NursingNetUK

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

1. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, and develop treatment/care pathways that may need to be delivered from a range of options

2. Follow a holistic assessment, devise an individualised care pathway for each patient, modifying it as required.

3. Be aware of Assistive Technology and utilise where required.

4. Assess patients’ holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.

5. Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.

6. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, incorporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable patients to engage in their treatment/care/management plan.

7. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.

8. Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.

9. Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.

10. Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on SystmOne and completed on a daily basis.

11. Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.

12. Order equipment and supplies via the electronic ordering systems used within the team.

13. Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.

14. Be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

Professional.
The post holder will:
1. Contribute to the supervision of workload within the integrated team.

2. Ensure own records are maintained, and those maintained by the team.

3. Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.

4. Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate.

5. Support all team members within the Urgent Community Response Team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.

6. Partake in the Trusts preceptorship programme if appropriate.

7. Actively participate in and attend in-house training as required to develop current job role.

8. Be able to make own travel arrangements to patients’ homes, clinics, base and meetings etc, as required.

9. Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.

10. Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies.

11. Be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff.

12. Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration course.

13. Provide advice/training to less experienced staff and supervise and support band 3 and 4 staff and students where appropriate.

14. Mentor existing staff and provide training in specialist area as appropriate.

15. Contribute to the induction process for new staff/students.

16. Demonstrate good IT/standard keyboard skills.

17. Demonstrate leadership skills within own competence.

18. Maintain own continuous professional development.

Organisational
The post holder will:
1. Undertake mandatory training as required.

2. Participate in an annual Personal Development Review.

3. Undertake Personal Development Plans for more junior staff members.
4. Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.

5. Follow Trust policies, and local procedures, and use discretion in interpreting them according to the setting and circumstances.

6. Comment on draft policies.

7. Ensure absence reporting is undertaken as determined by Team Leader and Trust Policy.

8. Contribute to clinical audit as required.

9. Complete the staff survey as required.

10. Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required.