Staff Nurse

Works as a nurse, utilising specialist knowledge and decision-making skills and promoting clinical excellence and ensure an optimum standard of nursing care is delivered from admission to discharge in a timely manner. To carry out safe effective triage and clinical assessment within the Band 5 competencies. To promote, maintain and monitor the best possible standards of care within the resources available, works in line with Trust and Department policies and within the framework of their governing bodys Professional Code of Conduct. To administer medicines under Patient Group Directives in line with trust policy. To request and interpret appropriate laboratory tests as required as part of ongoing patient care. Identifies and manages child protection issues and raises awareness with medical and nursing staff. Identifies and manages issues related to mental health and vulnerable adults, raising awareness with medical, AHP and nursing staff. Work in areas subjected to frequent highly unpleasant conditions such as odours/body fluids and patients showing aggression. Liaises with appropriate agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure ongoing care is managed for at risk patients on leaving the emergency department and/or hospital. To undertake the use of moderate physical effort in controlled restraint of patients undergoing procedures with learning disabilities, the manoeuvring of patients in confined spaces and patients presenting with decreased level of consciousness due to trauma, drugs, alcohol. To work closely with members of the multi-disciplinary team both within the department and beyond to ensure care is delivered to the patient both effectively and efficiently. To refer concerns to the practitioners and unit management team. To update other staff appropriately on clinical conditions of patients and maintain accurate documentation and computer records for patients in the department and on discharge. Provide written, as well as verbal specialist advice in relation to the care of patients on discharge home from the UTC/MIUs. To provide health promotion advice to patients and their families/carers to support the maintenance of their health and well-being. To act as a mentor and resource for more junior colleagues, supporting and assisting them to provide care of the highest quality. To supervise the maintenance of accurate, legally acceptable records, both in written format and on the departmental computer system To ensure patient confidentiality is maintained in accordance with the Data Protection Act. For further details please see the attached JD.