Job summary
We are seeking a passionate and dynamic individual to join our Antiviral Response Service . This key role will be working collaboratively with and support members of the MDT in the delivery and management of the anti viral service.
The remit of the antiviral service is to provide oral and IV interventions to people during periods of acute illness in order to prevent hospital admission. You will have the ability to independently triage to aid decision making or previous experience of triage processes.
If you are motivated and passionate about service development and providing high standard of patient centred care this role could be for you.
Oftentimes, this post requires you to work autonomously and into patients own homes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to demonstrate and apply a broad range of nursing knowledge, intervention and skills. Knowledge of the principles of health promotion and preventing illness will be fundamental as will having a comprehensive understanding of the roles of others in health care. The post holder will support the Team leader, deputising for them in their absence and supporting the development of the Anti viral team and raising the profile of the anti viral service.
Previous experience of unsupervised triaging high risk vulnerable adults to determine eligibility or otherwise for interventionPrevious experience of reviewing patients medical records and seeking specialist advice to ensure prescribing is appropriate and safe for patient cohortPrevious experience of working to a PGDKnowledge of care home outbreak protocolsPrevious experience of providing oral and IV interventions to people during periods of acute illness within a home setting
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES To work collaboratively with health and social care professionals. To carry out health assessments. Ability to triage to aid decision making. To work as an autonomous practitioner, be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work,able to dispense from the PGD, within agreed national local and professional standards and guidelines. To accept referrals from other disciplines unsupervised and co-ordinate intensive triage processes and To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess the physical and psychosocial needs and develop a comprehensive and concordantplan of care with the patient, their carers and the wider MDT as needed. To develop and implement evidenced based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on best practice, specialist knowledge, experienceand specific training to improve health outcomes and promote choice. To ensure that nursing models of care are used when assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating specialist programmes ofprescribed patient care To work in close collaboration with all other agencies including District Nursing Services, pharmacy, CRT, Public Health Consultantsand health and wellbeing workers. To be accountable as the named nurse/key worker for individual patient care Communicate sensitively with patients in the context of their complex needs who may have difficulty in understanding, and challengingbehaviour To undertake detailed risk assessments on every visit, to ensure the safety of both staff and patients. To undertake clinical observations using own clinical judgement and to interpret, record and accurately report to the team andresponsible clinician. To adapt treatment programmes to suit the patients home environment, requiring creative thinking and problem solving skills. To perform nursing procedures in the patients own home. To assess and supervise medication, give patient advice and liaise with local pharmacist, GP, hospice or clinician to discussappropriate medication and self-administration methods. To identify toxicity, overdoses and contra-indications To implement or arrange unplanned procedures such as cannulation, venepuncture, monitoring of vital signs, oxygen saturations andadjusting medications. To select and administer appropriate medication for symptom control or take an appropriate course of action e.g. contacting out of hoursGP, hospice referral, bereavement counselling. (non - prescribers can only work from existing prescription) To arrange the dispensing, safe acquisition and delivery of drugs to the patients home. To provide appropriate care of patients requiring intravenous therapy To provide appropriate care of patients requiring sub cutaneous therapy To continually assess, evaluate and adapt care provision to reflect the patients changing condition. To re-organise and prioritise the workload in order to respond rapidly to a changing situation. To occasionally provide emergency treatment for the out of hours service for the Gwent Community. To ensure and facilitate appropriate referral pathways to clinical specialist as required. To seek wider advice when required pharmacy, Doctor, Consultant etc., to make appropriate decision for individuals with complex needs To be responsible for safe, timely and accurate record keeping in accordance with our responsibilities in achieving audits and clinicalgovernanceOPERATIONAL MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES To support the Nurse Team Lead to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the Anti-Viral service and reporting any shortfalls To deal with patients/carers/relatives who may be dissatisfied with their experience of service provision and to have a workingunderstanding of the complaints procedure. To lead staff practice within the framework provided by ABHB Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and those laid down by nursingsregulatory body. To be responsible