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Main Duties and Responsibilities

Patient/Client Care

• Co-ordinate and liaise with service users for medical monitoring appointments

• Facilitate full medical monitoring clinics including taking bloods; performing ECG tests; taking patient observations such as blood pressure and pulse, and other investigative physical health tests as per Kings College guidelines for individuals with an eating disorder and as per direction from senior staff. 
  
  
• Report any deterioration of the service users physical or mental state appropriately and timely
  
  
• Practice within professional guidelines and promote professional practice in clinical area.
  
  
• Record accurate notes and observations in patient clinical records system
  
  
• Ensure high standard and accurate verbal/written communication about patient care with all team members.
  
  
• Ensure that a service user centred multi-disciplinary approach to care is present

• Assess, plan, implement and monitor care in keeping with evidence based practice.

• Ensure timely referrals to a registered nurse or other appropriate clinician when any actions, care or treatment is required.

• To provide guidance to junior staff relevant to clinical speciality

• Ensuring that care reflects individual and cultural needs taking into account any reasonable adjustments that may be required

• Ensure that the service provides holistic care that incorporates excellence in physical, mental health care management and general wellbeing.

• Understand and apply the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of ill health when engaging with people

• Undertake training and assessment to expand clinical skills and knowledge relevant to clinical practice needs.

• Ensure that the clinical environment is pleasant, clean, comfortable and suitable for use at all times liaising with other departments as necessary.

• Recognise and act upon safeguarding concerns

• Ensure that all practices are within the guidelines set out by the NMC and other professional groups and are in accordance with Trust policies.

• Prepare and clean treatment and clinic rooms, ensuring IPC measures are implemented and adhered to as per Trust policies and procedures.
  
  
• Maintain medical monitoring stock, completing a regular stock take ensuring adequate stock is available.
  
  
• Collaborate with external partners such as GP’s and other professionals involved in an individual’s care. Providing correspondence and updates on current treatment and medical monitoring.

Policy and Service Development

• Exercise professional responsibility for adhering to Trust Policies and Procedures.

• Contribute to policy, practice changes and service improvements arising from audits, complaints and serious untoward incidents.

• Update and maintain clinical expertise within national, Trustwide and health care initiatives in order to effectively contribute to service development.

• Contribute to the development of a culture that actively promotes the involvement of service users and carers.

• Participate in projects within the service and the Trust as negotiated with your service.

• Active participant in developing and implementing Quality Improvement initiatives within your area of work.

Financial and Physical Resources

• Ensure effective use of available resources.

• Working in conjunction with the Clinical Nurse Specialist and Operational Manger to ensure effective medical monitoring clinic cover

Human Resources

• Support and develop other staff. Share knowledge as appropriate

• Allocate, supervise and monitor work given to junior staff.

• Provide support to all Team members to ensure the smooth running of the medical monitoring pathway in relation to the wider service offer

• Assist senior staff in staff training and development and recruitment and selection, as appropriate.

• Promote learning environment and to work alongside students and liaise with the Student Nurse Mentors in order to support their learning objectives as required

Information Resources

• Ensure patient records are up to date and are an accurate reflection of the situation.

• Ensuring that work is fully compliant with the requirements of the GDPR.

Research and Development

• To assist in ensuring Quality Improvement clinical audit becomes part of everyday practice.

• To assist in research as appropriate to clinical area.

• To support a culture of research and development appropriate to clinical area and current area of specialism in Eating Disorders  

Freedom to Act

·       Manage own workload ensuring this is in line with relevant policies, procedures and Nursing Accountability Framework.

·       Actively participate in appraisal and goal setting process and evaluate throughout the year.

·       Ensure participation in regular clinical and managerial supervision with the line manager and clinical supervisor .

Physical Effort

·       To be fully conversant with Moving and Handling Security Policies in practice.

·       Ensure you are full trained and annually updated in management of aggression and violence in order that Trust guidelines are followed in the management of violent or aggressive patients.

Emotional Effort

·       Manage distressing and challenging situations in a sensitive and non-threatening way to reduce anxieties and promote effective resolutions.

·       Flexible approach, able to recognise signs of stress in self and others and take the appropriate action.

·       Acknowledge own strengths and limitation and discuss/identify training and development needs in management supervision.

·       Remain optimistic in therapeutic engagement with patients, family and carers

·       To work within the anti-bullying policy providing support to bullies, victims and other members of the nursing team.

Working Conditions

·       Take an active role in ensuring working conditions are safe.