Staff Nurse

Job summary

Our Acute Medical Unit is looking for Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our already established nursing team.

As a Band 5 registered nurse on AMU you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care, working collaboratively with our multi-disciplinary team in providing patient-centered care.

You will be an approachable, pro-active and a dedicated nurse with sound clinical skills. We are looking for someone who thrives in a busy, challenging environment. You will also possess excellent communication skills, time management and organizational skills.

The post holder will be responsible as a registered nurse to always act in the best interests of our patients. You should have the ability to work autonomously as well as being accountable for your own actions and decisions. You will be required to be open, transparent and trustworthy.

The post holder will ensure the effective delivery of service to patients within the Trust by working in line with Trust protocols and recommended practice.

The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) itself is a 36 bedded mixed sex, busy, vibrant environment that has strong links with other areas within the Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Business Unit.

AMU admits patients from the Emergency Department with a wide variety of medical conditions, a treatment plan is initiated, and patients are then transferred to the most appropriate area of the Hospital generally within 72 hours.

Main duties of the job

At our Trust, we can ensure you:

• Become part of a Team that is warm, supportive and friendly - your best-ever work family!
• Become part of a Team where your growth, development and progression is our priority
• Become part of a Team where you matter as an individual, not just a number
• Become part of a Teaching Hospital where education, best practice and innovation drive personal and professional development and shape your career
• Become part of a Trust that has seen recent significant investment in a new clinical education centre
• Become part of a Team where your health and wellbeing is supported through an enhanced offer, including a focus on good mental health

About us

Known locally as 'WHH' - the Trust is a fast-paced, ambitious organisation that is caring, compassionate, innovative and focused on the best outcomes for its patients and the employment experience of its staff. It is both aspirational and inspirational - driven to be outstanding for its patients, its staff and its communities and committed to being the best place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling two neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton it is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. It is geographically ideally positioned to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of both boroughs and beyond. A dedicated planned care centre located at Halton Hospital in Runcorn enables elective procedures to continue uninterrupted by the patient flow challenges of the 'hot' site at Warrington, where urgent, unplanned and critical care, maternity and women's and children's services are provided.

A CQC-rated 'Good' organisation with 'Outstanding' features, it is working towards university hospital status having achieved teaching status in 2019 and is working in partnership with the University of Chester and others in this regard.

A workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities and as an equal, diverse and inclusive employer the Trust is proud to have achieved both Disability Confident Leader and Navajo LGBTQ+ Charter Mark accreditations.