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 Head 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/Advanced Care Planning 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 Family Support Worker 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 Head 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.
Key relationships:
Director of Clinical Services
Head of Clinical Services
Clinical Lead for Community Services
Head of Clinical Quality and Safety
Governance
Medical team
Inpatient Unit team
Education team
Governance team
Wider multi-disciplinary team
Family Support Worker Services
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
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