A Vacancy at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust.
An opportunity has arisen for a permanent Clinical Lead Nurse position within the Urgent Community Response Team which encompasses the Virtual Ward Norwich, Unplanned 2 hrs response and Urgent community response care (previously known as HomeWard).
Within this job you would provide expert Nursing advice and Clinical leadership to develop and supervise staff members, including Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and support staff by supporting staff to achieve and ensure competencies are maintained within the Urgent Community Response team.
As well as being a professional and clinical leadership within the Urgent Community Response Team and Virtual ward Norwich and contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own place of residence, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care in order to prevent admission to hospital and facilitate early supported discharge.
When avoiding hospital admission you may be supporting the management of patients with healthcare needs who require ongoing monitoring and clinical intervention alongside providing advice to front line health care professionals as required.
The urgent community response service operates between 8:00am - 8pm, 7 days per week, 365 days a year and you will be required to work shifts between these times.
• To provide professional leadership and supervision to own professional group within the Urgent Community Response Team.
• To provide clinical leadership within the Urgent Community Response Team.
• To work with, and deputise for, the Clinical Operational Manager as required.
• To oversee and monitor plans of care for all complex patients on the caseload to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and facilitate early discharge from hospital.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users. To show a level of resilience by working with the team to develop competencies in all areas of practice including Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.
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Clinical
The post holder will:
1. Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the post holder’s work, including the management of people under the post holder’s professional care.
2. Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of all aspects of patient care, and development treatment/care plans that may need to be delivered from a range of options.
3. Review patients’ holistic needs, communicating highly complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan using advanced skills in both verbal/non-verbal communications.
4. Be aware of Assistive Technology and utilise it in patient care where appropriate.
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 GP’s, 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. Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
9. Plan and organise specialist services within the Urgent Community Response Team.
10. Provide clinical expertise and advice to others, including Social Services, GP’s and other agencies.
11. Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on SystmOne and completed on a daily basis.
12. Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordinate when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.
13. Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
14. Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
15. Work with staff to ensure competencies are maintained.
16. Maintain clinical credibility by acting regularly as a clinical practitioner in own area of expertise.
17. Provide patient focussed education, training and advice to patients, carers, other professionals and voluntary organisations.
18. Monitor, evaluate and modify intervention in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness. To supplement this with the use of an outcome measure where
appropriate.
19. Be responsible for the equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, and to adhere to department and Trust manual handling policies, and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others.
20. Monitor equipment and supplies via the electronic ordering systems and approve and request new equipment as appropriate.
21. Maintain an up to date record of equipment loaned or prescribed to patients ensuring Trust’s policies and procedures are adhered to.
22. For those staff with non-medical prescribing qualifications, the member of staff may be required to prescribe according to service need.
23. Work to a demand and capacity model which will reflect workload needs at any given time.
Professional
The post holder will:
1.Demonstrate leadership skills.
2. Accept responsibility for the delivery of the service, to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
3. Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies.
4. Be accountable for work delegated to others within the team, ensuring staff are competent to undertake the delegated work.
5. Maintain waiting lists in accordance with the services procedures and actively work to reduce these through innovative changes to service delivery and appropriate challenge.
6. Inform the Service Lead of any variations to service delivery, changing priorities and needs, and their likely impact in relations to the need for service development. To work to resolve these issues with relevant others.
7. Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.
8. Participate in Clinical Governance, Research and Development and Audit activities as required by Service Lead.
9. Participate in evidence based practice, using research methodology.
10. Assist in the development of clinical standards, policies, procedures and further service developments.
11. Participate in the operational development, planning, and implementation of policy and service development as part of the services Clinical Governance Group, leading on delegated projects as required.
12. Instigate, and actively participate with the Clinical Operational Manager in the development of the operational strategy and project management.
13. Actively contribute to integrated team meetings and other meetings where appropriate, and chair meetings in the absence of the Clinical Operational Manager.
14. Develop and maintain effective working relationships and communication with all members of the organisation, other professional and agencies.
15. Contribute to working groups within the Locality and organisation.
16. Ensure effective use of resources, both financial and human, by members of the team.
17. Be aware of budget and ensure all effort is made to work within this.
18. The post holder will be expected to Triage referrals on a rotational basis within the Urgent Community Response Team
19. Ensure own paperwork and records are maintained, and also those maintained by the team.
20. Contribute to the development and maintenance of the staff rota monthly via e-roster.
21. Assist in Datix handling for the Urgent Community Response Team.
22. Support all team members within the Urgent Community Response Team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
23. Participate in the recruitment process, using the opportunity to skill mix to meet the demands of the service.
24. Attend REAL and management Essential training as required to develop current job role.
25. Ensure working environment is conducive for learning and an appropriate learning experience for students.
26. Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration course.
27. Provide advice/training to team members and less experienced staff and supervise and support Band 6, 5, 4, 3 staff and students
Organisational
The post holder will:
1. Undertake mandatory training as required.
2. Partake in the Personal Development Review process and undertake PDP’s with more junior staff members.
3. Follow Trust policies, and local procedures.
4. Be aware of Trust’s behaviour framework and ensure behaviours are embedded in role.
5. Ensure absence reporting is undertaken as determined by Team Leader and Trust Policy.
6. Contribute to clinical audit as required.
7. Complete the staff survey as required.
8. Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required.
9. Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.
This advert closes on Friday 20 Sep 2024
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