Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
To provide a broad range of
specialist clinical expertise that supports high quality person centred care
for people who use services across Plymouth.
To ensure that the care which is
delivered is of a high quality, and provided by motivated and skilled staff.
Provide leadership support,
clinical supervision and line management to team managers within community
services.
Lead and foster a culture of
openness and recognition of duty of candour in which each member of staff is
valued, supported and developed, inspiring a shared purpose to the delivery of
high quality effective care
Providing a visible, accessible
and authoritative presence to whom staff, service users and carers can access
for assistance, advice and support
Defining and assuring the highest
standards of care by providing leadership to front line professionally and non-professionally
aligned staff.
To work in partnership with
service users, carers and other key stakeholders in creating a culture of
professional and managerial leadership which strives to continuously reform and
improve inpatient mental health services
To ensure continuity of standards
across other community teams
Ensure staff complete essential
training to provide safe effective care.
Enhancing
Care / Leadership
To be accountable for the
provision and co-ordination of high quality care making the best use of the
resources available.
Identify trends in the
characteristics and demands on the service and use this, where appropriate, to
inform workload and workforce planning and strategic decision making.
Lead,
manage, monitor and analyse clinical caseloads, workload and team capacity to
assure safe staffing levels in care delivery, using effective resource and
budgetary management.
To ensure that development and
advancement in clinical practice is in response to service need and consistent
with National guidelines and recognised evidence based practice and LSW
Policies and Guidelines.
To lead in ensuring that both referral
and on-going care processes are consistent with local and national guidelines,
are timely and based on maximising independence.
Strive for excellence at all
times, through involvement with quality assurance initiatives / Clinical audit
practices in particular with regard to standards of record keeping.
Development and empowerment of
managers through training, devolution of responsibility, supervision and
appraisal.
Support and facilitate the
development of clinical supervision and reflective practice. Also ensuring that managerial supervision is
incorporated into clinical practice throughout the teams.
Ensure that, as an individual,
clinical expertise and credibility is maintained. A visible presence is required within clinical
areas.
To work flexibly across services
so that staff working can have contact with the post holder on a planned
basis. Where this involves working
shifts at night or weekend, time in lieu will be given within the normal working
week.
Act as Adult safeguarding lead
for teams, advising staff on issues relating to abuse of vulnerable adults.
Act as investigating officer /
setting up of strategy meeting following Alert of vulnerable adults.
To deal with complaints and
incidents as required
To facilitate community nurses to
contribute to public health initiatives and surveillance that enable people to
maximise their health and wellbeing at home
To facilitate an analytical
approach to the safe and effective distribution of workload through empowerment
and education which recognises skills, the regulatory parameters and changing
needs of community nursing
Use knowledge and awareness of
social, political and economic policies and drivers to analyse how these may
impact on community nursing and the wider health care community. Where
appropriate participate in organisational responses and use this knowledge when
advocating for people of resources
Apply principles of project
management to enable local projects to be planned implemented and evaluated.
Explore and
apply the principles of effective collaboration within a multi-agency,
multi-professional context facilitating integration of health and social care
and services, ensuring person-centred care is co-ordinated and anticipated
across the whole of the persons journey.
Use creative
problem-solving to develop a positive teaching/learning environment and
workplace for supporting disciplines and professions learning about caring for
people in the community and the interdependency of integrated service
provision.
Work closely
with the Lead Consultant for CMHTs and the Strategic Lead for Adult Mental Health in order to deliver
effective care to people with serious and enduring Mental Health needs.
As an operational manager
the post holder will be required to participate in the community operational
managers on-call rota if requested to do so by the Chief Operating Officer.
Managerial
Ensure that there is a robust
Governance framework in place.
Effectively manage risk in
accordance with the LSW Risk Strategy, ensuring compliance with Health and
Safety legislation, Infection Control, Fire Policy, Major Incident Plan,
Clinical Governance, the NMC Codes of Professional Conduct and other relevant
local Trust Policies and Guidelines. Liaise with the risk department.
Contribute to the development,
collation, monitoring and evaluation of data relating to service improvement
and development, quality assurance, quality improvement and governance. Disseminating
to a wider audience to improve patient care.
Seek opportunities for
streamlining Pathways including referral process and reducing delays in
discharge.
Maintain a presence in clinical
areas to act as a point of advice for service users and carers and ensure that
the service is responsive to their feedback.
Ensure that any informal and / or
complaints, significant events are investigated in full, preparing detailed
reports with action plans highlighting and proposed service changes identified
as a result of the investigation.
Ensure all annual Appraisals are
PDPs are up to date and use this data to inform and develop a workforce plan
that meets the needs of the service and any Sustainability plans that are
required.
Mandatory training for Managers
Education and Development Lead
Recruitment of new staff and
acting as appointing officer.
Support Managers with
disciplinary and grievance procedures
Support Manager with their
operational budgets
Attend and participate in
required meetings.
Chair and facilitate monthly
regular business meetings to ensure communication across services and feedback
to Operational Managers.
To be responsible for adequate
and safe staffing.
Responsible at strategic level,
involvement in planning development for future services.
Ensure that capacity and flow is
managed across the pathway effectively and seamlessly.
Ensure that all activity conforms
with good practice, meets CQC outcomes (and can be evidenced) and is based on
sound evidence.
Develop robust operational links
with key stakeholders and partners.
Be part of an on call facility.
Improving Working Lives
The post holder must recognise
that modern health services require modern and flexible employment practices
and as such will:
Understand that staff work best
for service users and carers when they can strike a healthy balance between
work and aspects of their life outside work.
Accept a joint responsibility
with staff to develop a range of working arrangements that balance the needs of
service users with the needs of staff.
Provide personal and professional
development and training opportunities that are accessible and open to all
staff, irrespective of their working patterns.
Value and support staff according
to the contribution they make to care and meeting the needs of the service, not
according to their work patterns.
Education / Training
Annual forecasting for training
with the Team Managers
Ensure changes in clinical
practice are underpinned with relevant education and training and that nurses
within the unit are competent to practice
Provide specialist advice to all
staff with service in conjunction with other specialists where available.
Ensure that all staff have met
their mandatory training requirements and are safe to practice and to ensure
that an appropriate range of skills are available to service users to both
provide effective and safe treatment and care
Ensuring development of staff is
based on both individual and service requirement
To forecast, plan and develop
future trends in workforce development.
***Please see attached Job Description for full details***