for daily co-ordination, appropriate delegation and organisation of workload, ability to prioritise referrals appropriatelywithin the team whilst maintaining a safe number of patients on the caseload. To be responsible for assessing referrals to ensure they meet the clinical criteria for Anti-Viral Service To identify, liaise and/or delegate duties to appropriate skilled team members or external agencies at short notice, to identify and carryout a more appropriate service need. To contribute to partnership working with statutory organisations and the non-statutory sector as required. To contribute when required, to the work of specific project groups within the multidisciplinary team. To assist, when required, in the development and integration of pathways, policies and procedures. To have an awareness of budgetary constraints and resource issues when delivering care, taking a responsible approach for orderingequipment and supplies within the budget allowance and maintain a cost effective service. Provide feedback to Aneurin Bevan Health Board and contribute suggestions to develop and improve the effectiveness of the service. To be responsible for checking and signing orders for nursing stock supplies
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Further details/informal visits contact - Christopher M. Whitton, Health Protection Clinical Response Team Lead, Christopher.whitton@wales.nhs.uk, 07583 133289
Job description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES To work collaboratively with health and social care professionals. To carry out health assessments. Ability to triage to aid decision making. To work as an autonomous practitioner, be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work,able to dispense from the PGD, within agreed national local and professional standards and guidelines. To accept referrals from other disciplines unsupervised and co-ordinate intensive triage processes and To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess the physical and psychosocial needs and develop a comprehensive and concordantplan of care with the patient, their carers and the wider MDT as needed. To develop and implement evidenced based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on best practice, specialist knowledge, experienceand specific training to improve health outcomes and promote choice. To ensure that nursing models of care are used when assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating specialist programmes ofprescribed patient care To work in close collaboration with all other agencies including District Nursing Services, pharmacy, CRT, Public Health Consultantsand health and wellbeing workers. To be accountable as the named nurse/key worker for individual patient care Communicate sensitively with patients in the context of their complex needs who may have difficulty in understanding, and challengingbehaviour To undertake detailed risk assessments on every visit, to ensure the safety of both staff and patients. To undertake clinical observations using own clinical judgement and to interpret, record and accurately report to the team andresponsible clinician. To adapt treatment programmes to suit the patients home environment, requiring creative thinking and problem solving skills. To perform nursing procedures in the patients own home. To assess and supervise medication, give patient advice and liaise with local pharmacist, GP, hospice or clinician to discussappropriate medication and self-administration methods. To identify toxicity, overdoses and contra-indications To implement or arrange unplanned procedures such as cannulation, venepuncture, monitoring of vital signs, oxygen saturations andadjusting medications. To select and administer appropriate medication for symptom control or take an appropriate course of action e.g. contacting out of hoursGP, hospice referral, bereavement counselling. (non - prescribers can only work from existing prescription) To arrange the dispensing, safe acquisition and delivery of drugs to the patients home. To provide appropriate care of patients requiring intravenous therapy To provide appropriate care of patients requiring sub cutaneous therapy To continually assess, evaluate and adapt care provision to reflect the patients changing condition. To re-organise and prioritise the workload in order to respond rapidly to a changing situation. To occasionally provide emergency treatment for the out of hours service for the Gwent Community. To ensure and facilitate appropriate referral pathways to clinical specialist as required. To seek wider advice when required pharmacy, Doctor, Consultant etc., to make appropriate decision for individuals with complex needs To be responsible for safe, timely and accurate record keeping in accordance with our responsibilities in achieving audits and clinicalgovernanceOPERATIONAL MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES To support the Nurse Team Lead to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the Anti-Viral service and reporting any shortfalls To deal with patients/carers/relatives who may be dissatisfied with their experience of service provision and to have a workingunderstanding of the complaints procedure. To lead staff practice within the framework provided by ABHB Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and those laid down by nursingsregulatory body. To be responsible for daily co-ordination, appropriate delegation and organisation of workload, ability to prioritise referrals appropriatelywithin the team whilst maintaining a safe number of patients on the caseload. To be responsible for assessing referrals to ensure they meet the