Senior Staff Nurse

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Team work directly with (LAS) and act as a liaison between Emergency Departments, Community and Care home settings, by identifying the most appropriate onward referrals and initiating integrated care pathways, ensuring seamless provision of care and the instigation of on- going case management of long term condition management. The Rapid Response Team provides community follow up and support and review.

The post holder will assist with and directly triage urgent patient referrals with varied and complex needs in acute hospital and community setting acting as an expert nursing clinical resource to Rapid Response Team members by facilitating high quality evidence-based practise.

The post holder will also have the opportunity to work closely with our Community Consultant.

Rapid Response aims to:

Avoid unnecessary Presentations to Emergency Departments.

Avoid unnecessary Hospital Admissions

Improve patient wellbeing through timely responsive interventions

Reduce admissions to residential care

Increase the number of people who feel safe in their home

Main Responsibilities:

Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all professional activities

Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of acute, multiple, complex, and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients

Work closely with other health professionals and social services and provide nursing advice in meeting the needs of the clients

Conduct a thorough assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance with professional guidelines and local team procedures

Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice

Complete a care plan for clients who require input from integrated community services (bed-based or home-based input)

Maintain effective multidisciplinary communication with other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that client's needs are met

Provide specialist advice to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence when required

Participate in MDT meetings and family conferences as required

Maintain up-to-date clinical written records and computerised records in accordance with local and professional standards; and also writing comprehensive reports on clients as required and inputting onto RiO

Ensure management of clinical risk with clients under their care

Be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and complete input in a timely, seamless manner

Seek guidance from more experienced colleagues when required

Be professionally curious in terms of safeguarding adults and children and promote professional curiosity

Training and Education:

Utilise communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multicultural population in a range of disease specific techniques, principles and guidelines when required

Provide support and take a proactive role in the education and training of undergraduate and graduate AHP students, nurses and rehabilitation assistants

Maintain continuing professional development by participating in regular in-service training, supervision, reflective practice and attending study days and training, giving feedback to the team where appropriate to disseminate learning

Maintain competency in manually handling people

Maintain up-to-date mandatory and statutory training

Management:

Maintain high level of efficiency and effectiveness in work area to utilise resources to the full and report defects in equipment in a timely manner

The ability to deputise in the absence of the Manager if required

Coordinate staff activity to meet demands of service

Ensure risk is managed for self, clients, colleagues and the work environment

Participate in the development of the team by working proactively within the MDT

Maintain throughput of casework and organise and prioritise own work tasks and activities, being flexible to the needs of the service

Ensure all patient information is input onto RiO

Ensure new team members are adequately introduced to the team during induction and providing peer support

Undertake a proactive role in the ongoing in-service training programme

Maintain efficient day-to-day running of the service

Organisational:

Flexibly plan and organise own time

Achieve the effective daily management of a caseload of clients, including prioritising clinical work and balancing other client related and professional duties

Provide statistical information as required in a timely manner

Keep up-to-date statistics in accordance with team requirements

Be responsible for any organisational tasks related to the post

Be flexible in the undertaking of any other duties as requested by line managers to meet the changing needs of the service

Attend Team and trust meetings and case conferences as required

Professional:

Participate in regular supervision and reflective practice

Participate in regular supervision and PDR

Comply with professional guidelines, codes of conduct of practice, trust and departmental policies

Maintain links with the department, organisation and wider sector by attending meetings, seminars/case conferences etc as deemed appropriate

Research:

Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply it to practice

Broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects

Instigate/Participate in Quality Improvement Projects

Communication and Key Working Relationships:

Communicate relevant medical/social information, assessment details, advice and recommendations across agencies following local and professional guidelines for sharing information and consent. This would include Consultants, GP's, Social Services, other health care professionals and voluntary agencies

Work in a co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care

Convey complex and sensitive information relating to clients using skill in situations where there may be barriers to communication i.e. use of interpreters, receptive/cognitive pathologies or excess noise

Be able to adapt complicated and sensitive information into a simplified form to clients who may be seriously ill or have complex or long-term conditions

Clearly convey complex information to small and large groups during training and education sessions

Promote and encourage the ethos of rehabilitation/enabling with therapy assistants/support workers/carers/relatives through demonstration, example, and support

Promote an awareness of the nurse role within the team, negotiating priorities were appropriate

Actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation

Participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area

Person specification

Community Exerience

Essential criteria

• Three years post registration experience / working in the community

Desirable criteria

• NMP Qualification V300
• Community Practitioner Prescribing V160

Multidisciplinary experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of multidisciplinary working

Driving Licence

Essential criteria

• Car Driver with access to own car

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Adult Nurse
• Enhanced Clinical Assessment Skills
• Mentorship or Equivalent
• Intravenous Additive Qualification
• Long Term Conditions Management or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Cannulation Skills
• Community Specialist Practitioner

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 448.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)