Staff Nurse

Overview

Post Title:

Staff Nurse

Post Status:

Permeant

Department:

Endoscopy Unit

Location:

Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin 9, Ireland

Reports to:

Clinical Nurse Manager II/ADON Endoscopy

Salary:

Appointment will be made on Staff Nurse Grade (€37,288- €55,477) at a point in line with Government pay policy

Hours of work:

Full Time 37.5 Hours Per Week (Monday to Friday days)

Closing Date:

12 Noon, 20/11/2025  (Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received)

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

As a Staff Nurse in Beaumont Hospital you will be expected to take responsibility for each shift for a caseload of patients. For these you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care within the Roper, Logan and Tierney Model of Nursing. In addition, you are expected to practice within the Code of Practice guidelines from An Bord Altranais and within the Nursing and other Hospital Policies and Procedures. You will be held accountable to the Clinical Nurse Manager 2 and in his/her absence to the delegated nurse holding shift responsibility for the ward. Discretion, initiative and an interest in teaching student nurses and preliminary training students to function independently is also a prerequisite. At all times you will practice within the limits of your experience and will have available to you more senior expert nurses. Overall, your responsibilities may be divided into clinical, professional, managerial and educational categories.

                                                             

 

SUMMARY:

 

•             To maintain a high standard of nursing care.

 

•             To develop clinical expertise, leadership and teaching skills through

                Nursing practice.

 

•             To share responsibility with the nursing 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.

 

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 nurse care plans within a nursing

                framework to include treatment delegated by medical staff.

 

•             Assisting the medical staff in their treatment of patients through the co-

                ordination of care and treatments provided by other disciplines and

               integrating these into the care plan.

 

•             Acting as team leader in giving skilled nursing care and treatments for

                a caseload of patients.

 

•             Planning the involvement of the patient’s relatives, teaching and

                supervising nursing techniques in preparation for the transfer home.

 

•             Utilises assessment skills and techniques to determine patient needs on

                admission.

 

•             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.

 

•             Develops and documents a plan of care based on patient needs.

 

•             Updates the written plan of care based on patient needs.

 

•             Develops patient teaching and discharge plans as necessary.

 

•             Collaborates with other health team members in planning care.

 

•             Provides safe, comprehensive nursing care to a caseload of patients and within the guidelines laid out by   An Bord Altranais.

 

•             Knows and practices according to established legal requirements,

               policy and procedures.

 

•             Establishes care priorities based on nursing/medical patient problems.

 

•             Performs procedures accurately, completely and safely.

 

•             Provides care with minimal supervision in a timely manner.

 

•             Maintains a safe enviro