Senior Staff Nurse – Neuroimaging

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties:

To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and adhere to this at all times.

To demonstrate clinical expertise in the care of any patients receiving treatment in the neuroradiology, interventional radiology, and diagnostic imaging.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the needs of patients requiring diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures on an on-going basis.

Co-ordinate the care given by all other members of the clinical team.

To accurately assimilate and interpret clinical information about the patients condition, promptly report changes and instigate remedial action as appropriate.

To act as a resource person to others, providing accurate information, advice and support to the multidisciplinary team, patients and their relatives.

To ensure that accurate records are maintained reflecting both changes in the patients condition and the treatment delivered.

To ensure that patients and their relatives are updated regularly with accurate information, and information is presented in a way that they understand.

To ensure that Clinical Guidelines are implemented and to be actively involved in auditing practice in conjunction with Line Manager and practice development staff.

To ensure that practice is evidence based and with support assist in the development of policies and protocols within the clinical area.

To uphold high standards of nursing care, in accordance to existing policies, standards and guidelines.

To support the Radiology Sister/Lead Nurse in processes of continuous quality improvement, formally evaluating standards of care and assisting in the implementation of changes in the light of such findings.

To contribute to the health education of patients and their families, ensuring that all patients receive appropriate advice and support to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

To actively support the implementation of the Trust nursing strategy and uphold the ethos of the local philosophy.

To assist with the administration of intravenous injections of radiopharmaceuticals and other agents for diagnosis and support in the management of stock levels as required.

To rotate to other clinical areas within the department as required or as identified as a personal and or professional development need in the appraisal process.

To conduct or effectively delegate departmental audits and ensure that key performance indicators are met and escalate issues appropriately i.e. MEG, Cleaning, Patient Experience, Local Safety Checklist

To uphold high standards of nursing care while ensuring patient safety at all times and appropriately challenging bad practice when observed ensuring it is corrected and documented accordingly.

To identify and lead a service improvement project engaging staff participation and delegation, and routinely assess projects effectiveness

To organise and perform nurse led preassessment clinics utilising the hospital clinical system to order and obtain results. Completing the radiology report on the hospital documentation system on informing the referrers of the suitability of the patient for day care and/or arranging admission.

To actively participate in the nurse liaison role to support prompt vetting, escalating any issues and improve patient flow.

Education and Research:

To act as a mentor to junior staff members, responsible for the orientation, supervision and ongoing development of junior and student nurses, in conjunction with Line Manager and Practice Development staff.

To act as a mentor/assessor to post registration students undertaking further education as requested, ensuring a positive learning experience and facilitating the development of their clinical skills.

To contribute to the wider educational activities within the division ensuring attendance at and contributing to the delivery of educational activities within the division.

To promote and encourage the application of research and of evidence based practice

Management:

To manage the clinical workload effectively, ensuring care is prioritised appropriately.

To contribute positively towards the delivery of a cost effective service, adjusting staffing levels to meet demand and assisting the ward manager to keep within agreed resources.

To assist with the ongoing organisation of the department, coordinating the activities of the clinical area.

To liaise with MDT and Bed Managers to ensure optimal bed usage at all times, facilitating timely admission and discharge of patients.

To act as a team leader to an identified group of staff, monitoring and documenting the development of their clinical skills.

To develop own skills in recruitment and retention, sickness management and performance management as determined by line manager.

To actively support the process of risk management ensure incidents are reported appropriately and helping identify ways of preventing errors and accidents to both patients and staff.

To make a positive contribution to the development of the service within the relevant clinical areas and act as a positive influence others in the management of change.

To actively promote customer care, assisting in resolving local (informal) complaints and supporting the ward manager to investigate formal problems.

To assist with the monitoring of stock levels of clinical stores and technical equipment, resolving any shortfall as appropriate.

To maintain standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area, auctioning remedy as appropriate and reporting deficits to line manager and or lead nurse, as appropriate.

To communicate varied and complicated information (verbally and in writing) in a way that is understood and gets the important facts across.

To carry the department Wi-Fi and/or telephone as required, resolving local problems/ conflicts, keeping managers/others informed and maintaining positive team dynamics across the care group at all times.

To rotate to different areas in the department with the clinical needs of the service, including general Interventional, neuro radiology and nuclear medicine.

To be part of the on-call service, and be available to support the service as rostered

To take a leadership role in crisis situations, resolving problems across the care group as necessary.

To maintain confidentiality with regard to personal information pertaining to staff.

To attend and contribute to departmental meetings as required.

Personal and Professional Development:

To work within and accept responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of clinical competence

To keep up to date with NMC, Trust and Care Group policies and guidelines and to adhere to these at all times.

To ensure continuous professional development as identified by the department needs and services and practice development nurse.

To demonstrate an insight into own professional development, contributing to the process of identifying own educational and clinical training needs in conjunction with the Radiology Sister and PDN.

Participate in own Individual Performance Review and after suitable training, to be responsible for undertaking this for own team of junior staff.

To ensure own educational commitment is sufficient to maintain NMC revalidation requirements and to ensure own mandatory training certificates are current, in liaison with Line Manager and PDN.

General:

The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.

To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.

We want to be an organisation where everyone shares a commitment to delivering the very best care and feels like their contribution is valuable and valued.

At Kings we are a kind, respectful team:

Kind. We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work

Respectful. We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed

Team. We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional

To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information patients and staff, in line with Trust Policy: any unauthorised breach of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action.

To be responsible, with management support, for your personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.

This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post-holder.

To carry out duties as an employee and service-provider with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy.

All employees must hold an nhs.net email account which will be the Trusts formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication.

Everyone is responsible for promoting inclusion no matter their role or team. At Kings, we want to create an environment where everyone feels valued, respected and welcomed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st level Registered General Nurse
• Mentorship programme or equivalent teaching qualification
• Further professional studies relevant to the clinical area
• Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area

Skills

Essential

• Able to contribute to the development of students, nurses and oneself
• Communication skills - able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions. Adapts communication style as necessary and is able to work with and through others.
• Team building and working skills - able to lead a team to achieve results

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's College Hospital

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 9RS

Employer's website

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