Job responsibilities
The
Jobholder will carry 24 hour continuing responsibility for the effective and
efficient management of the ward/department. They will provide professional,
clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. The
jobholder is responsible for developing and maintaining a ward or
departments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionate
safe and quality care delivery. Through managing the administrative and
financial aspects of the ward, the jobholder will ensure cost effective use
of resources.
The
jobholder will play an essential role with responsibility for the effective
and efficient management of the department.
Leadership
Provide leadership to the clinical
team
Support and inspire staff to
provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients
Deliver a positive patient
experience
Promote the building of effective
teams and collaboration between teams
Anticipate problems and take
preventative or mitigating actions, or
have contingency plans available
Work with Matron to lead the
development of ward/department nursing practice, reflecting the Clinical
Service Unit and Trust business plans
Work with the Matron and or Head of
Nursing to suggest and develop new roles/ways of working
Delegate and empower staff whilst
maintaining overall, continuing responsibility and accountability
Line manage the nursing team,
including individual and team performance, attendance, management and
workforce planning
Ensure the effective deployment of
staff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effective
care
Support and participate in local
and trustwide recruitment events
Manage the use of bank and agency
Investigate and respond to
accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
Deliver an effective, safe, quality
service within budgetary envelope
Raise and respond to concerns with
regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHT
whistle blowing policy and supporting processes
Deputise for Matron in their
absence
Clinical
Act in accordance to the Nursing
and Midwifery Councils Code: Professional Standards Practice and Behaviour
Fulfils the requirements as
directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate
registration
Supervise ward staff with regards
clinical practice and patient experience to promote the delivery of excellent
clinical standards
Provide a visible clinical lead and
role model to the nursing and wider
team by delivering high quality compassionate care as an expert
practitioner
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
Set, monitor and seek to
continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including
those standards defined in local and national guidance
Maintain a safe working environment
Ensure the safe use and efficient
management of equipment and supplies
Promote compassionate evidence
based practice, wherever possible
Work with Matron to ensure that
clinical governance processes at ward/dept level encompass measures to ensure
the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care
Balance clinical risk and clinical
decision making against context
Work with the Infection Prevention
and Control Team and Facilities to monitor the environment to maintain and
raise standards
Undertake duties on other wards or
departments as and when required by the service
Act in such a way that safeguards
the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is
familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies.
Quality
Improvement
Has a responsibility to improve the
quality and safety of our services. It
is expected that in fulfilling a clinical leadership role you will be
proactive in promoting and using the Leeds Improvement Method Contribute to
quality improvement programmes as required
Provides a contextual information
and or viewpoint to support quality improvement by contributing to
professional conversations representing the ward and or speciality view
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
Education
and Training
Participate in personal appraisal
and mandatory training at the required time periods
Ensure all new starters, inclusive
of temporary staff, have a local induction to the clinical area
Ensure all staff have an individual
performance development plan and a yearly appraisal
Ensure all nursing staff maintain
mandatory and priority training requirement.
Support and facilitate
re-validation for registered nursing staff, and self.
Promote a learning and development
culture to the improve staff skills, knowledge and competence
Ensure the induction and
development of staff
Promote a positive learning
environment within the clinical area to support the development of knowledge
and skills in learners.
Support and facilitate work-based
inter-professional learning
This
does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these
may be subject to change with professional and service developments
THE
LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally,
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to support, uphold and
demonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT
Commitment to delivering high
quality compassionate evidence based care, in accordance with Leeds Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) policies and guidelines
Commitment to working in a
multi-disciplinary team
Commitment to the clinical area,
valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and
creative working environment
Commitment to own personal and
professional development and to the development of others within the team.
INFECTION
CONTROL
The
jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal
Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and
after contact with patients and their environment
HEALTH
AND SAFETY / RISK MANAGEMENT
All
staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and
improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service
users. This includes complying at all
times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health
and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed security and safer
working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident
Reporting system
EQUALITY
AND DIVERSITY
The
jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure
equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the
individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient
or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender,
ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc
TRAINING
AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The
jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for
his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional
Development remains a priority. The
jobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role.
SPECIAL
WORKING CONDITIONS
i) PHYSICAL EFFORT
Frequent
standing, sitting, walking, kneels and crouches to attend to patient needs
24
hour continuing responsibility for Ward or Department
Responding
to changes patient condition
Patient
care (e.g. drug administration)
Shift
working
Moving
& Handling of patients and equipment on a daily basis.
Patients
10-120kg (with lifting aids)
Equipment
medical equipment, specialised mattresses (weight 1-20kg)
ii) MENTAL EFFORT
Continuous
mental effort/concentration required in relation to responding to and meeting
patients nursing care needs (e.g. for 8-12 hour shift)
Co-ordinating
Ward/Department activities. Unpredictable workloads
Responding
to changing circumstances (e.g. changes in patient condition, prioritisation
of workload)
Calculating
drug doses
Dealing
with complex and changing care needs of patients within an acute hospital
environment (includes communication with relatives/carers)
Robust
verbal and written communication skills required at all times
iii) EMOTIONAL EFFORT
Exposure
to difficult situations including death and dying, distressed patients and
relatives/carers
Dealing
with complex workload
Staff
Management
iv) WORKING CONDITIONS
Temperature
should be controlled, but may experience hot or cold work environment
Smells
dealing with body fluids
Violence
& Aggression may experience violence and aggression from patients
and/or relatives/carers
Infection
Control exposure to patients with infection
