Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care given to patients.
- To acquire competency in basic nursing skills for ED.
- Maintaining awareness of and compliance with Trust policies and protocols at all times to ensure high standards of patient care are maintained.
- Working effectively within the multi-disciplinary teamto ultimately achieve desired outcomes for patients and their families.
- Liaising with social care, health visitors and the children's wards to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children seen in the ED.
- Ensuring the safety of patients in accordance with local and national safeguarding procedures.
- Providing leadership that promotes a patient focused approach to care, acting as a role model to junior colleagues and students and a support mechanism for senior colleagues.
- Encouraging and supporting junior staff in professional growth, and development and mentoring students as appropriate.
- Being proactive in maintaining local and national Quality Indicators for ED.
- Participating in research/special projects/audit as requested by the Operations Manager/Lead Nurse.
- Participating in the developing and monitoring of standards of care and other quality initiatives in a positive manner
- Developing personal and professional leadership skills and be proactive in problem solving.
- Being responsible and accountable for ones own actions and encouraging the same amongst others
- Managing patient flow in the department. Insuring needs and interventions are provided in a timely manor.
- Actively creating and maintaining a harmonious working environment.
- Leading shift and coordinating patient flow as NIC.
- Fulfilling the role of the departmental triage nurse, utilising advanced skills of assessment, prioritisation, decision‑making, risk management and communication skills.
- Being responsible for the security and maintenance of equipment belonging to the Emergency Department. Helping to ensure that all equipment is in safe working order in conjunction with the Lead Nurse.
- Actively developing and improving the services we provide, ensuring safe clinical practice amongst the MDT at all times.
- Being responsive to incidents and complaints as they arise, reporting to senior staff.
- Embracing and encouraging change in clinical areas/hospital Trust.
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