QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Be a Registered Nurse and eligible to register with An Bord Altranais on the General Division of the live register.
Orthopaedic course is desirable but not essential
Experience:
Candidates must ideally:
Have managed patient care ensuring the highest professional standards using an evidence based and care planning approach
Be computer literate
Have excellent interpersonal skills and proven written and verbal communication abilities.
Have the ability to work on own initiative, prioritise and manage a number of issues simultaneously and demonstrate attention to detail
Be able to identify potential difficulties and formulate solutions.
Be free from any defect or disease which would render him/her unsuitable to hold office and be in a state of health as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service
Be of good character
Equal Opportunity Statement and Benefits

OVERVIEW OF ROLE:

Staff Nurse required for our Inpatient Ward to cover maternity leave on a fixed term contract.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Role Purpose
To participate in the delivery of care within the Clinic.
To liaise with nursing staff to ensure adequate provision of cover when required.
To ensure that standards of patient care are consistently maintained at all times in accordance with agreed operational policies as a skilled member of the In –Patient Ward nursing team.
To promote and safeguard the well being and interests of all patients, employees and visitors
General Accountability:
Maintain throughout the Clinic an awareness of the primacy of the patient in relation to all clinic activities.
Create and promote healthy working relationships.
Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the values of the clinic.
The person chosen will be accountable for the nursing service provided to patients in pre-operative and post-operative areas.This includes making provisions for the best possible standard of nursing care of patients at all times.
Assessment of patient care needs.
Communicate with relatives and visitors of patients as required.
Setting and monitoring standards.
Actively participate in the Clinic’s Accreditation programme and the ethos of Continuous Quality Improvement and implement and maintain procedures on the Inpatient Ward.
Keep the Clinical Nurse Manager and the Director of Nursing apprised of all issues as required.
Professional responsibilities:
As a nurse practitioner you must practice within the Code of Practice, Rules and Guidelines set out by An Bord Altranais and comply with Policies and Procedures of the Sports Surgery Clinic.
Ensure each patient is treated as an individual, and that his/her needs are attended to and their physical, psychological and religious well being is respected
Give direct patient care in selected patient situations and serve as a behavioural model for excellence in practice
Set standards of Nursing Practice.Communicate these standards to the Nursing Personnel; audit and change standards as necessary
Liaise effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that care delivery is patient focused and of the highest standard
Ensure that a professional standard of behaviour is maintained by all nursing team members.
Facilitate effective communication with patients, relatives and multidisciplinary team as necessary.
Adherence to departmental patient identification policy at all times.
Provide a high standard of safe practice for patient care.
Anticipate and be aware of needs of the multidisciplinary team during anaesthetic and the pre and post-operative process.
Preserve the dignity and rights of the patients at all times Document and record accurately all details of nursing care delivered in the pre and post-operative period.
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and maintained at all times.
Ensure nursing care is based on the latest research findings and constitutes best practice.
Demonstrate initiative and be receptive to new ideas and development.