Staff Nurse Medical Day Ward

Medical Day Ward Staff Nurse

Location: North Co Dublin, Ireland
Department: Medical Day Ward
Reporting To: Clinical Nurse Manager

Fixed Tem Full Time

Job Purpose

To deliver high-quality, patient-centred nursing care within the Medical Day Ward, ensuring safe admission, treatment, and discharge of patients undergoing day procedures and medical therapies. The role involves working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to maintain excellence in clinical standards and patient experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Report verbally and in writing, pertinent patient care information to appropriate nursing/medical staff and other clinical staff.
• Ensure all handover, reports and escalations are carried out using approved ISBAR handover tool.
• Liaise with and cooperate with other departments as required and demonstrate good interpersonal skills.
• Ensure all documentation relating to patient is accurately maintained in the patient's medical records in line with policy and procedures and the record kept in a confidential manner and using only approved abbreviations.
• Comply with the medications policy ensuring that regulations for the safekeeping and recording of scheduling drugs are adhered to at all times.
• Carries out IV Cannulation of patients according to hospital policy.
• Display a professional, courteous and caring liaison with patients and their relatives, staff and all other service users in line with the Bon Secours values.
• Function effectively and respond quickly and calmly in an emergency situation.
• Provide care with minimal supervision and takes charge of the department in the absence of the CNM. Use discretion and decision making regarding patient care, referring appropriately to CNMs, Medical staff or other disciplines.
• Follow appropriate lines of authority by discussing issues first with the CNM.
• Takes responsibility for stock control, ensuring adequate levels of required supplies are held on the department at all times.
• Mentor student nurses, new staff nurses and care assistants.
• Contributes to Nursing "Best Practice" by assisting in identifying recurrent nursing problems and implementing evidence based practices.
• Participate and cooperate within initiatives to maintain Hospital accreditation, including assisting with data collection.
• Deputise for the CNMs, as requested and plan/delegate staff workload in accordance with the needs of the Department.
• Ensure all adverse occurrences and/or difficulties concerning patients and staff are reported to CNM/Director of Nursing, documenting full details as per Hospital Policy.

Essential:

• Be a Registered General Nurse on the current live Register of NMBI
• Have at least two years relevant experience
• Have experience of working in a multi-professional environment
• IT Skills is desirable
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification