Description:
Leading the way in private healthcare, we now offer an extensive range of healthcare services, including: urgent care, planned care, primary care, health screening, hospital @ home, women’s health, digital health, out of hours emergency dental care, and nurseline 24/7. The efficient running of these services is made possible by our teams of highly skilled healthcare professionals.
What Will You Do
- Perform all elements of urgent care nursing to an industry leading standard.
- Have the patient at the centre of all activities and decision making processes.
- Provide excellent patient care management and treatment. Ensure examination and recording of nursing observations and carry out nurse assessments.
- Ensure excellent communication of all relevant information between the respective stakeholders both inside and outside the Vhi SwiftCare Urgent Care clinic setting, most importantly with the patients themselves.
- Manage patient discharge or transfer in conjunction with the administration team.
- Adhere to current legal guidelines regarding safe administration and storage of medicine in accordance with best practice and An Bord Altranais guidelines.
- Quality documentation of all nursing records – using the relevant electronic systems where possible.
- Implement best practice infection control techniques and comply with clinic guidelines.
- Nursing call backs to follow up with patients as required.
- Collects, reports and documents relevant data in the appropriate manner.
- Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
- Adheres to internal controls and standards established for SwiftCare Urgent Care Clinics including all policies, procedures and guidelines.
- The nurse should at all times work within their scope of practice and as guided by Professional Code of Practice as laid down by NMBI, professional clinical guidelines and current legislation.
- Attend and contribute to coaching and learning sessions as required.
- Act as preceptor to student nurses during their placements in the Urgent Care clinic
- Performs other related duties as required.