Job responsibilities
The role entails but is not limited to:
Leadership and
Managerial
Be
an effective role model to the team and other primary healthcare colleagues.
Provide
effective leadership to the team, acting as a role model for best practice
and with honesty and integrity.
Provide
professional/clinical leadership to other Clinical Nurse Specialists and
other grades of staff, acting as a point of expertise, providing advice and
support.
Input
into workforce planning process and maintaining effective use of resources
(rota and rotation of staff) supported by clinical administration.
Participate
in multi-professional meetings, acting as a patient advocate and contribute
to the decision making regarding service delivery.
Attend
appropriate patient related and team meetings.
Participate
in service development initiatives as required instigating and managing
change within a complex environment.
Work
with the Deputy Director of Clinical Services to develop St Giles Hospice policies
and processes and ensure team compliance.
To
be responsible for assurance of quality standards and clinical governance,
standard setting and audit.
Maintain
high professional standard in accordance with Hospice policies and procedures
and the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
Clinical
Be
responsible for the continued co-ordination of the content and delivery of
your allocated patient's care plan and ensure that the patient is getting the
right service from St Giles Hospice.
Undertake
patient clinical assessments and nurse prescribing.
In
liaison with other Clinical Nurse Specialists and other members of the
community team, ensure the overall quality and provision of nursing care of
patients and families referred to St Giles Hospice in the community setting
and that their needs are met.
To
promote the principles and practice of palliative care as an extension of the
Hospice into the community.
To
work across a range of settings, including community visits e.g. home/care
home/community hospitals, telephone conversations and reviewing patients in
outpatient settings.
To
assess the holistic needs of patients and their carers and identify their
respective physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs.
To
work within a team framework, collaborating with colleagues and members of
other disciplines.
Work
across all St Giles Hospice clinical areas.
To
use a proactive, sensitive and empathetic approach with patients and
relatives to enable involvement in advance care/treatment planning.
To
undertake ReSPECT discussions and decisions where appropriate with patients
and families.
To
assess peoples information needs and provide relevant information to meet
those needs.
To
offer bereavement support to carers in collaboration with the Supportive Care
Team or refer them onto the appropriate service.
To
provide appropriate nursing interventions.
To work alongside and liaise with DNs, GPs and other
external Health and social care providers to ensure patients and families
receive appropriate care and support.
To participate in the out of hours rota to provide
telephone advice and exceptional visits if indicated.
To contribute to patient management by attending Gold
Standard Framework, hospital and other practice based meetings.
To liaise and communicate with community, nursing home and
hospital staff in order to raise awareness and promote understanding of
Hospice services.
Ensure that all relevant information is documented and
recorded on the appropriate systems.
Foster positive working relations with the Primary
Healthcare Team and with other health care professionals in the delivery of
community based palliative care.
Allocated
Lead Responsibilities
For
those working in the community, these roles will also take lead
responsibility for a defined area on a rotational basis working on:
Audit and research programmes.
Input into Clinical Governance framework.
Chairing the Caseload Review meetings.
Undertake leadership responsibilities for all areas.
Service
Development
Provide input to service development initiatives.
Ensure systems are in place to ensure continuous
improvement, quality assurance and effective Clinical Governance and
participate in the development of policies, protocols and clinical guidelines
to support specialist palliative care nursing.
Promote and engage staff in new ways of working - such as
the use of technology and working off site.
Promote a questioning and open culture.
Support and review departmental policies and processes and
ensure team compliance.
Keep abreast of current advances in nursing practice and
research.
Together with the Deputy Director of Clinical Services,
initiate, promote and participate in nursing and inter-disciplinary audit
projects.
Together with the Deputy Director of Clinical Services,
take a key role in supporting the hospice Clinical Governance framework.
Work across professional boundaries using creative
reasoning and problem solving.
Education
and Training
To take responsibility for attending mandatory Hospice
training and in-house courses in line with organisational policy and current
legislation.
To actively participate in and contribute to the ongoing
educational programme of the Hospice.
To attend and actively participate in the identified CPD
opportunities provided.
To proactively maintain appropriate level of clinical
competence as identified within the St Giles Hospice Competencies.
To identify training and education needs, in line with
service provision, with the clinical education team.
To assist in orientation programmes for new members of
staff.
To act as a mentor/supervisor for developing staff under
the direction of the Deputy Director of Clinical Services.
To participate in research projects as required.
To take personal responsibility for life-long learning,
self-development and reflection.
To participate in informal and formal education.
Just so you know:
We may review applications before the application
review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your
application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have
successfully filled the role, this may be earlier than the closing date.
If you have not heard within 14 days of the
application close date, then please consider that your application has been
unsuccessful at this time.
As part of your application your data will be
managed in line with St Giles Hospice Privacy Policy and kept for 6 months. If
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