Job summary
The post holder will be expected to liaise with all key members of the CDC, MDT (multidisciplinary team) and service users related to all CDC activities and pathways.
The post holder will be responsible for all aspects of patient care including directly clinically managing unwell patients within all specialities and patients affected by adverse reactions to contrast medium.
The post holder will support the CDC services when there is a medical emergency. The post holder will rota on a rota covering the CDC operational time frame of 7 days per week, 08:00hrs 20:00hrs and supervise the nursing team in providing cover for all opening hours of the CDC, daily monitoring of planned vs actual staffing levels and liaising with the clinical nurse manager for outpatients services when there is a shortfall in cover.
The post holder will take overall responsibility for ensuring highest level of quality, safety and infection prevention & control are always maintained. The post holder will be responsible for managing complaints, clinically relevant CDC incidents and participate in the divisional governance meetings. The post holder will continually monitor feedback to ensure a positive focus on incorporating this to improve patient care and satisfaction.
Main duties of the job
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintain a professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust all times, in line with trust values.
To demonstrate clinical expertise in practice and providing direct clinical care to patients for at least 80% of time.
To undertake all nursing procedures in accordance with trust policies and ensure that these procedures and policies are understood and adhered to by all staff, within own management responsibility.
To actively participate in the development of relevant evidence based clinical guidelines/policies relating to speciality.
To establish effective working relations with all members of the CDC team to promote good communication and a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. To take a lead in weekly meeting at speciality/group level.
To ensure accurate and comprehensive nursing records are maintained using appropriate written and electronic documentation.
To monitor patient feedback and use to improve and maintain an excellent patient experience.
To collect data and provide essential information in a timely and accurate manner when requested for e.g., audits or monitoring CQC standards.
To measure patient acuity and/or dependency to inform evidence-based decision making on staffing and workforce.
To monitor and record planned vs actual staffing levels and escalate issues when necessary.
About us
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is proud to care for the communities of West Essex, delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality services. We are part of the Neighbourhood Wave; a national programme thats changing how care is delivered by focusing on prevention, early support, and more joined-up services across health, social care, and the voluntary sector.
This means were working more closely with local partners to bring care closer to home and support people to live healthier, more independent lives.
Were a supportive and inclusive organisation that values its people. We offer development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing. As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.
Join us and help shape the future of care in West Essex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust all times, in line with trust values.
- To demonstrate clinical expertise in practice and providing direct clinical care to patients for at least 80% of time.
- To undertake all nursing procedures in accordance with trust policies and ensure that these procedures and policies are understood and adhered to by all staff, within own management responsibility.
- To actively participate in the development of relevant evidence based clinical guidelines/policies relating to speciality.
- To establish effective working relations with all members of the CDC team to promote good communication and a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. To take a lead in weekly meeting at speciality/group level.
- To ensure accurate and comprehensive nursing records are maintained using appropriate written and electronic documentation.
- To monitor patient feedback and use to improve and maintain an excellent patient experience.
- To collect data and provide essential information in a timely and accurate manner when requested for e.g., audits or monitoring CQC standards.
- To measure patient acuity and/or dependency to inform evidence-based decision making on staffing and workforce.
- To monitor and record planned vs actual staffing levels and escalate issues when necessary.
- To supervise junior staff, including students, in all aspects of care and within the sphere of competency.
- Ensure that staff have the knowledge, skills, and resources to carry out care delegated to them.
- To be responsible for carrying out risk assessments according to the Clinical Governance / Clinical Risk Strategies.
- To be responsible for ensuring effective mechanisms are in place so that all clinical and non-clinical incidents, including serious incidents are properly reported, investigated and changes made to avoid recurrence.
- To work with the CDC managers, ensuring optimal activity and patient care.
- Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and Scope for Expanded Practices for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS
- To ensure high standards of care are given to all patients, monitoring this through spot checks and clinical quality indicators outcome measures.
