Nursing Opportunities - Daytime
| Posting date: | 25 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 April 2024 |
| Location: | Carlisle, CA1 2SE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0554-24-0043 |
Summary
This list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed here. Communication: Communicates effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Refers when necessary to general practitioners, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency, Secondary Care, District nurses, Night rapid response nurses, Emergency social workers, Emergency mental health team, and Emergency dental services. With Healthcare Assistants giving support, advice and leadership. With reception staff regarding patient information. Recognise and effectively manages situations where there are barriers to effective communication. Clinical Skills: Excellent communication skills through patient consultation and nursing assessment of physical, psychological and social needs. Takes an accurate history, building rapport towards a therapeutic relationship. Assess, plan and implements patient centred plan of care for patients refer when necessary to other healthcare professionals for further specialised care. Maintains disease registers. Undertake routine assessments in relation to individuals health and wellbeing and evaluate the outcomes of care. Performs investigations and uses core clinical skill and competence. Initiate treatment including diagnostic investigations. Recognition of abnormal vital signs observing adult respiratory rate and effort, heart rate rhythm and volume, temperature and blood pressures as appropriate. Perform investigate procedures including; Performing ECGs, Urinalysis, Blood Glucose monitoring, Venepuncture, measuring and interpreting Peak Flow. Adapts to change within working situation managing unscheduled emergency situations. Basic life support, severe breathing problems, serious cardiovascular problems, collapsed patients and seriously ill patients. Delivers a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes and ethnic origins of the population through continuum of life. Promote improving the health of the individual through providing advice and education to aid adjustment of lifestyle. Recognise own limitations, seek assistance and refer appropriately. Deliver safe, effective evidence based care and advice to ease patient problems. Organisational Skills: Be aware of comply with CHoC policies and procedures. Able to adapt to change in the workplace being involved in new developments in the delivery of care. Ensure faulty clinical equipment is reported and repaired and adequate for use. Ensure store supplies are adequately ordered and maintained. Participate and support the implementation of clinical governance, clinical audit and clinical risk assessment, setting and monitoring standards of care. Promote improving the health of the community through reporting and preventing occurrences of infectious disease, proving advice and education. Have a flexible approach to geographical locations across county sites. Professional: Complies with Nursing and Midwifery council code of conduct and works within scope of professional practice Ensures practice and implementation of care is evidence based by adhering to local and national guidance Maintain confidentiality of information regarding patients. Ensure accurate, concise documentation. Report any adverse incidents or near miss events through agreed CHoC system. Maintains professional development in risk awareness, health and safety, fire safety at work, Child and Adult safeguarding, conflict resolution, information governance and basic life support by attending annual mandatory training. Identify and/ or participate in strategies of risk assessment to avoid or prevent clinical incidents and near misses incorporated in the clinical governance framework including: Risk management, Child and Adult safeguarding policies, Drug policies and Infection prevention policies. Leadership: Is a support network for other colleagues, particularly HCAs. Act as role model to inspire and motivate others Is a support network for other colleagues. Act as mentor, support and induct new staff. Training and Educational: Currently enhancing professional development. Continually keeps up to date with current evidence based practice. Is involved in lifelong learning. Ensure mandatory training has been completed. Participates in in-house training provided/clinical meetings/supervision