Job responsibilities
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The
jobholder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs,
the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care and the
setting of standards of care.
The
jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to a
specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the
speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of
resources.
The
job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole
service working. As a role model they
will promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality,
effective and efficient care. The job holder will provide training and
education to staff groups, patients, and families/carers.
4. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Leadership
Provide a visible clinical lead and
role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality
compassionate care.
Support staff to provide efficient,
effective, safe and quality care to patients as an expert practitioner.
Deliver a positive patient
experience.
Support in the delivery of an
effective, evidence based, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope.
Provide support to the clinical
teams to develop new ways of working.
Provide effective leadership in the
development of staff at all levels.
Responsible for the day-to-day
supervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team.
Motivate staff in the delivery of
quality patient care.
Contribute to the recruitment and
selection process.
Contribute to Nursing and Midwifery
objectives and service improvement.
Supervise clinical delivery of care
competencies.
Anticipate problems and take
preventative or mitigating actions or have contingency plans available.
Investigate and respond to accidents,
complaints, untoward incidents, and other significant events.
Maintains record of workload and
performance monitoring information and reviews this on a regular basis with
team manager.
Under the direction of the Team
Manager participates in or lead the development of specific elements of
nursing practice, reflecting the CSU, and Nursing, Midwifery and Allied
Health Professionals business plans.
Engage users and carers views on
service delivery and development.
Contribute to and implement policy
and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes
where appropriate.
Exercises a personal duty of care
in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and
supplies appropriately.
Clinical
Provide high quality care as an
expert practitioner and act as a role model and resource for advice, support,
and guidance.
Where appropriate to the services
patient demographic, to developmentally appropriate, young person friendly
healthcare to support young people; including support for transition, as they
move from children into adult services between the ages 11-25 years.
Participates in the setting,
monitoring and improvement of standards and quality of patient care.
Undertake clinical procedures where
dexterity and accuracy are required.
Assess, plan, implement and
evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical
skills.
Make clinical assessments and
treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols.
Organises own clinical workload.
Undertake duties on wards or
departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.
Supervise clinical staff to promote
the delivery of excellent clinical standards.
Receives supervision of clinical care
and outcomes from nurse specialist team leader.
Act in accordance with the relevant
professional code i.e., NMC,
Fulfil the requirements as directed
by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.
Ensure and promote the maintenance
of a safe, clean, and secure working environment.
Act in such a way that always
safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults. Is
familiar with and adheres to, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT)
safeguarding policies.
Raise concerns with regards to
risk, danger, malpractice, or wrongdoing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing
policy and supporting processes.
Ensure that documentation standards
are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or
computerised.
Promote and maintain positive
working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust,
involved in the care of patients.
Communication
Maintains accurate clinical and
other records using the LTHT documentation.
Support patients and their
families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring
they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care
delivery.
Deliver complex information to
patients and staff.
Liaise
with external health providers and other agencies (as appropriate) to ensure
seamless provision of care delivery.
Quality
Improvement & Research
Improve the quality and safety of
our services by being proactive in promoting and supporting the Leeds Improvement
Method.
Contribute to quality improvement
programmes as required.
Keep up to date with and
communicate service developments, advances, and research.
Through the use of audit, local
research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that
needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.
Actively promote patient
involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive
patient experience Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until
they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area.
Undertake audit programmes specific
to client group, treatments, and developments.
Help to set, monitor, and seek to
continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including
those standards defined in local and national guidance.
Participate in clinical trials as
appropriate.
Work closely with Research and
Innovation to promote research, disseminate outcomes and findings to support
evidence-based practice.
Education
and Training
Provide training and education of
learners and other junior staff
Participate in own and others
appraisals and in the development of own personal development plan and
performance review.
Undertake role specific training
and competencies.
Provide education and training to
patients and their carers.
Keep up to date with developments,
advances within the specialty.
Collaborate with other members of
the team in clinical areas and departments to ensure that the provision of
education and training is clear and robust.
Mentorship and supervision of
junior staff.
Support staff to deliver
evidence-based practice and research activities to further enhance patient
care.
Undertake mandatory and priority
training within the required time scales.
This
does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these
may be subject to change with professional and service developments.
