As a Nurse within ED you will be part of a brilliant, friendly, hard‑working team who strive for excellence and support each other.
The job role is primarily looking after the needs of adults, children and their families using a holistic approach. You will identify health and wellbeing needs using assessment skills, prioritise care and provide excellent standards of treatment to patients and their families or carers.
Key responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive assessments of patient nursing needs and plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health‑care needs.
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and agencies to ensure patient needs are met.
- Involve patients, relatives or carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to aid understanding and cooperation.
- Prepare the clinical area for safe practice, maintain cleanliness, ready materials and equipment for use, and clear away afterwards.
- Provide escort and transfer for patients as directed by the multidisciplinary team.
- Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- Collect, collate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records and documentation.
- Provide clinical expertise, advice and guidance in a specialist area of clinical practice to improve overall care delivered by the team.
- Support and advise junior colleagues, students and unqualified staff, and supervise nursing care to ensure safe practice at all times.
- Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure patient care is coordinated.
- Manage the flow of patients through ED, prioritising care and responding to emergency situations.
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