Critical Care Registered Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

Maintain a professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust demonstrating our trust values

Practice within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct

To ensure care is delivered in accordance with latest evidence based practice guidelines

To ensure that patients and next of kin are informed as appropriate and as consented to by the patient themselves

To maintain up to date and comprehensive records of care in accordance with NMC and legal requirements

Maintain patient confidentiality at all times

To be responsible for the unsupervised assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of plans of care, ensuring high standards of evidence based care

To undertake all nursing procedures in accordance with Trust policies and ensure that these procedures and policies are understood and adhered to by all staff, within own management responsibility

Prepare bed areas for admission of critically ill patients ensuring all equipment is available, correctly assembled and functional

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care using evidence to rationalise care for both conscious and unconscious patients independently

Process diagnostic tests and obtain samples as requested by medical staff e.g. blood taking. Report results when available to appropriate staff

To be clinically competent in using all equipment available on the critical care area and be able to train others in its use e.g. ventilatory support; invasive pressure monitoring; intravenous infusion devices; near patient testing; dynamic mattress systems

Constantly observe patients haemodynamic and ventilatory status, accurately record observations and take appropriate actions, relaying abnormalities to colleagues within the MDT

Safely care for patients with multiple infusion devices, maintaining accurate fluid balance.

Assess patients level of consciousness, utilising appropriate tools. Report changes as appropriate. Safely care for aggressive and/or confused patients, maintaining a safe environment at all times for patients, staff and visitors

Participates in clinical procedures are required to prepare all equipment and safely care for the patient during and after the procedure independently (procedures dependent upon individuals area of practice).

Safely manage patients requiring continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration.

Respond appropriately in emergency situations to support the multidisciplinary team in a cardiac arrest situation

Sensitively care for dying patients and their families, provide information and support. To be involved in organ donation processes as appropriate

Safely prepare patients for discharge. Communicate verbally and in writing relevant information to receiving wards, specialist clinical teams, patients and carers, and other disciplines e.g. Social Work Department

In times of need the post holder will be expected to support on both medical and surgical wards

Education:

To assist in the teaching and practice development of junior colleagues and students

To demonstrate the use of information and research findings to support and promote evidence based practice within the clinical area

To participate in research and audit within Critical Care.

Leadership and Management:

Demonstrate effective time and resource management

To monitor and record planned vs actual staffing levels and escalate issues when necessary

Demonstrate the use of effective communication

Have an awareness of cost implications and assist in the management of resources within the clinical area

Contribute to quality & service improvement projects

Person Specification

Evidence

Essential

• NMC Registration
• Evidence of on going professional development
• Post registration experience in a hospital setting

Desirable

• Critical Care Experience
• Post Graduate Certificate in critical care
• Practice Assessor qualification
• Involvement in clinical audit/ research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Harrogate District Hospital

Harrogate

HG2 7SX

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)