Role Title:
Staff Nurse: Emergency Department
Job Reference Number:
Closing Date:
Sunday, 15th February ****
Purpose of the Role
To work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver a high standard of care to patients within the Emergency Department in St James's Hospital.
The post holder is responsible for managing the care of patients and the needs of their families, ensuring high quality is maintained.
The post holder will be required to develop additional clinical skills specific to the area of appointment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Promote health, prevent disease, and help patients cope with illness.
Asses, plan, deliver, and evaluate highly specialised nursing care using a holistic approach.
When providing direct patient care, observe, assess, and record symptoms, responses, and progress.
Supervise and assess Student Nurses and other junior staff in the clinical area.
Adhere to Code of Professional Practice and Behaviours.
Be aware of and understand the need to adhere to Hospital and/or professional standards, policies and procedures relevant to the area of practice.
Communicate effectively in English language, written and spoken, as appropriate to job requirements.
Participate and cooperate with legislative and regulatory requirements in relation to Health and Safety as outlined in the Safety, Health and Welfare Act **** and the Hospital Safety Statement.
Ensure own mandatory learning and training is kept up to date.
Note:
The above Role Profile is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to them from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.
Required
Registered in the General Division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
AND
Minimum of 1 year's experience (postgraduate or undergraduate) in General Medical/Surgical nursing plus 6 months' experience working within an Emergency Department in an acute hospital setting or relevant clinical area within the past 2 years.
OR
Minimum of 1 year experience in an Emergency Department setting in an acute hospital setting or relevant clinical area within the past 2 years.
Note:
Post holders must maintain annual registration with NMBI.
Desired
Demonstrate I.T. skills including excellent keyboard skills.
Working knowledge of healthcare patient record systems.
Basic life support.
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