ITU – Staff Nurse Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a ITU – Staff Nurse to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Contributing to the ongoing research based care and other practice development initiatives;
- Initiate improvements and developments in clinical issues and delivery of care;
- All ad hoc nursing duties as required by senior staff, including potential deputising for seniors in their absence;
- Maintain a safe environment for patients and staff;
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet the patient and their family’s needs;
- Ability to quickly identify any clinical problems and report or take appropriate action;
- Promote good communication channels amongst staff enhancing good team work;
- Undertake extended roles such as venipuncture, cannulation and phlebotomy;
- Responsible for planning and delivering appropriate care for admissions and discharges.
Requirements:
- Motivated and forward thinking individual with excellent communication skills;
- Cardiothoracic or General ITU/HDU specific skills and experience;
- Experience of managing ventilated and non-ventilated patients independently;
- Registered General Nurse with NMC pin;
- Excellent communication skills with good time management and prioritisation skills.