Job title Staff Nurse (Admission and Recovery responsibilities) Hours: 30hrs per week Salary: 31,200 Reports to Lead nurse/Registered Manager/Operations Director/CEO & Medical Director Job purpose To provide professional nursing services to ensure that patients get adequate care and support and recover on time in a day surgery setting. Duties and responsibilities Provide direct, professional nursing care to clients in a day surgery setting. Assist doctors, surgeons and senior nurses during examinations and treatments. Recording patients vital signs and medical information. Monitoring patients, recording and reporting symptoms or changes in patient conditions to provide the most suitable care and advice. Performing routine procedures such as administering non-intravenous medications, taking blood pressure measurements and completing patients charts. Administering medications to patients, monitoring for potential reactions or side effects and reporting to the physician. Assess the patient to ensure they can be discharged. Provide instant medical care in emergencies. Supervise other staff and work without direct supervision. Maintain confidentiality of patient records. Work as part of a team. The performance of other duties within your capabilities may be required to meet the needs of the business. In such cases you will be required to undertake such reasonable requests. Qualifications & Skills Qualified RGN or ODP Diploma Live NMC Registration 2 years experience. Knowledge of nursing care procedures and methods. Patient, compassionate and empathetic nature. Excellent understanding of health and safety protocols. Knowledge of emergency care. Good communication and interpersonal skills. Proactive, friendly, and professional person who is confident managing their own workload. Energetic and enthusiastic approach to work. Good IT skills, use of Excel, Word, Outlook. Right to work in the UK Previous experience in a day surgery setting is desirable. Direct reports Healthcare Assistants Approved by: Signature of the person with the authority to approve the job description Date approved: Date upon which the job description was approved Reviewed: Date when the job description was last reviewed Application method is by uploading C.V to the portal. Please note: An Access NI enhanced disclosure check (including information held by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)) will be required for this job role. The DBS barred lists are maintained by the Disclosure and Barring Service. There are two of them one is a list of people who have been barred from working with children, and the other is a list of people who have been barred from working with vulnerable adults. A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining the position. JACE Medical adhere to internal policies on the recruitment of ex-offenders and on the secure handling, use, and storage and retention of disclosure information. All checks are processed in line with the Access NI code of practice.