Staff Nurse - ED

Exciting opportunities have arisen within our Emergency Department for band 5 Staff Nurses The department has had several exciting developments including a new resuscitation room and dynamic CT scanner. These have helped ensure that we are at the forefront of emergency care, delivering optimum services for trauma patients and CVA pathways, as well as other emergencies. Successful applicants will benefit from our new starter pathway including supernumerary shifts throughout, robust buddy system to ensure consistency and support for as long as required. This will enable you to develop a range of clinical skills and competencies to support your career in emergency care. You will need to show a basic understanding of local and national initiatives in order to help the department meet the Emergency Care Four Hour Standard, whilst ensuring the delivery of high standards of nursing care. You will develop your skills through preceptorship and formal educational development within this busy dynamic area. We pride ourselves on being a supportive and inclusive department that can actively help nurses embark on or further progress a career in emergency care.

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.