Trusted Assessor

Job responsibilities

Be response to system pressures and complete a range of tasks, working flexibly and interchanging between hospital and community settings.

Undertake timely, complex and detailed assessments/ re-assessments requiring high levels of concentration. This may include preparing reports, plans of care, complex papers or tools such as the DoH Checklist and Decision Support Tools.

Undertake assessments on behalf of care home providers in Plymouth according to agreed criteria.

Undertake re-assessments and assist Care Home Managers by liaising with them where there is an existing resident in hospital, for whom there is a potential change of needs.

Ensure that wherever possible the views and needs of the individual are sought and represented with due regard to the persons mental capacity.

Participate in case conferences as required. Ensure accurate minutes and record of meetings are kept and distributed as appropriate.

Participate in Best Interest Meetings as necessary.

Maintain accurate records, which are confidential, up-to-date, and legible and that all care given has to be documented. These records may be paper or IT based system and must be maintained as specified in the Organisation Policies, NMC guidelines and Government directives.

Work with clinical teams and care homes to ensure that discharge documentation, risk assessments, clinical equipment and medication are in place to accompany the resident on hospital discharge, to ensure the best possible outcomes for vulnerable people.

Proactively raise issues and provide solutions in partnership with other colleagues in relation to change management, working across agencies to enhance seamless care and improve patient experience.

Act in a supervisory role, to support, advise and empower Care Home staff to deliver specific elements of care to individuals with complex needs.

Provide data for reporting information as agreed on assessments, information dissemination, discharges, bed-days saved, case studies.

Work closely with the Bed Bureau Manager to identify gaps in the market and provide data to support future commissioning intentions and/or projects.

Have good communication skills to effectively communicate with patients, their relatives and carers about sensitive and accurate information about their condition.

Develop and maintain effective and appropriate communication networks with colleagues and staff from of other agencies.

Ensure that robust systems for communication within the team are followed.

Support the Bed Bureau in acting as a point of contact for ward staff/MDT/care homes, when residents are admitted to hospital from a Care home setting, to monitor progress and keep on-going communications.

Working with key stakeholders to deliver training and guidance to care home and hospital staff, relating to admission and discharge processes organise specialist training from other teams where this is needed.

Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide information and analytical advice and expertise.

Staff Management

Be involved in the coordination of training, development and recruitment activity across the team.

Demonstrate own duties to new or less experienced staff.

Support development of less experienced staff and students.

Manage junior staff, undertaking appraisals, recruitment including progressing any disciplinary or capability issues, as necessary.

Analytical and judgmental skills

Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers give.

Exercise judgment in assessing patient condition, comfort and wellbeing using analysis of a range of possible factors where there may be conflicts of interest situations.

Planning and Organisation

Work in an effective and organised manner demonstrating excellent time management and organisational skills to effectively deliver person-centred care for an allocated group of individuals.

Participate in line management and practice/clinical supervision.

Recognise tasks outside sphere of competence.

Health Safety and Security

To adhere to organisational policies and procedures and promote Health and Safety at work.

To identify and assess the potential risks involved in work activities procedures for self and others and identify solutions to the management of any risks identified.

To take the appropriate action to manage an emergency summoning assistance as necessary and completing accurate reporting systems.

Report all accidents and incidents involving self, patients, staff or visitors according to organisational policy.

Being an Accountable Professional

Act in the best interests of the people they care for.

Put people first and provide care that is person centred, safe and compassionate.

Act professionally at all times.

Use knowledge and experience to make evidence-based decisions and problem solve their actions.

Carry out their responsibilities to the Nursing & Midwifery Council and the Professional Code.

Physical Skills and Effort

Safely carry out the manual handling of individuals and equipment.

Use electronic resources to input, save and retrieve information.

Frequent moderate effort is required when undertaking the moving and handling of individuals and objects in line with organisational guidelines.

A combination of standing, walking bending and stretching is required throughout the shift.

Mental Effort

Frequent concentration is required, on occasion work patterns can be unpredictable with interruptions, some requiring immediate response.

Emotional Effort

Must maintain a professional approach while working in challenging, distressing situations or dealing with challenging behaviour.

Support individuals, their families and carers when faced with unwelcome news and life changing diagnoses.

Financial and Physical Resources

Exercise personal duty of care in the safe use and storage of equipment.

Be environmentally aware and prudent in use of resources and energy.

Human Resources

Acts in ways which support equality and value diversity.

Demonstrate own duties to new or less experienced staff.

Support development of less experienced staff and students

Information Resources

Develop skills to maintain professional standards of record keeping.

Follow all information governance guidance and policies.

Maintain confidentiality as outlined within data protection policies.

Other Responsibilities:

To understand the importance of personal resilience and wellbeing to professional performance.

Knowledge

Essential

• * Knowledge and demonstrable experience of clinical assessment tools.
• * Knowledge of long-term condition management/case management.
• * Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act.
• * Understanding of Safeguarding policies.
• * Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice. contained within The Code, including requirements for professional Revalidation.
• * Understanding of evidence-based practice.
• * Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.
• * Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
• * Intermediate IT skills - working knowledge of office-based software and data base entry (Microsoft Office Package).
• * Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing.

Desirable

• * Knowledge of current standards for healthcare.

Qualifications

Essential

• * Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
• * Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• * Registered General Nurse with relevant CPD and recent clinical experience.

Experience

Essential

• * Experience of working in hospital / care home setting as a registered nurse.
• * Demonstrable experience completing nursing assessments.
• * Involvement in patient transfer processes from a variety of settings.
• * Demonstrable experience of multi-agency working.
• * Experience of and the ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• * Ability to work independently with a delegated caseload, use initiative whilst understanding limits of scope.
• * Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.
• * Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
• * Ability to support the development of less experienced staff.

Desirable

• * Experience of delivering clinical training
• * Experience of supporting change management processes and an ability to adapt to change.

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• * Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• * Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
• * Ability to advocate on behalf of service users.
• * Good listening /observation skills.
• * Confident in own clinical decisions.
• * Courteous, respectful, and helpful at all times.
• * Ability to work on own initiative.
• * Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
• * Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
• * Commits to maintaining personal development and meeting requirements of revalidation.
• * Ability to deliver training.
• * Meets requirements of all Nursing & Midwifery standards.
• * Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact.

Desirable

• * Established liaison and negotiation skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).