Job responsibilities
HOURS OF DUTY
37.5 hours per week.Details of starting & finishing times, which may vary in accordance with Hospice needs, will be notified by Director of Services & Medical Director. There will be times when you will be required to work outside of the normal office hours.
REPORTSTO
Head of Community Services,
Director of Services
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Director of Services, Medical Director, Ward Manager, Head of Professional Practice & Education, Practice & Quality Improvement Lead, Clinical Nurse Specialists, patients & wider MDT teams, volunteers, external organisations, GP & service users.
Service users, those important to them & families & carers providing advice assessment's meetings sharing information
Clinical & medical teams including multi professional team members
Community service teams including Hospice at Home & Community Palliative Care Team
Inpatient unit team symptom management
Family support services including pastoral care team
Communication team - patients sharing stories, updating comms
Estates team
People & Culture team
Quality Improvement & audit team
External- sharing information , signpost
Hospitals Discharge team + palliative care team
Primary care, District Nurses ,GP, Continuing health care
Learning Disability teams (hospital & community)
Social Care
Voluntary care providers
Transport services
Education Leads to explore develop education
RESPONSIBLE FOR
This role does not have line management responsibility, though will support line management tasks as required (e.g. supervision mentorship, development etc)
JOB SUMMARY
An expert practice function. The Nurse practitioner will deliver high quality care to patients, enable other practitioners to maintain professional expertise, exercising a high degree of personal autonomy within their role. They are also expected to spend at least half the time available in direct contact with clients, patients, or communities.
Education, training & development function. Nurse practitioner will provide specialist training & education of others, establishing formal links with local education providers. They should also contribute to the development of qualified staff in their specialist fields.
Professional leadership & consultancy function. Nurse Practitioner should be able to demonstrate leadership skills which will support & motivate others, in order to continuously improve quality of care & standards of practice providing a source of highly specialised expertise & knowledge for others in their specialist field.
Practice, service development, research & evaluation. Nurse practitioner will contribute to development of professional practice, through the promotion of evidence-based practice, audit of standards of care. They will also conduct research & evaluation of practice within their specialist field.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
This is a key post within the specialist area & will have a clear role in defining, shaping & developing services across all services including community settings.
The Nurse Practitioner job plan will include designated sessions for delivery of direct, higher level clinical care
The Nurse Practitioner will promote clinical pathways across medical & nursing teams, practicing autonomously & at an advanced level.
The post holder will provide system leadership, supporting Clinical Nurse specialists to realise their full potential as autonomous practitioners to ensure seamless delivery of care & high quality clinical outcomes.
The post holder will act as an innovator, motivator, key change agent & role model in order to support & influence clinical pathway redesign within services including quality improvement, implementation of national initiatives, service reconfiguration & new digitally enabled models of care.
The post holder will work closely with the Director of Services, Medical Director, Ward Manager, Head of Professional Practice & Education, Practice & Quality Improvement Lead, Clinical Nurse Specialists, patients & wider MDT teams to develop service responsiveness to the needs of service users & staff.
The post holder will join our Research Interest & Audit Groups, contributing expertise & mentorship in these areas.
The role blends a significant proportion of direct, higher level clinical care with education, research & management activities. The post holder will have an educational commitment to ensure clinical pathways & practices are enveloped in all staff training programmes.
Professional and Clinical Leadership
Articulate & communicate a vision of nursing practice for the specialist area that can be developed beyond the current scope of practice & demonstrate a commitment to the development of such areas.
Integrate assessment, diagnosis, plan of care treatment and discharge with the organisations model.
Use highly developed advanced communication skills, verbal, written & listening, to communicate information that may be sensitive and complex, Maintain confidentiality of records.
Promote an understanding of the role and increase the awareness and scope of practice of the role.
Provide professional leadership, strategic direction, expert advice and support to the clinical and medical teams.
Develop the nurse led service in line with changing service and healthcare needs.
Develop skills to provide leadership in clinical practice & to act as a role model of advanced nursing practice for all nursing staff & the multidisciplinary team.
Contribute to the writing & development of distinct policies
Demonstrate the ability to act as a mentor & preceptor in order to facilitate the education & professional development of all nursing grades & other healthcare professionals.
Participate in facilitating learning & education (both undergraduate & post-graduate levels) & other health professionals in the clinical area. Teaching in clinical areas as well as presenting at conferences, seminars & workshops to enhance the advanced nursing role.
Engage in a forum which evaluates quality & standards in clinical practice-develop the ability to lead in the promotion of clinical standards.
Contribute to the service plan by producing an annual working report, outlining the level of current service provided, the achievements & challenges of the service & a future plan for the eservice.
Contribute to the professional body of knowledge and practice nationally & internationally by developing writing, publishing and presentation skills.
Recognise limitations in scope of practice & address theoretical & practice gaps through continuing education, consultation with colleagues and consultant.
Work to achieve excellence through continuously improving the standard & quality & safety of nursing care.
Help to lead quality & safety improvement, risk management & standard setting projects in conjunction with clinical governance.
Ensure that effective safety procedures are in place to comply with Health & Safety Guidelines.
Research
Identify research priorities specific to area of clinical practice & the scope of practice/caseload.
Participate in & collaborate with the multidisciplinary team in undertaking research.
Lead, conduct, disseminate and publish nursing research to shape & advance nursing practice, education & policy & the wider health agenda
Promote an ethos so evidenced based practice through accessing & disseminating current specialty specific & profession specific publications.
Initiate, participate in & evaluate audit of the client caseload & other relevant areas.
Utilise the outcome of audit to improve service provision or initiate a change in practice.
Initiate & foster links with third level education institutions and other organisations in relation to research.
Contribute to service planning & budgetary processes through use of data & specialist knowledge
Develop data collecting systems that will inform & evaluate the service provided.
Organigram:
Director of services
Head of community & commissioning lead
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF POSTHOLDER
SENSITIVITY & PROFESSIONALISM: As an employee of Saint Francis Hospice you will come into contact with patients, their families and members of the public who are at the end of life or recently bereaved. All employees are expected to respond to people recounting and expressing their emotions about such events with sensitivity & understanding, & to know enough about the services that the Hospice provides to be able to signpost people who may benefit from our services to the relevant contacts.
CONFIDENTIALITY: The post holder must maintain confidentiality, security & integrity of information relating to patients, staff other hospice matter during the course of duty. Any breach of Confidentiality may become a disciplinary issue.
DATA PROTECTION: It is the responsibility of all staff to be aware of their obligations in respect of the Data Protection Act 2018.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITES: The hospice is committed to the development of positive policies to promote equal opportunity in employment & has a clear commitment to equal opportunities. All employees have a responsibility to ensure that they understand the standards expected & that they promote & adhere to the equal opportunity measures adopted by the hospice.
HEALTH AND SAFETY: All staff must be familiar with section 2 of the Health & Safety Policy, Organisation of Health & Safety. This document sets out the responsibilities of all staff for health & safety, whether in a supervisory capacity or not. Policy section 3 (arrangements for Health and Safety) provides an overview of training for competence in Health & Safety matters.
REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE/CODE OF CONDUCT:
All employees who are required to register with a professional body to enable them to practice within their profession are required to comply with their code of conduct and requirements of their professional registration.
