Community Rotational Staff Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

This Job Description outlines the main areas of responsibility for the post and is not exhaustive. It is expected that in line with the various rotational areas, additional responsibilities that are commensurate to the role will be discussed to reflect the changing environment. These will be agreed within the induction period.

CLINICAL AND OPERATIONAL

Provide the delivery of evidence based nursing care by providing expert clinical assessment, care planning, care delivery, evaluation and clinical advice in accordance with the NMC: The Code. In some areas, the post holder will undertake responsibility for a delegated caseload under the supervision of the senior workforce.

Promote strong professional relationships between the acute and community to provide seamless care delivery for patients admitted or discharged between services including the transfer between ITS internal services.

Maintain clinical competency in a range of extended skills as required to meet the needs of patients on the caseload including the provision of IV therapies.

Work with other health care colleagues, voluntary and statutory organisations to ensure that the holistic needs of patients are met.

Where the post holder is a non-medical prescriber, practice responsibly and maintain competence to effectively prescribe from the relevant Prescribing Formulary.

To carry out clinical risk assessments within sphere of competence as required.

Work as an effective team member to actively contribute to public health initiatives including health needs assessment and health promotion.

To promote health education and healthy lifestyles within the community, including use of motivational interviewing and negotiation skills where appropriate.

To provide support to both formal and informal carers to support patients to remain in the preferred place of care.

To act as an advocate to facilitate the views and choices expressed by patients and their carers.

To refer people to other practitioners when needs and risks are beyond ones own scope of practice or require longer term support

COMMUNICATION

Maintain effective communication both within and outside of the clinical team to ensure that patient needs are met by the most appropriate service.

To communicate with patients and carers to maximise their involvement and understanding of their condition, care and treatment.

Provide effective skilled communication of sensitive issues, counselling and reassurance to maximise patient and carer wellbeing.

Maintain competence in IT skills and make best use of IT systems to enhance patient care.

Maintain contemporaneous clinical records in line with trust Clinical Records Policy and the NMC: The Code.

Identify potential opportunities to influence the development of knowledge, ideas and practice and prioritising those that have the most potential for success

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Undertake mandatory training in line with trust policy and attend updates and study days as appropriate to each clinical area.

Provide support and supervision to pre-registration student nurses within the team on an on-going basis, ensuring that their learning needs are being met.

Foster and encourage a learning environment conducive to education and continuing professional development of ITS.

To participate in the appraisal process ensuring objectives are met and a personal development plan is maintained and evaluated.

To be responsible for his or her continuing professional development and maintaining a professional portfolio and demonstrating evidence of reflective practice.

To achieve confidence and competence in clinical skills within each rotational area within a specified period of time.

RESEARCH AND AUDIT

Support and participate in research as appropriate, ensuring that the research governance principles are met.

Ensure that practice is evidence based by initiating literature searching and critical appraisal as appropriate. Support changes in clinical practice in line with best practice.

Develop own research awareness skills and support the development of appropriate skills with other team members.

Participate in clinical audit and essence of care / clinical benchmarking as required.

CLINICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

Support the teams to ensure that practice is evidence based and in line with local and national clinical guidance and policy

Support the monitoring of quality and practice standards within the team. Identify and report any issues relating to substandard clinical standards / clinical risk to Senior staff.

To be aware of and adhere to policies and procedures relating to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Ensure that the service is delivered in line with trust policies in relation to health and safety and infection control.

To have in depth knowledge of NMC standards and guidance, understand implications for and be able to apply to practice

Participate in quality initiatives to promote the development of community nursing

To monitor outcomes and propose changes to working practice e.g. wound care groups, diabetic link nurse, infection control link nurse and benchmarking groups.

Participate in clinical supervision in line with trust policy

To delegate work appropriately within the competency framework

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Support the effective use of staff within the services, promoting flexible deployment of staff across ITS as directed by the senior leadership team.

Maintain minimal clinical stock levels and the effective use of clinical stock.

Manage time and resources effectively with an ability to prioritise workload and be flexible in response to changing or urgent needs when required.

Raise resource concerns with the Senior leadership team ensure that patient needs can be met as effectively as possible

STRATEGIC SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

To contribute to new ways of working and the modernisation of nursing / public health agenda including participation in ITS New Models of Care.

To support the formulation of policies/protocols/ guidelines within sphere of work.

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND SKILLS

Frequently necessary to change priority of daily work in response to patient needs.

Responsible for maintaining nursing bag with equipment required to deliver care eg. dressings, syringes and needles. Occasionally required to carry emergency loan equipment to patients homes eg. commode.

Works within different environments throughout the shift - clinics, GP surgeries, patients homes and residential care settings.

Attends in-service meetings to disseminate information between specialist staff and the team.

Regularly involved in moving of patients by hoisting, moving of patient on bed by rolling or use of slip sheet, manually moving equipment.eg. commode.

Ability to perform venepuncture and cannulation skills (training will be provided).

Drives between work locations and in some areas works alone for most of the day.ften gives advice and psychological support to seriously ill and dying patients and their carers.

Often gives advice and psychological support to seriously ill and dying patients and their carers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of work in a multidisciplinary team

skills and knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of current NHS strategy relating to Quality, patient experience and safety
• Knowledge of Quality and clinical standards and statutory obligation
• Maintain clinical competence and be able to work in the clinical area undertaking patient care
• Competent in drug calculations
• Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational skills including high level of accuracy and ability to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to prioritise effectively
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team to meet the requirements of the post
• Be computer literate
• Work creatively with new innovative ways of working

Desirable

• Competent in venipuncture and cannulation skills

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

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tameside Hospital

Ashton-Under-Lyne

OL6 9RW

Employer's website

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