Our Emergency Department is looking to welcome new nursing talent to their family at Southport and Formby District General Hospital.
Matron Jane Lawson is inviting interested Band 5 staff nurses to recruitment events on Saturday 27 November and Thursday 2 December.
She said: “New members to the team are guaranteed a warm welcome at Southport. We are a very friendly and like to think of ourselves as an ‘A&E family’ that’s there for each other every working day.”
The Southport Emergency Department is also consistently one of the best-performing teams in the region with a growing reputation for effective and supportive team working.
As well as opportunities for development and promotion, nursing at Southport includes:
- Twice-weekly, in-house 10-minute teaching from specialist nurses, consultants, multi-disciplinary teams, advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs), and external speakers
- Opportunity to do peer teaching
- Support for link roles with opportunity to do extra training specific to the specialist role
- Triage training starting January 2022
- Emergency care course at Liverpool John Moores University
- Health and well-being support
- CPD funding
- Dedicated practice educator and trauma a specialist nurse for extra training
- Structured three-year development for those new to ED nursing
The recruitment events will be held at the Clinical Education Centre, Southport hospital:
- Saturday 27 November 10am to 2pm
- Thursday 2 December 5pm to 8pm
Email soh-tr.recruitment@nhs.net to book an interview slot and receive a pre-interview screening questionnaire.