Staff Nurse Coronary Care | East Hospitals NHS Trust

Overview

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic, individualised patient care. Carry out all forms of patient care without direct supervision. To provide advice and support junior staff and learners in all aspects of delivering Safe, Personal and Effective Care.

• Planning, delivering, evaluating and reporting of care for an allocated group of ward patients.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the cardiac system & understand about conditions which affect the heart; after undertaking the necessary training.
• Maintaining professional developments according to the Knowledge & Skills framework.

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned for their work.

The Coronary Care Unit (CCU) is a 10-bedded high tech area who’s patient group is largely patients with acute cardiac problems. The patients are usually monitored by cardiac monitors. The Nurse to patient ratio is at the recommended higher level to enable the staff to be more hands on with the patients; deal effectively with emergencies, and invest time in communication & education with patients.

We work closely with The Cardiac Care Ward which is 26 bedded ward is caring for inpatients following on from the Coronary Care Unit with the facility to telemetry monitor up to 8 patients.

Staff would normally rotate to CCW for short spells on a rota system.

We invest in our staffs’ training & Development and have a Cardiology Practice Educator who supports all new staff in addition to the Trusts 12 month Preceptorship programme.

We work closely with the Cardiac catheter lab to help deliver a comprehensive care package to the patients

One of our big priorities is maintaining Green status on our Quality Assurance Assessment Framework (QAAF) – which is all encompassing of delivering safe personal & effective care with an effective team.

Assessor of nursing :

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• Takes the nursing history of patients through asking questions and observations
• Maintains accurate clinical observations of the patient’s condition
• Interprets the significance of data to the patient’s condition and progress
• Identifies and discusses nursing problems or needs with the patient, relatives and other staff
• Accurately complete all relevant documentations relating to patient assessment.

Planner of nursing

• Identifies the priorities of nursing care for patients
• Identifies realistic goals in care plans
• Organises time, equipment and the staff to deliver nursing care

Practitioner of Nursing

• Givesskilledcaretopatientsand relatives.
• Administersdrugsandtreatmentsasprescribed with safety, accuracy and intelligencewithinthe
  
  Trust.
• Communicates effectively with patients,theirrelativesandco-workers.
• Liaiseswithmedical,para-medicalstaffandsocialworkersinthedeliveryofcare.
• Ensure thatindividualpatients are assessed,andthat careisplannedtomeettheirhandlingandmovingneeds.
• Mayberequiredtoactasa Traineror Risk Assessorin Movingand Handling .

Evaluatorofnursing:

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• Contributesthesettingofstandards fornursingcare.
• Evaluates the qualityofcaregiven to patients.
• Measuregoalachievementswithpatients and relatives andco-workers.
• Changes careplansandgoalsaccordingtoevaluation.
• Work towards QAAF recommendations.

Learners/Researcher of Nursing:

• Seeksout newknowledgeofnursingandhealthbyreading,enquiringand partakingincontinuing educationprogrammes.
• Seekstodevelopnewskills.
• Appliesresearch findingstonursingpractice.

Teacherofnursingandhealth:

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• Assesses the learningneedsofpatients,relativesandstaff (includinglearners).
• Instructs patients,relatives andstaff (including learners) aboutnursing. Demonstratesnursingskills to patients,relativesandstaff (including learners) andsupportworkers.
• Reflectsonlearningexperiences with patients,relativesandstaff (including learners).
• Assistwithassessingtheprogressofindividual learners,juniorstaffandsupport workers.
• Advisesmembersofthepublic onthepromotionofhealth andpreventionof illness
  -promotingwardactivity.
• Offer recognised training, andparticipateinthetraining…