Serwaa Akoto Tanoh

• To practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
• To ensure high quality, evidence based care is provided to patient in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
• Ensuring high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, planning, implementation, interventions are delivered from admission to discharge
• Delegating care to unregistered carers and retaining responsibility for care
• To be flexible and willing to be redeployed to an area within the sphere of their clinical expertise to provide clinical support and assist with facilitating safe staffing across the Trust when required
• To ensure that all patients’ have a safe and effective discharge plan.
• To consistently organise and deliver individualised patient care, ensuring patient physical, social and psychological needs are met.
• Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care
• Recognise the signs of “deterioration” and take action as required without delay
• Manage clinical emergencies, ensuring up to date training with hospital life support
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including controlled drugs, blood transfusion and blood products.
• Maintain all patient information to the required standard in relation to the admission, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care using the inpatient records
• Communicate with families and carers ensuring they are involved with the planning and delivery of care.
• To establish good communication with all members of the ward team, including the clinical, administrative and domestic staff
• Effectively communicate with the multidisciplinary team in order to promote efficient and safe patient care
• Ensure the correct storage of all written, digital and spoken word communication at all times.
• Patient records must be stored in a way that complies with all information governance
• Communicate with other clinical areas to coordinate transfer of patient care and smooth running of ward / unit / department
• Supporting the Ward Manager when appropriate and escalating to senior staff when required.
• Worked closely with fellow nurses, doctors and clinicians for consistent communication and continued best care practices.
• Quickly responded to medical emergencies, working calmly and professionally under pressure.

Provide excellent customer care skills to ensure patients come first.
Attend to the activities of daily living needs of patients, under the supervision and direction of a qualified nurse, to ensure that patients receive care appropriate to their needs.
To act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS
In accordance with the individual care plan, support patients to meet their nutritional needs by:
• Assisting patients in menu selection, liaising with the team nurse regarding
special diets, being sensitive to cultural requirements where appropriate.
• Serving patients' meals and beverages and assisting less able patients to eat
and drink.
• To maintain/monitor food and fluid intake.
In accordance with the individual care plan, support patients to meet their personal hygiene and dressing needs by assisting patients with dressing, washing and shaving.
Assist patients to the toilet and give bedpans and commodes as needed.
To facilitate patients to meet their own hygiene needs.
Ensuring that all bed areas are prepared to an agreed standard prior to the patient's admission.

• Collaborated with nurses to provide comprehensive patient care, ensuring a smooth recovery path.

• Taking a lead role in assessing, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care in the ward in accordance with required standards
• Taking responsibility for the ward in the absence of the unit manager
• Ensuring that accidents/incidents or ill health, that occur during the shift are recorded and reported
• Clinical supervision of nurses and other staff in the ward and assessing their training needs to upgrade skills
• Serving as a preceptor for nursing students and contributing to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of staff in the ward
• Seeing patients on a daily basis and advising them on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness
• Ensuring that there is proper documentation on nursing activities in the ward is carried out as expected
• Maintaining confidentiality in respect of every patient's medical record