Detailed job description
and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. NMC Registered Nurse
2. Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing Studies
Desirable criteria
3. Teaching Qualification
4. Post registration courses related to Older Persons Medicine
Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
5. Effective communication in all forms. Written, oral, computerised
6. Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to patients and carers.
7. Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
8. Adaptive to unpredictable work loads
9. Able to integrate and work within the MDT
10. Organisation and planning skills
11. Prioritisation skills
12. Time management skill
Desirable criteria
13. Leadership and management skills.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
14. Ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice in the care of the older person
15. Demonstrate understanding of own role and professional expectations and accountability in practice in line with NMC Code
16. Sound knowledge of discharge process
17. Knowledge of the conditions relevant to speciality
Desirable criteria
18. Awareness of role in relation to patient experience, quality and safety agendas that support Governance Frameworks
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
19. Basic IT skills
20. Demonstrable ability with vital signs monitoring equipment and ability to recognise the deteriorating patient
21. Non-IV and IV medication administration including administration of blood products
22. Calculation of drug doses for infusions requiring frequent concentration.
Desirable criteria
23. ECG recording
24. Venepuncture and Cannulation
25. Male Catheterisation
26. Awareness of audit
27. Specific Skills for ECD e.g. Care of Dementia Patients
Experience
Essential criteria
28. Demonstrable clinical experience
29. Experience of caring for patients with acute and long term conditions
Desirable criteria
30. End of Life Care
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
31. Highly motivated
32. Flexible approach to the needs of the service
33. Ability to demonstrate compassion
34. Ability to recognise stress in self and manages it appropriately
Desirable criteria
35. Ability to recognise stress in others