Southport and and Formby District General Hospital is looking to welcome new nursing talent

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