Senior Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Critical Care Unit

Senior Staff Nurse (BAND 6) - Critical Care Unit For more information, please refer to the job description and person specification. To complete the first level assessment of the patient's needs and document these on the care plan, planning, delivering and evaluating programmes of care from admission through to discharge/transfer. To gain an understanding of the physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs of the patients with cancer and their families. To develop a positive, realistic and supportive attitude to ensure that the needs of the patient and family are met. Using the information obtained from nursing history assessments and from subsequent observations, to identify the patient's individual nursing problems and needs, and to plan and implement care. To set goals for the resolution of each of the identified nursing problems, and to help the patient achieve these goals through appropriate care planning. To document and evaluate care given and discuss progress, condition and treatment with colleagues, alerting the Sister/Charge Nurse of the patients changing health care needs. To assist with teaching patients in preparation for investigations, treatment and home care. To be aware of the side effects of any treatment in progress, and adopt a problem-solving approach to minimise the potentially adverse reactions. To make appropriate referrals to members of the multidisciplinary team and participate in the discharge planning of patients. To develop an awareness of the protocols involved for patients undergoing clinical trials. #J-18808-Ljbffr NHS Jobs