Job description
Client Name: Dumfries & Galloway NHS Trust

Role : Band 5 General Nurses

Rates : Highly Competitive

Shifts : Days

We are looking for a diligent, knowledgeable and experienced Nurses to come and join our team of healthcare professionals and specialists.

Becoming an Agency nurse can be a fantastic career choice and offers a host of benefits such as:
• Developing close relationships with patients and nursing staff
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment
• Constantly in demand with opportunities nationwide
• Exposure to experienced nursing staff and opportunities to develop on the job

Benefits
• First sight of agency nursing shifts across multiple trusts
• Block bookings in your favourite locations
• Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant
• 24/7 service - we're available when you need us

Key Skills
• The ability to think and act quickly and decisively
• Excellent time management
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Super multitasking skills you will get better at it with experience
• Competence in performing some emergency procedures including resuscitation

Duties/Responsibilities
• Talking with the paramedics and taking over the patients care
• Doing the initial patient examination to assess the patients needs
• Fixing dressings and administering medication for pain relief
• Determining what department the patient needs to be referred to
• Completing all paperwork including discharge forms
• Making detailed notes
• Upholding high care standards
• Making arrangements to admit patients into hospital if needed
• Keeping families informed
• Keeping in close contact with laboratory staff to pass results onto specialists

Qualifications
• 12 months recent relevant UK experience
• You will need to pass an enhanced background check.
• FTW (Immunization reports)

So, if you are a Band 5 Nurse and believe you have what it takes to be a part of the outstanding team, apply today.

Please call the Kenny on 01202 665550 Option 1 for WNA then Option 3 for HR or click the apply button.