NursingNetUK

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Practice
•    Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client.
•    Perform nursing assessments of a client’s personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools.
•    Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment client risk.
•    Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs.
•    Perform nursing interventions advocated within the clients care plan.
•    Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care.
•    Involve clients and/or carers in the care panning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs.
•    Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.
•    Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate.
•    Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.
•    Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy.
•    Demonstrate problem solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues.
•    Participate in regular clinical supervision.
•    Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.

Leadership
•    Demonstrate an ability to lead, support and develop junior staff.
•    Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies.
•    Participate in service developments which have impact on staff/services.
•    Contribute to innovation and new ways of working 
•    Take part and implement local audit and research activities were appropriate.
•    Implement risk management strategies to ensure the provision of high quality care to all clients.
•    Formulate appropriate clinical opinion based on clear rationale and understanding, national standards (NICE) and evidence based practice..
•    Apply reflective practice to develop and improve leadership skills.
•    Maintain a professional role to model appropriate leadership behaviours within a team.

Practice Development and Research
•    Apply knowledge and understanding of existing practice development structure within the organisation.
•    Consider the impact and influence of their practice upon clients and others
•    Understand their own role and identify their unique contribution to the ongoing development of nursing practice.
•    Demonstrate professional standards in the delivery of their nursing practice.
•    Understand how nursing sits within the organisations clinical governance framework.
•    Challenge service development, professional and organisational boundaries as new and emerging developing practice is recognised.
•    Develop their practice  where existing evidence and theory demonstrate new ways of working
•    Identify sources of evidence linked to improving client health and social care.
•    Demonstrate the ability to critique research base which may influence practice.
•    Be able to evaluate own nursing practice in line with current evidence/value based practice.
•    Use a variety of feedback mechanisms to improve own nursing care.

Education, Training and Personal Development
•    Identify personal educational needs which consolidate own learning from point of registration.
•    Apply the principles of reflective practice to enhance performance and contribute to ongoing learning.
•    Identify additional knowledge and skills to perform existing and emerging role.
•    Produce a personal development plan which strengthens their competence to deliver safe nursing practice reflecting current job requirements.
•    Complete mentor training in accordance with the assessment and learning in practice standard 
(NMC) and fulfil the appropriate responsibilities to support learners in practice