clinical criteria for Anti-Viral Service To identify, liaise and/or delegate duties to appropriate skilled team members or external agencies at short notice, to identify and carryout a more appropriate service need. To contribute to partnership working with statutory organisations and the non-statutory sector as required. To contribute when required, to the work of specific project groups within the multidisciplinary team. To assist, when required, in the development and integration of pathways, policies and procedures. To have an awareness of budgetary constraints and resource issues when delivering care, taking a responsible approach for orderingequipment and supplies within the budget allowance and maintain a cost effective service. Provide feedback to Aneurin Bevan Health Board and contribute suggestions to develop and improve the effectiveness of the service. To be responsible for checking and signing orders for nursing stock supplies
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Further details/informal visits contact - Christopher M. Whitton, Health Protection Clinical Response Team Lead, Christopher.whitton@wales.nhs.uk, 07583 133289
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Level 1 Nurse - Degree level education
- Diploma level specialist training and equivalent demonstrable experience
- Evidence of recent post registration, professional and portfolio development
- Assessor/mentorship competency /willingness to complete
Desirable
- Specialist clinical training
- Management qualification
- Post graduate qualification
- ECDL or willing to undertake
- Undertake a Holistic Assessment course
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Able to communicate succinctly and effectively verbally, in writing and electronically
- Able to present information effectively to individuals and groups
- Able to perform and demonstrate expanded clinical skills including: intravenous therapy, cannulation, syringe drivers, male and female IT skills ECDL Demonstrates ability to research, critique Interview
- Legislation affecting service area
- Clinical Governance and how it affects practice
- Knowledge of and compliance with the NMC Codes of Practice
- An up to date working knowledge of: o Acute, chronic and terminal illness, , care of the post op patient, drug interactions, aetiology and physiology of pain, pain assessment, strategies for effective pain and associated symptom control
- o An understanding of the implications of cultural difference for service delivery An understanding of the steps that need to be taken to provide appropriate, accessible and sensitive primary health care services
- Work autonomously under own initiative and dispense from the PGD
- Able to act as catalyst to promote change
- Able to make purposeful decisions in stressful or pressured situations
- Able to manage and to work effectively as part of a team
- Able to make correct decisions within a set of clear guidelines
- Ability to identify and prioritise complex care needs
- Ability to present complex information MDTs and meetings
- Able to impact complex information face to face/over the telephone
- Able to build effective working relationships at all levels
- Able to develop relationships with external agencies and organisations
Desirable
- Clinical Supervision
- o Knowledge and understanding of audit and research, occasional participation in clinical audit
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Level 1 Nurse - Degree level education
- Diploma level specialist training and equivalent demonstrable experience
- Evidence of recent post registration, professional and portfolio development
- Assessor/mentorship competency /willingness to complete
Desirable
- Specialist clinical training
- Management qualification
- Post graduate qualification
- ECDL or willing to undertake
- Undertake a Holistic Assessment course
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Able to communicate succinctly and effectively verbally, in writing and electronically
- Able to present information effectively to individuals and groups
- Able to perform and demonstrate expanded clinical skills including: intravenous therapy, cannulation, syringe drivers, male and female IT skills ECDL Demonstrates ability to research, critique Interview
- Legislation affecting service area
- Clinical Governance and how it affects practice
- Knowledge of and compliance with the NMC Codes of Practice
- An up to date working knowledge of: o Acute, chronic and terminal illness, , care of the post op patient, drug interactions, aetiology and physiology of pain, pain assessment, strategies for effective pain and associated symptom control
- o An understanding of the implications of cultural difference for service delivery An understanding of the steps that need to be taken to provide appropriate, accessible and sensitive primary health care services
- Work autonomously under own initiative and dispense from the PGD
- Able to act as catalyst to promote change
- Able to make purposeful decisions in stressful or pressured situations
- Able to manage and to work effectively as part of a team
- Able to make correct decisions within a set of clear guidelines
- Ability to identify and prioritise complex care needs
- Ability to present complex information MDTs and meetings
- Able to impact complex information face to face/over the telephone
- Able to build effective working relationships at all levels
- Able to develop relationships with external agencies and organisations
Desirable
- Clinical Supervision
- o Knowledge and understanding of audit and research, occasional participation in clinical audit
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
