NursingNetUK

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Practice

• Accountable for all nursing practice and can demonstrate involvement of user/carer in practice within their immediate practice setting.
• Continually refine and up date their knowledge, skills and attitudes to a higher practice level with regard to their particular practice setting.
• Frequently critique the nursing intervention of the team against latest evidence to assess where improvements could be made.
• Regularly assist in the evaluation of health and social outcomes of clients treated within their team.
• Contribute and assist in the development of a strategic plan to inform practice within the team.
• Provide skilled clinical and managerial supervision to the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Use specialist knowledge to deal effectively with newly encountered clinical situation

Leadership

• Accepts overall management responsibility for the delivery of high quality, effective treatment and care within their area of responsibility.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage and lead a team’s development and improvements in their clinical practice.
• Provide advise and consultation on complex clinical matters faced by the team.
• Instigate, lead, implement and evaluate local quality improvement programmes.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively influence the political dimensions of service development.
• Practice Development and Research
• Construct a local service delivery plan in association with other professional groups/stakeholders.
• Establish a clearly defined support structure for team members to implement agreed local practice development action plans.
• Actively lead in practice and service development at a local level within the wider context of health and social care improvement.
• Give a professional nursing perspective on service delivery..
• Oversee local practice development projects.
• Work in partnership with other professional groups to establish the model and philosophy of care appropriate to the care environment.
• Promote a learning environment where evidence/value-based practice is implemented routinely.
• Identify areas of nursing practice for further research.
• Formulate existing research and evidence into proposals for improving the quality of care provided by the team i.e. NICE
• Establish a system in which local networks and stakeholders actively contribute to ongoing evaluation of service delivery.
• Education, Training and Personal Development
• Implement a range of  different models of learning.
• Ensure all nurses within the team undertake clinical supervision
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the learning environment.
• Effectively contribute to the training needs analysis of the nursing team reflecting the team’ ability to deliver operational/service objectives.
• Facilitate and support others in the extension of their professional roles and their personal development.
• Monitor and support the roles of all nurses undertaking a mentor role in accordance with the assessment and learning in practice standard (NMC) and provide a suitable learning environment for all learners.