Detailed job description
and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. NMC Registered Nurse (Adult)
2. Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing studies
Experience
Essential criteria
3. Experience of caring for patients with acute and long term conditions in an acute setting
4. 2 years post qualification experience
Desirable criteria
5. Acute Surgical Experience
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
6. Non-IV and IV medication administration including administration of blood products. in accordance to the NMC Standards for Medicines Management
7. Basic IT Skills
8. Demonstrable ability with vital signs monitoring equipment and ability to recognise the deteriorating patient
9. Able to check charts or calculate drug dosages for infusions requiring frequent concentration
Desirable criteria
10. Male Catheterisation
11. ECG recording
12. Venepuncture and Cannulation