Liaison Sister/Charge Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

To work in partnership with a range of multi-disciplinary and organisational teams within both the hospital and community settings. To ensure safe discharge for End-of-life patients and those requiring Dept of Health Fast Track Funding.

To facilitate clear and effective communication between patients, relatives, carers, and professional colleagues to ensure seamless patient care. Ability to provide and receive sensitive patient medical information.

To enable patients and their families/carers to participate in their discharge planning, encouraging independence and choice.

To prescribe need for equipment in order to promote patient safety and enable staff to provide safe and effective care in the community setting.

To practice clinical supervision for team members with regular 1:1 sessions with delegated members of the team.

To recognise difficulties that may arise associated with cross boundary working in relation to complex patient needs and the various pathways available.

Communication:

Ability to communicate with patients and families, including sensitive discussions regarding End-of-Life preferred place of care and death.

Able to work closely with the Acute Trust and all Local Authorities/ Community Health Services and ICBs.

Providing evidence based clinical information in order to request funding for care provision, ensuring accurate records are kept for each patient engagement through documentation.

Ensuring Community Nurse teams receive timely referrals from the Acute Trust, checked for accuracy.

Budgetary Responsibility:

To assess, prescribe and order appropriate equipment for discharge within delegated delivery and order limits.

To understand the complexities of both health and social care funding entitlements which impacts when advising patients and families.

Human Resources:

Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal.

To attend meetings as required by CCS and the Acute Trust.

To support with staff supervision.

Act as a support to facilitate the training and education of new staff.

Promote understanding of role to different involved staff groups.

Research and Development:

Responsibility for identifying and developing a range of clinical knowledge appropriate to role.

To ensure awareness of any changing policies, guidelines or procedures associated with role.

To be aware of relevant legislation related to role.

Clinical and Practice Governance:

Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Any data that is taken or shared must be in line with Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.

Adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes.

Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.

Current registration with NMC, and responsibility to maintain own professional registration.

Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by CCS.

Participate in clinical audits and assist in the maintenance of accurate and timely data i.e patient records to enable the service to be monitored, reviewed, and developed.

Provide patients and their families/carers with contact information and what they should expect from the team.

Participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis.

Participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

General:

Awareness of Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Equal Opportunities Policy.

Awareness of responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

Adhere to the code of conduct on confidentiality in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998), and to adhere to the trusts own policies and procedures in the performance of their duties.

Take responsibility for own actions and work unsupervised.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Registered General Nurse (NMC registered)

Desirable

• Professional Qualification in Palliative Care/Community Care

Experience

Essential

• Post-registration experience in community or hospital
• Nursing patients with a wide range of conditions including terminal illness and physical disabilities
• Experience of holistic assessment and care planning.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
• IT skills - Experience in use of Microsoft Word, emails.
• NMC Code of Conduct and Implication on Practice.

Desirable

• Awareness of managing budgets/resources
• Knowledge of social care pathways
• Use of Excel
• Knowledge of current developments in the NHS e.g.: Integrated Care Board (ICB), Clinical Governance
• Knowledge of DoH Continuing Health Care process - Fast Track
• Knowledge of research-based practice (NICE guidelines).
• Use of System One.
• Use of Medequip equipment ordering system.
• Experience of peer supervision.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to manage a caseload independently.
• Ability to initiate and adapt to change.
• Work well within a team setting.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Contribute to problem solving.
• Clear concise record keeping.
• Holistic assessments and care planning.

Desirable

• Leadership skills (ie Chrysalis).
• Evidence based shared learning.
• Teaching and presentation 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

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Address

Luton and Dunstable Hospital - Integrated Discharge Team

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ

Employer's website

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