Staff Nurse - Oncology
| Posting date: | 08 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester , M20 4BX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0115-24-0086 |
Summary
Independently assess patient care requirements and agree with the patient the level of nursing care required involving the main carer where appropriate. Demonstrate ability to record, monitor and interpret patients vital signs. Report to nurse in charge appropriately. Initiate appropriate interventions. Attend at Immediate Life Support training Devise appropriate plans of care. Involve patient/ /family/next of kin in decision making. Take account of Consultant preference. o act as autonomous professional. Deliver nursing care and initiate change or decide upon new and complex care with appropriate supervision and acts as the patient advocate. Review results regularly. Inform senior staff or doctors of abnormal results. Recognise the need for change in the patients plan of care. Implement changes in care smoothly in consultation with patients / family / next of kin and care team. Prepare for discharge planning, at time of admission ( or when ever appropriate) Instruct junior staff likewise Work with HCA/students delegating and supervising care as appropriate. Co-ordinate the care of a group of patients supervising the work of junior staff. Allocates patients to staff according to patients needs and skill mix. Is fair and equitable in allocation. Evaluate nursing outcomes based on assessment and analysis of nursing interventions. Accurately monitor and document nursing outcomes Compare nursing outcomes based on assessment e.g. Pressure care management, wound management etc. Analyse interventions e.g. pain management, symptom care. Provide effective on-going evaluation of nursing care and interventions. Monitor patient care and interventions appropriately reporting to senior nurse. Initiate appropriate observations of the patient. Evaluate observations and implements appropriate actions accordingly.