Job responsibilities
To manage and take overall responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership and guidance, clinical advice and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality:
Patient safety
The effectiveness of all health care interventions
Patient experience
The environment in which care is delivered
To ensure the delivery of a clinically effective service which meets the needs of individuals, families and communities in line with local and national development plans, Trust policies and procedures.
The post holder will provide good leadership and management, to develop and sustain a positive working culture.
The post holder will ensure staff are trained appropriately to deliver the care required and ensure supervision and mentorship is in place.
To work collaboratively with other senior nurses within CAMHS LDT and wider CAMHS appropriate and promote the role of their speciality nursing to all stakeholders.
To foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent approach with internal and external MDTs and between all stakeholders.
Clinical
Responsibilities
To lead and facilitate the clinical
nursing component for Outreach Service.
To put into effect Authority, Trust and
Service Policies and Procedures and maintain them in the course of duty,
advising all staff of changes.
To monitor and develop, with the clinical / Operational Team leaders and the MDT, policies and procedures appropriate to the
specialist area.
To organise work in such a manner as to
ensure the delivery of the highest attainable standard of nursing care to
clients in whatever setting and to ensure that each member of staff is aware of
his/her duties and carries them out as required.
To act as a source of advanced clinical
knowledge and skills for junior staff.
To ensure nursing participation in the
discussion of all new referrals to assure that a nursing perspective is brought
to bear on discussions made regarding their assessment and management.
Plan and implement effective
evidence-based nursing intervention through the problem solving approach of the
Nursing Process and within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team
approach underpinned by Positive Behaviour Support.
Evaluate the effects of nursing and MDT
intervention, re-assessing and consulting and re-planning as necessary,
adapting to the changing needs of the patients.
Seek appropriate clinical supervision and to
provide clinical and line management supervision for nursing staff.
Undertake casework consultation or
supervision with other specialist team members / professionals as appropriate.
Make decisions on suitable locations for
implementing assessment and intervention, e.g. in Rothesay, home, school or other community based activities.
Ensure that confidentiality is maintained
on all matters relating to the private affairs and treatment of patients and
their families.
Be aware of and ensure observation by all
staff of the legal requirements of relevant legislation
Be aware of and ensure adherence by all
staff to the Leicestershire Interagency Child Protection Procedures.
Undertake work within patients' own homes and act
as a lead professional for outpatient patients as allocated.
KEY RESULTS
AREAS:
Effectively line manage the nursing component of the Outreach service.
Exercise
advanced clinical nursing skills in partnership with other professionals.
Provide a
therapeutic environment for children and young people that is based upon risk
assessment.
Ensure
the development of nursing, other staff and learners.
Maintain
good communication and liaison with all members of the multi-disciplinary
team, wider CAMHS and other agencies.
Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of therapeutic programmes within the outreach service
Provide
relevant and high standard training to the nursing staff and other
professional groups.
Actively
participate in future planning of developments for the CAMHS LDT
Managerial
Responsibilities
Manage the Outreach Service and the
delivery of nursing care.
Manage the nursing component of the
outreach service.
Facilitate and participate, as a
multi-disciplinary team member, in the setting and review of aims, objectives,
standards, strategy and therapeutic approach of the Service, ensuring that
these are in accordance with the general policies of LPT NHS Trust, ICC and the NMC and remain relevant to the needs of the
referrers/service users.
Encourage the recognition that all
staff are valued and are to be treated with respect and concern by their
colleagues, recognising and appreciating good work and accepting constructive
criticism with good grace.
Ensure the maintenance by all staff of
accurate records of the nursing process and of a high standard of verbal nurse
to nurse/nurse to MDT reporting, in accordance with Trust Policy.
Ensure high standards of liaison and
communication with the clinical/operational team leads, the nursing team, multi-disciplinary team
and other relevant agencies.
Monitor staff sickness and absence and
take any appropriate action in accordance with the policy
Ensure awareness and adherence by staff
to the Authority and Unit policies for the ordering, dispensing, storage,
prescription and administration of drugs.
Ensure the recording and reporting of all
complaints, accidents, untoward incidents and occurrences in accordance with
Trust/Authority Policies.
Take responsibility for the deployment of
staff, ensuring the maintenance of staffing levels at, a safe
functional level - communicating any problems arising from maintaining cover to the clinical/operational team leads.
Deploy resources, labour and materials,
etc., with a view to cost effectiveness.
Monitor relevant budgets, as delegated.
Personnel
Responsibilities
To exercise leadership to achieve high
morale based on sound organisation, fair and clear staff relationships and to
promote good communication within the team by example
To facilitate and be involved with the
induction/mentorship of staff new to the Service.
To convene and attend any Nursing,
Clinical or Professional meetings as appropriate/allocated.
To participate in staff development and
personal development plans.
To ensure awareness of and adherence by
staff to Authority and Trust Policies on Health and Safety, Employees
responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, maintaining a
high standard of safety and safeguarding the welfare of staff and clients at
all times.
To ensure that Fire Drill Procedure is
understood
Educational
Responsibilities
To facilitate the provision of in-service
training opportunities for the nursing and, where appropriate, the
multi-disciplinary teams.
To actively seek to enhance ones
knowledge and skills by taking and making opportunities to, e.g. participate in
in-service training course, seminars, therapeutic activities with which one is
unfamiliar, reading relevant publications, etc.
To monitor the provision of and act as
supervisor/assessor/mentor to students and new staff as required.
To share and encourage the sharing of any
special skills or knowledge acquired with colleagues to enhance the expertise
of the team.
To offer training and act as a resource to
other health professionals and families
Research and
Quality Responsibilities
To collect, and cause to be collected,
accurate activity data to facilitate audit and the measurement of quality.
To participate in research programmes
within the guidelines of Leicestershire Health Authority Ethical Committee.
To evaluate individual care plans and
measure standards of patient care
To take a leading role in audit and the
setting and monitoring of standards to assure quality.
Physical demands
Due to the
diverse needs and difficulties of the patient group the post holder may be
required to undertake the use of safe holding of patients for long periods of
time
The post
holder may need to stand for long periods of time when undertaking assessment observations and training of
others
EFFORT
AND ENVIRONMENT
Mental
Effort
The undertaking of observations of patients for long
periods of time
Undertake the evaluation of information
gained through assessment and compose subsequent reports and treatment plans
Emotional
effort required in the job
The
post holder will be required to undertake disciplinary measures as required
with staff
The
post holder will be party to information that may be of a very sensitive
nature
The
post holder may receive information that requires safeguarding procedures to
be activated
Working
conditions of the post:
The
post holder will encounter episodes of verbal and physical aggression
directed at themselves and others
The
post holder will be required to work within settings outside of LPT including
family homes
Please read attached generic band 7 Job description alongside this information
