Job Description

Key requirements Manage the ward environment, and be responsible for ensuring co-ordination and delivery of skilled, effective care and safe, timely discharge. Assess, prioritise, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care. Supervise others in the aforementioned functions. Ensure safe, timely discharge or transfer, of patient, to wards, other hospitals or care settings.



Perform and ensure others perform patient observations such as blood pressure, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations, early warning score, pain score, pressure score, peak expiratory flow, temperatures, and electrocardiographs. Provide follow up advice, treatment and care. Perform procedures. Complete Investigations such as blood glucose measurement, ward test urine and blood gas analysis.



Recognise and advise on Vulnerable Adult Abuse protection issues and follow the Kirklees Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy, informing the appropriate professionals and parents/carers of concerns and procedure as per Mid-Yorkshire Trust policy. Initiate and participate in Advanced Life Support and cardiac arrest management. Maintain clear, accurate, legible and timely written documentation in patient's notes providing a record of care delivered. Remind other members of the team to do likewise.



Administer intra venous, intra muscular, subcutaneous injections, and rectal and oral medication. Provide direct patient care. Attending to patients' hygiene needs such as giving and removing bedpans and urinals. Washing incontinent, unclean and infested patients as required.



Give direction, support and advice to junior staff. Accept accountability and responsibility for own safe clinical practice. Comply with the NMC Code of Practice and subsequent published guidelines for practice. Act as the patient's advocate when necessary.



Attend the department and assume nurse leadership (in absence of Matron and Senior Sister) in the event of a major incident being declared. Implement and maintain control of infection procedures, such as hand washing, and be attentive that others do so.