Junior Staff Nurse

Narayana Health; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Glasgow is seeking a dedicated nurse to care for critically ill patients in the CCU. Responsibilities include adhering to safety protocols, documenting patient care, and educating families. Candidates should have a nursing degree and valid registration. Opportunities exist for freshers and those with experience. Join a team committed to high-quality patient care in an intensive environment.

Qualifications

• Freshers or candidates with 1-2 years of experience are welcome.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for critically ill patients.
• Adhere to patient safety and infection control policies.
• Document and handover patient records.
• Educate patients and families.
• Demonstrate clinical competence in patient care.

Skills

Knowledge of nursing principles

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Proactive approach

Punctuality

Empathy

Education

Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Valid registration in the state Nursing Council

Job description

Care for Acute and Critically Ill Patients in CCU

Provide care for patients in CCU who are acutely or critically ill and ensure that they receive the best possible care. Patients who are at high risk for life‑threatening health problems come under this category.

Job Responsibilities

General Responsibility

• Adhere and comply with Organization Regulations and Administrative Policies.
• Adhere and comply with policies and procedures related to patient care, infection control, patient safety and accreditation standards.

Care Delivery

• Demonstrate clinical competence in all aspects of patient care.
• Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and assess the impact of nursing intervention as appropriate.
• Assessment and reassessment of pain and management of pain.
• Ensure compliance with all policy and procedure for medication management.
• Explain plan of care to patient and family.
• Document and handover all patient records as per policies and standards.
• Educate patient and family as required.
• Ensure the involvement of the patient, family and significant others in the patient's care.
• Ensure plan of care is implemented.
• Demonstrate correct use and assembly of required equipment, instruments and appropriate cleaning of the same.

Quality Management

• Understanding of clinical and other established performance indicators to ensure ongoing quality improvement.
• Follow international patient safety goals.
• Report all near miss, sentinel events and any other incidents.
• Identify and elevate any life‑threatening issues and associated procedures, protocols and policy guidelines.
• Always maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient information and records.
• Comply with all quality standards as decided by organization for patient safety and quality of care.

Training and Development

• Participate and contribute in scheduled in‑service training programs like ACLS, BLS, PALS, NALS (if applicable), CNEs, conferences, etc.

Functional Area Responsibility

• Understand and demonstrate infection control guidelines, practices and biomedical waste management.
• Assess and interpret intracranial pressure and Glasgow Coma Scale.
• Haematoma management and post‑op care.
• Nursing management of patients on ventilator.
• Manage IV fluid calculations and drug calculations.
• Ability to take care of intravenous lines and central lines.
• Perform endotracheal and oral suctioning.
• Ability to position patients appropriately.
• Knowledge about the different types of sterilisation and aseptic techniques followed in NH.
• Awareness of DVT prophylaxis and FAST HUG protocols.
• Assisting for pacemaker insertion and assisting different modes of oxygenation.
• Thrombophlebitis nursing management.
• Perform drainage, ROMOVAC drain monitoring and intake and output documentation.
• Storage, administration and disposal of narcotics.
• Processing patient samples for ABG, VBG, GRBS, cardiac SOB, ACT & PT INR on POCT devices.
• Perform Allen’s test, draw arterial blood and perform arterial blood gas and venous blood gas analysis for patient samples.
• Monitor and update the critical value reporting documents for all POCT reports; inform treating consultants of panic values and document the same.

Candidate Requirements

• Education: Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Registration: Valid registration in the state Nursing Council from where B.Sc. Nursing / GNM was completed.
• Experience: Freshers / candidates with 1 or 2 years of experience.
• Knowledge & Skills Required: Knowledge of nursing principles, techniques and procedures for the delivery of effective patient care; good communication & interpersonal skills; proactive, punctual and empathetic.

N.B – The above also includes any other job assigned from time to time. I do hereby declare that the Job Responsibilities are properly explained to me during Induction/ Appraisal/ Redesignation and understood by me. I will try to deliver the best by meeting the mentioned standards.