Job responsibilities
DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Endeavour to maintain
good standards of communication both in written and oral form.
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Assess a wound and
make appropriate dressing selection for the desired plan of care within local
formulary and national guidelines.
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Prescribe safely within the prescribing
competency framework and undertake prescribing audits relevant to service
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To assess patients
autonomously whilst remaining within scope of practice
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Show awareness of
evidence-based practice in wound care
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Participate in
promoting and implementing services to new sites when required by the ICB for
the expansion of the service
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Make entries on
patient records to record clinical interventions
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Make entries in the
clinical notes using the service areas computer programme ADASTRA
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Complete associated
documents to accompany specimens using Cyberlab where available and label
specimens
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Work well within a
small team
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Be flexible with
working pattern across the current locations to assist with teams Annual leave
/ sickness to ensure the service is covered at all times
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Communicate with
patients and carers in a polite and pleasant manner
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Receive and deliver
patient related information to and from other departments via the telephone/
emails
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Conduct/partake in relevant audits to improve
service provision
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To ensure mandatory
training is up to date
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To be aware of any
safeguarding issues and refer to local social services as appropriate.
Staff should be trained to level 3 safeguarding through mandatory
training
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To keep self-updated
on practice through educational events and guidelines both local and national
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Acknowledge and
accommodate barriers to communication and understanding including speech,
hearing, language, and emotion
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May be required to
encourage patients to comply with programmes of care
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Initiate emergency
action when required
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Inform the Clinical
Manager of any untoward incidentsand work safely
under the clinical governance framework
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Dispose of clinical
waste in a safe manner
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Contribute to
infection control measures by adhering to infection control policies/procedures
The above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to
be fully comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changing
circumstances or requirements following consultation with the post holder.
Education
and In Service Training
Be fully conversant
in all the clinical computer systems used within the Wound Care Service
Attend relevant
study/induction days, seminars, courses, self development etc. for individual
development and for the benefit of the service. Keep
up to date with mandatory training.
Where necessary relevant training in the operation of new or
unfamiliar equipment, software or procedures will be provided or arranged.
Confidentiality
In the course of your duties, you may have access to confidential
information about patients, staff or health service business. On no
account must such information be divulged to anyone who is not
authorised to receive it. Confidentiality of information
must be always preserved whether at or away from work. FCMS has in place
a Whistle blowers Policy for staff wishing to express concerns.
Data Protection Act, 1998
Carry
out any requirements within the duties applicable to the Data Protection Act,
1998.
Health and Safety At Work Act,
1974
Observe
all responsibilities and carry out all duties, whether general to all employees
or specific to the post, relating to Health and Safety in accordance with the
Practice and Departmental Safety Policies and any statutory requirements.
Clinical
& Corporate Governance/Quality Assurance
All
employees are expected to comply with the clinical and corporate governance
arrangements of FCMS. Every employee is personally responsible for the quality
of the work, and standard of care, which they individually provide. It is
their duty to seek to attain the highest standards achievable both individually
and collectively within their knowledge, skills and resources available to
them.
Outside
Employment/Outside Interests
If
you have other work or outside interests, this must not conflict with your
duties and responsibilities of your attendance for work as an employee of the
Practice.
It
is a condition of appointment that you must inform your manager before taking
up of any private practice, work for outside agencies or other employers, other
work for this Practice (including bank work),
voluntary work or outside interests you have or propose to have. This is
to ensure there is no question of it creating a conflict of interest with
your NHS duties. You must also therefore seek your manager's approval
before taking on any such other work or outside interest at any time after
entering employment.
Working
Time Directive
You
are required to comply with the regulations governing working time and to any
locally agreed associated arrangements.
Harassment
and Bullying
The
Practice condemns all forms of harassment and bullying and is actively seeking
to promote a workplace where employees are treated with dignity, respect and
without bias.
Equal
Opportunities
In
all the foregoing text any reference to one gender whether direct or implied
equally includes the opposite gender unless specifically stated to be
otherwise.
Fire
Training
Each
member of the staff has a statutory obligation to attend a Fire Lecture each
year. It is the responsibility of each member of staff to ensure that
they comply with this legal requirement.
No
Smoking Policy
FCMS
has a no smoking policy
Disability Confident Employer
As users of the disability confident scheme, we
guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria
for the vacancy
DBS - This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
(Exemption 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. This will require three
forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also
subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and
eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant
documentation as evidence).
*Please note that our roles are not being considered for
sponsorship at this time*
The
organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share
this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding
training at the level applicable to this role.
We reserve the
right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the
role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early
as possible.
