Department: Health & Social Services
Reports to: Ward Manager
Compensation package: £26,997 to £33,338 plus a 25% gratuity (may be paid annually), unsocial supplement of 25% for unsocial hours and overtime above 37.5hrs/ week also payable (overtime is 1.5)
Job purpose
As a registered nurse provide quality nursing to patients acting in their best interests, promoting health, developing areas of nursing expertise and contribute to the multidisciplinary team approach to care.
Main accountabilities
- Ensure that patient needs are assessed, care is planned and delivered in line with individual plans, continuing evaluation and response is monitored and actions taken in accordance with good nursing care in a compassionate manner maintaining patient dignity and respect. Patients may be on the ward as inpatients or attending as casualty or outpatients.
- Undertake direct patient care, based on NMC competencies, demonstrating expertise, acting as a role model and ensuring any alteration in health is noted, care plans altered and deterioration recognised and acted upon in an appropriate and timely manner, including taking part in and being the lead in the cardiac arrest situation
- Act as part of the multi-disciplinary team in promoting a rehabilitative approach, planning discharge and onward care management with an integrated approach and ensuring that patient’s needs are safeguarded.
- Supervise and educate others as appropriate including other staff, patients and their families, as well as the community to promote health and ensure that the optimal situation is achieved by the patient.
- Participate in the development of nursing including standards, educational and research strategies to maintain and improve the quality and range of nursing care.
- Provide staff with effective leadership and promote an atmosphere conducive to learning and safety and to recognise unsafe/unacceptable nursing practice and take/propose remedial action.
- Contribute to the overall development of nursing.
- Must work within locally agreed policies, procedures and standards.
- Giving care to patients in intensive care, providing care to people with mental health disorders, caring for patients of any age, background or place of origin from new-born to older age
Essential criteria
- Interest in working in the Falkland Islands.
- Current registration as a registered nurse with the United Kingdom’s Nursing and Midwifery Council (or the equivalent body in a country with a comparable healthcare system such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the European Union).
- A minimum of one year of post-registration experience as a nurse in the United Kingdom (or a country with a comparable healthcare system such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the European Union).
- Evidence of continuing professional development in nursing.
- Uses the English language in spoken and written form as a first language or to an equivalent standard.
- Able to work unsocial hours.
- Able to use information technology including Microsoft software and an electronic patient record system.
Applications without a current CV/Resume may not be considered!
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