COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

• Documents according to policy and procedure
• Reports verbally and in writing pertinent patient care information to appropriate nursing/medical personnel
• Communicates appropriately with patients/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

EDUCATION:

• Demonstrates ability to teach and guide more Junior Staff/Students/Healthcare assistants
• Shows interest in Post Graduate Education/Self Development
• Will ensure that assigned mandatory training is complete and up to date
• Will complete local training, induction, and educational programmes to ensure that knowledge and practice are synergistic
  Qualifications:

2. STATUTORY REGISTRATION, PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, ETC

• Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition: Be registered, or be eligible for registration, in the General Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses kept by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).
• Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, (including a high standard of clinical and administrative capacity), for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBIULITIES:

To maintain a high standard of nursing care:

• To develop clinical expertise, leadership and teaching skills through nursing practice.
• To share responsibility with the team for the management of nursing care and the patients environment under the direction of the Clinical Nurse Manager/Charge Nurse.
• To maintain a high standard of professional and ethical responsibility.
• To ensure safe discharge and transit of patients through the hospital.

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 the Multidisciplinary team
• Acting as team leader (depending on context) in giving skilled nursing care and treatments for the patients within the unit
• Planning the involvement of the patient’s relatives, teaching and supervising nursing techniques in preparation for the transfer to other hospital departments or units.
• Actively promote effective discharge planning from the critical care area to the ward setting.