Description:
Accident & Emergency (A&E) Department are the first point of contact for injured or sick patients and their friends/families. You’ll see things that may shock and/or upset you, and you’ll need to be prepared to work as part of a team managing critical life or death situations.
Requirements:
- Degree in BSc (Hons) in General Nursing
- Qualified Registered General Nurse
- Current valid NMC registration
Duties:
- Being able to multitask
- Feeling comfortable/confident working under pressure in a busy environment
- Great communication skills
- Resilience
- Being able to make decisions
- Problem solving
- Sensitivity
- Triage
- Record-keeping, patient testing and monitoring vital signs and symptoms
- Administering treatments and maintaining care standards
- Lab liaison and reporting to doctors
- Assisting doctors, including discharge and outpatient instructions
- Offering support and information to patients and their friends/families