Senior Staff Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To have continuing responsibility for the maintenance of a high standard of care to the patients and carers on the DN caseload.

To contribute to the continuing responsibility/management of the caseload, DN team and related resources.

To contribute to strategies and policies for DN service improvement and development.

To take an active role in the delivery of Public Health agenda.

To deliver training and education sessions to care home staff.

Dimensions

To be aware of cost constraints.

To support the DN with a caseload that will be variable in terms of size and complexity.

To provide mentorship and leadership to clinical staff working within the speciality.

To work collaboratively and across organizational boundaries to provide evidence based.

practice and holistic care to patients in a variety of settings.

Key Responsibilities

To be responsible for the holistic assessment of the health and wellbeing needs of referred patients and carers, using analytical and interpretive techniques.

Contribute to the Health Equity Needs Assessment of the local community. (Community Health Profile).

Contribute to the Public Health agenda by raising awareness of health and wellbeing in the local community.

To have continuing responsibility supporting the District Nurse Team Leader with the planning, delivery, and evaluation of programmes of care to address the complex and changing health and wellbeing needs of individuals and communities.

Utilise enhanced skills and knowledge to provide specialist technical services and advice in relation to care e.g. palliative care, leg ulcers, continence.

Implement the provision of evidence based/best practice.

Participate in public health and health promotion activities in response to identified local need.

Contribute to the involvement of the public in the planning and evaluation of the District Nursing (DN) Service.

Actively encourage patient and carer feedback about the DN service.

Act as a role model, setting, monitoring, and evaluating the high standards and continual improvement to the DN service.

Maintain a professional image as outlined in the NMC Code of Conduct.

Promote the Clinical Governance agenda and apply risk management and reporting systems.

Participate in relevant research and audit activity.

Promote the provision of care by the team, which is consistent with evidence based/ best practice.

Identify needs and prioritises work appropriately to manage the delivery of the service.

Take responsibility for the appropriate delegation and supervision of work according to the skills and abilities of team members

To be responsible for ensuring that the standard of record keeping by self and the team meets Organisation and Professional standards.

Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings and situations at all levels within the organisation and the wider health and social care community.

Establish and maintain effective team working within the DN Service and Primary Health Care Team.

Motivate the team and implement change management processes.

Set team objectives to continuously improve the standard of care and develop the service.

To have continuing responsibility for performance monitoring of team members e.g. sickness and absence, competencies, complaints.

Regularly has responsibility for the management and co-ordination of the DN service at weekends and bank holidays.

Contribute to the recruitment of staff through involvement with short-listing and interviews.

To be responsible for the development of own and teams knowledge and clinical practice.

To be responsible for the performance review and development interviews of the team to identify training and development needs.

Participate in the supervision framework both as a supervisor and supervisee.

Maintain a portfolio to demonstrate continuing professional development.

Mentor and assess a variety of students including nursing and allied professionals.

To be actively involved in the continuous development of the community nursing service and policies procedures and guidelines.

Represent the DN service on multi-professional developments which support interprofessional working.

To be responsible for the promotion of best practice that ensures the health, safety and security of self, patients, and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidelines of the community nursing service.

Practise in accordance with procedures and guidelines for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection.

Ensure that confidentiality is always protected.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse / Level 1 on the NMC register.
• Mentorship Qualification.
• 2 years community experience.

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Up to date general clinical knowledge.
• Current knowledge of Local. Regional and National policies.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Effective communication skills, verbal and non-verbal.
• Able to record accurately, clearly, and concisely.
• Involvement in Research and Audit.
• Experience of supervising and supporting health professionals.
• Evidence of previous experience of mentoring and Preceptorship.
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.
• Evidence of working with external agencies and networking skills.
• Teaching experience.
• Basic IT skills.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Ability to work in a variety of settings.
• Good Time management skills.
• Flexibility to fit in with the needs of the service.
• Able to work under pressure.
• To work effectively as part of a team.

Desirable

• Experience in development of services to meet community needs.
• Presentation skills.
• Knowledge or experience of audit, evaluation, and research.

Special Requirements

Essential

• All appointments are subject to satisfactory occupational health clearance.
• Car driver in possession of current full driving licence and access to own vehicle.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of team working and caseload management.
• Evidence of good interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to work within a culturally diverse population.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC

Address

St. Anns Valley Centre

2 Livingstone Road

Nottingham

NG3 3GG

Employer's website

https://www.nottinghamcitycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)