Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. To work as a member of the
Multi-Disciplinary / Multi-Agency Team providing specialist evidence based
palliative care to patients and support to families and carers.
2. Provide compassionate palliative, nursing care
which takes account of social, cultural, spiritual, legal, political and
economic influences. You will ensure patient’s dignity and privacy is
maintained at all times
3. Within knowledge base assess, plan,
implement and evaluate nursing care based on an agreed model.
4. Contribute to the assessment and management
of physical, psychological and spiritual care for palliative patients.
5. Confidently communicate with patients, families, carers and other
healthcare professionals, making every contact count, putting patients at the centre of your thinking, listening and
positively responding to your patient’s feedback
6. To facilitate review and effective
communication to ensure care is responsive to changing circumstances including advance care
planning and breaking bad news.
7. To maintain contemporaneous, complete and
accurate documentation.
8. Perform at all times in a professional manner acting as a role model
and promoting best practice. You will behave in
an open and inclusive manner, upholding personal and organisational values,
beliefs and ethics.
9. Enhance the professional development and safe and compassionate practice
of others through peer support, leadership, mentorship, supervision and
teaching.
10. To provide mentorship and teaching to
students and new members of the team and provide a positive learning environment
which enables them to achieve the aims of their placement or complete their
orientation, mentorship, and induction as appropriate.
11. Provide appropriate learning and
development opportunities for co-workers caring for palliative patients
12. Follow all agreed clinical procedures and
statutory regulations relating to medicines management and management of
medical devices.
13. To ensure safe working practices are always maintained
and work within the Trust
governance framework.
14. To contribute to quality improvement and
provide evidence based patient centred care.
15. To take responsibility for lifelong
learning and professional development and to actively access all learning
opportunities provided by the Trust.
16. To promote self-management and build
therapeutic relationships with patients, families and carers.
17.
Delegate
duties to others, as appropriate, ensuring that they are supervised, monitored
and supported, recognising your own accountability and responsibility when
delegating to others.
Infection Control and
Prevention
All employees of
the Trust are required to:
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Maintain a clean and safe environment, minimise risks of infection,
report infection control issues of concern to their line manager and attend
mandatory infection prevention training.
o
Work in accordance with their local infection control procedures and in
adherence to the Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare
Associated Infection as outlined in the ‘Health and Social Care Act 2008’.
Safeguarding Children,
Young People and Vulnerable Adults
The Trust is
committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people
and vulnerable adults. All staff and
volunteers are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this
commitment. For further details please
refer to the 'Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy and Procedure' and to the
'Safeguarding Children Procedure'.
Should you have any concerns about any child or vulnerable adult that
you encounter in the course of your St Barnabas duties, please report these to
your line manager and / or to the Family and Carers Support Services team.
Health & Safety
All employees responsible and
accountable for ensuring that:-
·
They work safely in accordance with any relevant and appropriate
training, safe systems of work, procedures and/ or rules in force in their
workplace.
·
They co-operate with the Trust in matters of health and safety and take
care of their own health and safety and do not endanger other by their acts or
omissions
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They wear and use, at all times, the appropriate personal protective
equipment provided and use all safety devices, guards etc. provided to make
safe any plant and equipment.
·
They immediately report defective equipment /machinery onto the Trusts
maintenance helpdesk system, and isolate the equipment so that it cannot be
used. Once the situation is safe then the line manager must be informed.
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They immediately report any unsafe acts or conditions using the Trusts dedicated
reporting system and bring it to the attention of their line manager.
·
Report any ongoing unsatisfactory responses of maintenance or safety
issues to the Health and Safety Manager.
·
Maintain their working and welfare environment in a clean and tidy
condition.
Whilst the aim of
the Trust is to promote a co-operative and constructive view of Health and
Safety, all staff must be aware that a wilful or irresponsible disregard for
safety matters may give rise to disciplinary proceedings.
General Policies,
Procedures and Practices
All employees of the
Trust are expected to comply with all Trust policies, procedures and practises
and are responsible for keeping up-to-date with any changes to these.
Duty of Candour
All employees of
the Trust are required to:
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Be honest, open and truthful in all their dealings with patients and the
public, and ensure that organisational and personal interests are never allowed
to outweigh the duty to be open, honest and truthful.
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This supplement to your job description should be regarded as an
additional guide to the duties you are required to perform and is not intended
to be definitive or restrictive in any way and does not form part of the
contract of employment.
* For Further details, please see the attached Job Description *
