patients., The Trauma Lead Nurse should be informed and attend major trauma patient attendances within their designated working hours ensuring and monitoring compliance with trauma pathways.

The Trauma Lead Nurse will collect information regarding trauma calls, which have occurred whilst they are not present and have an overview of all major Trauma patients.

The Lead Nurse will ensure effective coordination of the plan of care for all major trauma patients in the organisation regardless of which speciality they are admitted under.

The Lead Nurse should acts as single point of contact for liaison with Major Trauma Centre's (MTC) and Trauma Unit's (TU) to arrange repatriations/transfers as per policy.

Safety, Quality and service development including the Investigation and coordination of trauma-related incidents including the facilitation and dissemination of shared learning.

Represents the Trust at regional/network level and lead on network wide audits.

Participate in the development of local guidelines and monitor compliance.

Coordinate staff training in relation to management of trauma (i.e. equipment, ATLS, PILS etc. in conjunction with the ED Practice Facilitator.

Organise and facilitate stakeholder events as required including quarterly stakeholder meetings.

Development of Trauma-related KPI's and compliance.

The lead nurse will be a member of the ED clinical team and as such may be expected to assist in general nursing duties during times of extreme demand.

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.