
Staff Nurse
- Esher, Surrey
- £32,000-39,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Understand the physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs of patients requiring specialist palliative care and their families/carers.
- Complete the first level assessment of the patient's needs and documents these on the care plan.
- Using the information obtained from nursing history assessments and from subsequent observations, identifies the patient's individual nursing problems and needs, and plans and implements care.
- Sets goals for the resolution of each of the identified nursing problems, and helps the patient achieve these goals through appropriate care planning.
- Documents and evaluates care given and discusses progress, condition and treatment with the multi-disciplinary team, alerting the Team Leader and/or Senior Staff Nurse of the patients changing health care needs.
- Assist with teaching patients and their family/carers in preparation for changes in treatment and expectations, and discharge for home care.
- Assists more senior members of the nursing staff in the organisation and management of the clinical area ensuring that the principles of individualised nursing care are maintained.
- Qualified in Nursing
- Qualified in Nursing