Clinical Responsibilities: Assess care needs for patients, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for individual patients. Ensure nursing care is delivered in a holistic manner using an individualized approach. Ensure that all patients receive a high standard of nursing care. Co-ordinate the admission and discharge planning process in conjunction with the Access and Discharge Co-ordinator and the multi-disciplinary team.
Discuss with patients/carers and relatives any problems or changes relating to planned care and treatment. Ensure that all patient documentation is accurate and comprehensive. Ensure the safe custody and safe administration of medicines and report any discrepancies.
Leadership and Management Responsibilities: Be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring good communication with other departments internally and externally. Utilise staffing resources to provide the most effective cover for the ward. Plan staff off-duty, ensuring appropriate skill mix for each shift. Promote and initiate innovations and change related to improvement of clinical services.
Educational Responsibilities: Contribute towards educational training programmes for staff. Ensure that all new staff receive induction and orientation to the department and Trust. Teach and supervise staff. Maintain links with the appropriate Universities via the link tutors. Maintain, support, monitor, participate and implement the professional and personal development of self and ward staff through the Individual Performance Review and RNOH Appraisal policy.
As an organisation we expect everyone to:
Always put patients first
Strive for excellence in all they do
Treat each other with trust, honesty, and respect
Display equality for all.
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