Registered Nurse

Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and passionate registered nurse to join our friendly team on Cardiac Intensive Care Unit @ Derriford Hospital. We are a proud team who are able to provide you with experience and skills which will help to enhance your future career opportunities.

12 Month Fixed Term Contract with the possibility of becoming permanent.

Main duties of the job

• Under the direction of the Nurse-in-Charge you will co-ordinate and deliver effective quality nursing care for level 1-3 patients within cardiac critical care. This will include assessing the needs, planning, implementing & evaluating the care for this group of patients.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Following a period of Preceptorship take responsibility for the supervision of Health Care Assistants and other learner

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Providing and delivering a high standard of nursing care by initiating and coordinating the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence. This includes all aspects of care from admission to discharge.
• Develop key skills in patient management which include: - the setting up and calibration and use of critical care equipment, including ventilators, dialysis machine, intra-aortic balloon pumps, pacing devices and advanced haemodynamic monitoring. Repatriation of level 1-3 patients within the trust and outside. Near patient testing e.g., blood analysis, TEG (thrombelastograph analysing) and urine.
• Reporting and documenting all relevant nursing/patient needs, communicating changes with other health care professionals in the multi-disciplinary team with ongoing responsibility for patient care as they occur.
• Engaging and interacting with carers and family, encouraging them to be actively involved in patients care planning as outlined in ward / unit philosophy.
• Promoting and delivering health education within the clinical area and advise patient’s family and/or significant others in health promotion issues.
• Demonstrating and undertaking evidence-based practice playing an active part in the introduction of this evidence to improve patient centred care.
• Assisting other clinical areas within the trust if the clinical situation or staffing levels demand.
• Supervising and directing Health Care Assistants with their daily workload.
• Administer prescribed medications/fluids safely and effectively according to trust policy.
• Communicate with other areas/disciplines ensuring the sensitive and complex information regarding the patient is given appropriately with the confines of the data protection act and patient confidentiality.
• Communicating with patients, relatives and outside agencies as appropriate within the confines of the Data Protection Act and Patient Confidentiality.
• For further details please see attached job description and person specification

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.