Senior Staff Nurse

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
To provide nurse leadership and management support to the team(s)
To provide leadership in assessing; and undertake physical assessment and treatment of patients and support nursing team members to achieve this goal.
To assess, plan, implement and provide evaluation of health care needs in
conjunction with patients, their carers and other appropriate members of the multi professional team.
To be responsible for keeping up to date with current issues and events in
Primary and Secondary Health Care
Liaising with community services partners
To take a supportive lead role in the development of the Joint Emergency
Team and integrated team working with out of hospital services.
To provide support and health education for patients and carers through
effective interpersonal skills.
To support team members, comply with professional codes of conduct and trust organisational policies and procedures and the implementation of performance management when required.
To arrange transfer of the patient's care to the appropriate health care setting for further ongoing assessment, rehabilitation treatment and care.
To be able to work flexibly and relieve colleagues/rotate within the trust as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service.
To ensure that own mandatory training and junior nurses' mandatory training is kept up to date in line with Trust policies.

Management responsibilities
To assist in the management of the Joint Emergency Team and
appropriate delegation of the workload (clinical and non clinical).
To report all clinical and non-clinical incidents or near misses promptly and when required, to co-operate with any investigation undertaken.
To ensure efficient and effective use of resources within own practice.
To undertake formal and informal supervision of junior staff and actively
participate in own clinical supervision.
To understand and adhere with all Trust policies, procedures and
guidelines and ensure other team members adhere to policies.
To understand the implication of and work in conjunction with Social Care policy within the Health and Social Care Team, e.g., Approved Social
Work, Safeguarding Adults process.
To promote the local and national priorities of health care delivery e.g.,
Long Term Conditions and National Services Frameworks.
To independently analyse and manage complex changing clinical
situations in conjunction with supporting the nursing team.
Assist in the development and monitoring the quality of the Joint
Emergency Team service and contribute to the development of
quality measures, including the full audit process.
To work in full partnership with other disciplines and organisations to
influence and shape service delivery.

Leadership
To demonstrate and utilise a variety of leadership and influencing skills
and be able to work with health and social care colleagues in many local
organisations.
To provide leadership and line management to delegated members of the
team.
To comply with NMC code of conduct and PREP requirements.
To act as a mentor/preceptor to new staff, junior staff, students (both
health and social care) and other nonqualified team members and support
them to achieve their learning objectives. To participate in the Personal
Development Review (PDR) process and in so doing identify training
needs for self and delegated members of the team and encourage access
to professional development opportunities.

Clinical
To manage clinical situations and effectively in a variety of settings making sound judgements from own observations to enable safe, timely transfer of care to community services.
To be a role model to team members to ensure that they are motivated,
and all their practices are clinically effective and that plans of care are
carried out to the agreed standard.
To undertake comprehensive holistic nursing assessment and
documentation of physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of
patient/client care plan accordingly. To be a competent practioner able to
assess at first point of contact.
Through specialist holistic assessment to implement packages of nursing
and social care in conjunction with locality colleagues (day and night
services) and private providers to ensure that patients and clients ongoing
care needs are met by community services.
When appropriate undertake evidence-based Community Practitioner
Nurse Prescribing/ independent nurse prescribing (under supervision)
when required in line with clinical assessment and reasoning.
Undertake Cannulation
Management of intravenous devises i.e., cannulas Picc Hickman lines
Undertake administration of Intravenous additives
Management wound care
To work within the clinical effectiveness framework using the best
available evidence, research, and audit to plan, implement and evaluate
care.
To promote good practice in order to improve standards of care.
To participate in the development and evaluation of teaching programmes for students on community programmes and junior members of staff.
To be competent in additional clinical skills for example, wound care,
palliative care management and be willing to develop advanced nursing
skills.
To be able to delegate appropriately, ensuring that staff are competent to
undertake and perform delegated duties and tasks.
To be able to recognise own limitations and seek help/guidance when
appropriate.
To prevent unnecessary hospital admissions by responding to LAS, GP's,
community colleagues and actively identifying patients in conjunction with
medical teams from Emergency Department, Adult medical unit, Clinical
decision unit, short stay unit, that would benefit from Joint Emergency
Team intervention and out of hospital services.

Research
To keep up to date, implement and monitor current research-based
practice.
To support in any audit or quality assurance projects.
Promote current research and evidenced based care within the team.

Communication
To ensure effective communication with patients/clients and their
carers, including the provision of patient education, health promotion
and emotional support where appropriate.
To ensure effective communication with all members of the
multidisciplinary team at all levels.
To ensure daily communication is maintained with the bed-based unit
to ensure safe, appropriate and effective patient transfer.
To record treatment and care carried out in a variety of settings on
appropriate documentation. Records must be kept up to date and
accurate in accordance with Trust policies.
Ensure all relevant information regarding patients/clients is
documented in keeping with the Trust policy and where appropriate to
be reported and acted upon immediately.
To provide accurate written and verbal reports as and when required.
To keep a diary for the purpose of planning work and recording all
visits, both effective and non effective.
To maintain confidentiality of information relating to patients, staff and
organisation.
To have the ability to interpret and communicate, complex, contentious,
and sensitive information to patients, carers and members of the multi
disciplinary team.
Demonstrate ability to appropriately work with barriers to
communication and communicate with a sympathetic and empathetic
approach to patients and carers.
To ensure team members adhere to record keeping policies and
provide accurate documentation.

Health and Safety
To develop a working environment and culture that promotes health,
safety and security.
To be conversant and adhere with trust policies.
To ensure the correct use of equipment and supplies and report any
deficiencies.
To have responsibility for the health, safely and welfare of self and team
members and to comply at times with the Health and Safety regulations.
To minimise the risk of cross infection and be conversant with the Trusts
infection control policy.

Person specification

Education / Qualification

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of recent Continuing Professional and Personal Development (5)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post qualified for a minimum of three years
• Community Experience
• Experience of MDT working

Knowledge skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of care act, safeguarding adults and children (5)

Desirable criteria

• Experience of undertaking supervision and personal development plans (5)

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.

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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, 320.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)