Job Description
Come and join our Gold star team!
Your motivation, enthusiasm and positivity make you just the person we need in our fabulous Clinical Investigation Unit (CIU) to help drive our service forward. We are a completely nurse led service and with the support of the Sister and Unit Manager. CIU provide the highest quality care for our patients in a relaxed, spacious, caring setting. Every day is interesting with a variety of treatments, specialities and wonderful patients.
If you are keen to learn new skills,you are committed to the highest quality patient care,have great communication, and team working skills ajob on CIU is waiting for you!
Ensure a high standard of nursing care is delivered based on assessment , planning, implement and evaluation of care to meet patient's needs in accordance with agreed local, national standards and evidence based guidelines to provide the highest quality care.
The unit offers treatments with the aim to prevent hospital admissions, working closely with Haematology, Gastroenterology, emergency and other services. Treatments include; blood transfusion, intravenous antibiotic daily therapy, other intravenous therapies, endocrine tests and Venesections to name a few.
CIU is a committed, hard working, friendly team. We offer you the opportunity to develop and enhance your current nursing skills and to continuously develop new clinical skills amongst our amazing established team members.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Duties to include, but not be limited to:
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet patients' needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards along side evidence based guidelines.
- Support and provide patient education and health promotion.
- Be responsible for the delivery and coordination of care, through appropriate professional practice, delegation and supervision of duties carried out by junior staff.
- Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
- Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care.
- Maintain accurate and completed records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation.
- Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation.
- Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
- Ensures environment of care is safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
- To participate in education and training of junior staff.
- Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice.
- Proactively engage with Trust wide or local changes and developments in nursing practice. Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to the line manager.
We are also proud to offer a fantastic work life balance, with sociable working hours. What are you waiting for? Come and join our amazing CIU family!