Raheny Community Nursing Unit (RCNU) is a 100 bed nursing unit based on the St Joseph’s Hospital Campus. Our vision is to deliver exceptional quality person centered care in a home like environment, empowering and supporting residents to be as independent as possible and to live meaningful and fulfilling lives. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and empathetic staff nurse to join our team. The successful candidate must have a keen interest in working with older people and adept at working with a multidisciplinary team in delivering compassionate resident centered care. |
Principle Duties & Responsibilities
- To maintain a high standard of nursing care.
- To develop clinical expertise, leadership and teaching skills through nursing practice.
- To share responsibility with the nursing team for the management of nursing care and the residents environment under the direction of the Clinical Nurse Manager/Charge Nurse.
- To maintain a high standard of professional and ethical responsibility.
- To provide and maintain effective, individualised nursing care by: Assessing (with the residents where possible) physical, psychological and social problems and the need for nursing intervention.
- Preparing and up-dating the nurse care plans within a nursing framework to include treatment delegated by medical and multidisciplinary staff.
- Assisting the medical staff in their treatment of residents through the co-ordination of care and treatments provided by other disciplines and integrating these into the care plan.
- Acting as team leader in giving skilled nursing care and treatments for a caseload of residents.
- Planning the involvement of the resident’s relatives, teaching and supervising nursing techniques in preparation for the transfer home.
Clinical Role
To provide and maintain effective, individualised nursing care by:-
- Assessing (with the patients where possible) physical, psychological and social problems and the need for nursing intervention.
- Preparing and up-dating the documentation within a nursing framework to include treatment delegated by medical staff.
- Continuing the care provided at ward level to ensure safe discharge of patients to their home or care facility.
- Acting as team leader in giving skilled nursing care and treatments for the patients in the hospital.
- Planning the involvement of the patient’s relatives, teaching and supervising nursing techniques in preparation for the transfer home.
Clinical
Assessment:
- Utilises assessment skills and techniques to determine resident needs on admission.
- Completes and documents the nursing admission assessment in a thorough and accurate manner.
- Assesses patient condition on an ongoing basis.
- Assesses the need for resident/family instruction.
Planning:
- Develops and documents a plan of care based on resident needs.
- Updates the written plan of care based on resident needs.
- Develops resident teaching and discharge plans as necessary.
- Collaborates with other health team members in planning care.
- Work with all teams to identify areas for improvement and initiate and undertake quality improvement plans
- Be responsible for coordinating activities for Residents with, and in the absence of, the Activities Team
Implementation:
- Provides safe, comprehensive nursing care to a caseload of residents and within the guidelines laid out by Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland.
- Knows and practices according to established legal requirements, policy and procedures.
- Establishes care priorities based on nursing/medical resident problems.
- Performs procedures accurately, completely and safely.
- Provides care with minimal supervision in a timely manner.
- Maintains a safe environment for residents
- Respects the dignity and confidentiality of residents, serving as an advocate as necessary.
- Functions quickly and effectively in an emergency situation.
- Adapts to changing workload.
- Deals with ward incidents and accidents in accordance with hospital policy. Accurately record and report detail.
Evaluation:
- Contributes to nursing quality assurance by assisting in the identification of recurrent nursing problems and co-operating in data collection.
Communication Skills
- Documents according to policy and procedure.
- Reports verbally and in writing pertinent resident care information to appropriate nursing/medical personnel.
- Communicates appropriately with residents/relatives and colleagues and other members of the health care team.
- Approaches interpersonal relationships in a manner that avoids antagonism, reduces conflict and prevents undue anxiety.
- Recognises self-limitations and requests assistance.
Professional
Professional Expectations:
- Supports the philosophy, objectives and goals of the nursing department and hospital.
- Follows appropriate lines of authority by discussing issues firstly with Clinical Nurse Manager, then with Unit Nurse Manager and then with the Director of Nursing.
- Demonstrates flexibility by assisting in other areas of the Hospital as needed.
Management
- Demonstrates ability to organise care for caseload of residents.
- Uses time effectively.
- Shows ability to delegate work to Staff Nurses, Student Nurses or other.
- Uses discretion for decision making regarding resident care.
- Displays initiative.
- Reports on-going problems to CNM.
- Undertake audits and metrics.
- Take responsibility to oversee HCA’s and provide guidance and support where required.
Education
- Demonstrates the ability to teach and guide more junior Staff/Students/Healthcare assistants.
- Shows an interest in Internal, Post Graduate Education/Self Development opportunities.
- Completes all mandatory education/updates
