Staff Nurse Ear Nose and Throat Specialty

Overview

Post Title:

Staff Nurse  – Ear, Nose, and Throat Outpatients   (ENT OPD)

Post Status:

Permanent  

Department

NeuroCent Directorate, Beaumont Hospital

Location:

Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 

Reports to:

Clinical Nurse Manager II (CNM II), Clinical Nurse Manager III (CNM III)

Salary:

Appointment will be made on CNM 2 Pay scale at a point in line with Government pay policy € 37, 788 - € 56,032

Hours of work: 

37.5 hours/week (1 whole time equivalent)

Closing Date:

Wednesday 4th March @ 12 noon

Responsibilities

Role Summary  

The Neurosciences Department at Beaumont Hospital is pleased to announce the availability of a full time, permanent staff nurse vacancy based in the Ear, Nose, and Throat Outpatients Department (ENT OPD).  Otorhinolaryngology (conditions of the ear, nose, and throat – also known as ENT) and head and neck diagnostics and interventions (HNS – head and neck surgery) are the main representations of clinical, day case, and outpatient activity at Beaumont Hospital within the ENT Outpatients Department (OPD). The ENT OPD service performs several types of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures which would have previously required an in-patient hospital admission and these are led by a team of 10 consultants and supported by staff nurses, a healthcare assistant, and a clinical nurse manager 2. The importance of this service with regards to its function as a conduit to cancer diagnosis and treatment pathways cannot be underestimated. The ENT OPD works in close partnership with the National Cochlear Implant & Viani Research Centre supporting patients and families requiring assessment, surgery, and rehabilitation for patients with cochlear implants. You will be supported to transition to this specialist area of practice through a variety of clinical and educational development programmes.

 

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.

 

CLINICAL:

A.       Assessment

·  Utilises assessment skills and techniques to determine patient actual and/or potential needs

·  Completes and documents the nursing admission assessment in a thorough and accurate manner

·  Assesses patient condition on an ongoing basis

·  Assesses the need for patient/family instruction

B.       Planning

·  Develops and documents a plan of care based on patient needs

·  Develops patient teaching and discharge/transfer plans as necessary based on their current needs

·  Collaborates with other health team members in planning care to expedite discharge safely

C.       Implementation

·  Provides safe, comprehensive, and competent nursing care to a caseload of patients and within the guidelines laid out by NMBI (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland)

·  Practices according to established legal requirements, policy and procedures

·  Establishes care priorities based on nursing/medical patient problems

·  Performs procedures accurately, completely and safely

·  Following a period of supervised practice, candidates will provide care with minimal supervision in a timely manner

·  Maintains a safe environment for patients

·  Respects the dignity and confidentiality of patients, serving as an advocate as necessary

·  Functions promptly and effectively in an emergenc