Clinical Lead Nurse

NHS; Long Stratton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

We have a developmental opportunity for a dynamic, enthusiastic and dedicated community nurse to join our team as a Clinical Lead Nurse within the SHNIP team who have bases at Long Stratton, Diss and Chedgrave.

A key part of this role will be to provide professional and clinical leadership and to support staff within the team to achieve and maintain clinical competencies. You will work closely with a Community Operations Manager as well as alongside fellow Clinical Leads including triage.

This is a secondment position for one year. It will provide an opportunity for new challenges and development in a supportive and friendly team with peer and leadership support.

Main duties of the job

• To provide professional and clinical leadership within the locality.
• To support staff to achieve and ensure competencies are maintained within the team.
• To contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care.
• To ensure that Trust annual priorities and strategic objectives are embedded within the workforce by ensuring that all annual appraisals are complete within the team.
• To act as a Hub Co-ordinator to support 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.

This is a full time post but flexible working requests will be considered as part of the application process.

About us

Norfolk Community Health and Care was the first stand alone Community Health and Social Care provider in the Country to be awarded "Outstanding" by CQC.

As an employee within this organisation, you will be expected to positively contribute to service and quality development of community nursing care; through new ways of working, clinical audits and project work. The post holder will work alongside the Clinical Operations Manager, receiving support and development through in-service training, regular appraisals, a personal development plan and clinical supervision.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Job responsibilities

Clinical

The post holder will need:

1. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the post holders work, including the management of people under the post holders 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. Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patients co-operation in their treatment/care/management plan.
7. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care coordinated appropriately.
8. To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
9. Plan and organise specialist services within the integrated team.
10. Provide clinical expertise and advice to others, including Social Services, GPs 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. To maintain clinical credibility by acting regularly as a clinical practitioner in own area of expertise.
17. To provide patient focussed education, training and advice to patients, carers, other professionals and voluntary organisations.
18. To 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. To 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. Monitoring equipment and supplies via the electronic ordering systems & request new equipment as appropriate.
21. To maintain an up to date record of equipment loaned or prescribed to patients ensuring Trusts policies and procedures are adhered to.

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. To 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. To inform the Locality Operations Manager 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. To participate in Clinical Governance, Research and Development and Audit activities as required by line manager and the Locality Operations Manager.
9. Participate in evidence based practice, using research methodology.
10. To assist in the development of clinical standards, policies, procedures and further service developments.
11. To 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 rotate within the hub, ensuring appropriate triaging and supporting triage nurses.
19. Ensure own paperwork and records are maintained, and also those maintained by the team.
20. To support the management of risk by managing the Datix incidents that are reported by the team, ensuring that feedback is given to the team and that learning is shared across the Place and the Trust.
21. Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
22. Participate in the recruitment process, using the opportunity to skill mix to meet the demands of the service.
23. Attend REAL and management Essential training as required to develop current job role.
24. Ensure working environment is conducive for learning and an appropriate learning experience for students.
25. Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration course.
26. Provide advice/training to team members.

Organisational

The post holder will:

• Undertake mandatory training as required.
• Partake in the Personal Development Review process.
• Follow Trust policies, and local procedures.
• Be aware of Trusts behaviour framework and ensure behaviours are embedded in role.
• Ensure absence reporting is undertaken as determined by Team Leader and Trust Policy.
• Contribute to clinical audit as required.
• Complete the staff survey as required.
• Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required.
• Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

• Pro-active and committed
• Be reliable

Other

• Must hold full and valid UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle
• Able to communicate effectively using the English language
• Will be able to make own travel arrangements to patients' homes, clinics, base and meetings etc., as required.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
• Highly motivated
• Able to provide high standards of care
• Tact & diplomacy
• Empathy & sensitivity
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• A team player
• Have a good level of IT skills
• Be able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
• Be able to manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
• Be able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
• Ability to use own initiative
• Good observational & reporting skills
• Concentrate when undertaking patient care and inputting data/ patient records
• Good interpersonal skills
• Work pro-actively to accommodate patient/service needs
• Ability to talk to patients & careers and members of the health care team
• Be aware of Assistive Technology
• Cannulation / IV Administration

Experience

• Experience of working at band 6 level within the community setting
• Evidence of good clinical and professional leadership skills

Qualifications

• 1st level degree or equivalent in Nursing
• RN with current NMC registration
• Independent/ supplementary prescribing qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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