- To obtain patient and relative feedback by undertaking daily clinical rounds with the aim of providing excellent standards of care.
- To ensure communication with patients and significant others is established, ensuring empathy and reassurance regarding, assessment, care, and treatment.
- Be accountable at all times for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients, in particular those adults or children at risk.
- To ensure transport patients are picked up and leave the department in a timely manner.
- To be responsible for an adverse reaction to contrast patient, ensuring their immediate pathway is followed
- To be responsible for any unwell patient within the department, ensuring their immediate pathway is followed.
- To ensure regular simulation training for medical emergencies is provided to all clinical CDC staff.
- To ensure that all patients are cared for in a clean and well-maintained clinical area, ensuring that all staff are aware that they are directly responsible for cleanliness standards when in charge and escalating issues when necessary.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEADING AND MANAGING
- To be responsible for the day-to-day effective and efficient management of nursing and support staff within the CDC.
- To ensure resuscitation equipment is checked daily and ready for use in a medical emergency
- To be responsible for activity planning and scheduling duty rotas, annual leave, study leave, monitoring absences and the use of temporary staff, promoting the use of Bank staff.
- To take a lead role in the: - Recruitment and selection of staff - Maintaining a low vacancy rate - Maintaining systems for induction and staff appraisals.
- To liaise with other hospital staff and departments to promote and maintain effective working relationships, ensuring high standards of care and service.
- To investigate accidents, incidents, and complaints, implementing corrective actions where necessary, in consultation with the Senior Operations Manager, and liaise with the Clinical Risk Management team appropriately, and in accordance with trust policies.
- To act as an appropriate and effective role model at all times.
- To act as an effective mentor, preceptor and support other ward staff in performing this role.
- To act as a resource, supporting and motivating staff members.
- To keep abreast of, and participate in, local and trust initiatives.
- To establish an active learning environment for all grades of staff within the centre allowing staff to develop to their full potential to achieve an agreed level of competency.
- To be responsible for ensuring all staff attend mandatory training and receive continuing development and appropriate education and maintaining accurate records of training.
- To ensure that there is provision for both general health education and specific information about patients’ treatment in hospital and advice and care on discharge.
- To participate in training needs analysis for own clinical area.
- To actively participate in own appraisal/personal development plan with the appropriate supervisor.
- To be compliant with Radiation Safety/IR(ME)R training modules via the e-learning platform.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
- Ensure that all staff act in accordance with Trust policies such as Infection Prevention and Control, Confidentiality, Health & Safety and Equal Opportunities.
- Assist with the development of, and implementation of, local and trust wide policies, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
- Resolve any concerns about levels of care or incidents involving patients escalating to the matron and reporting via the trust’s incident reporting system.
- Lead on discussions and plans regarding service improvements and initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES
- Accountable for general CDC environment needs, being alert to possible sources of cross-infection, maintaining safe and clear walkways ensure fire exits remain clear and equipment and supplies are stored correctly.
- Accountable for the safe custody, storage, usage and recording of all medication including controlled drugs and medical gases in accordance with trust policy.
- To be responsible for a system for monitoring the non-staff budget.
- Accountable for efficient and economical use of ward supplies.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES
- To be responsible for ensuring confidentiality and safekeeping of patient
- identifiable information.
- To ensure that there are effective communication systems in place to allow staff to keep abreast of developments in the organisation including unit meetings.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT
- To actively participate in the development of relevant evidence based clinical guidelines/policies relating to speciality.
- To be aware of the research process and current trends.
- In collaboration with the Senior Operations Manager, nurses and clinical lead, audit agreed clinical guidelines of practice, policies, and benchmarks within area of clinical responsibility.
- Through the appraisal system, ensures own training needs are identified and mandatory training is kept up to date.
- To be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills, and professional awareness.
- To be involved in teaching and education programmes and assist in mentoring all ward staff.
- To facilitate the teaching and clinical assessment of pre-registration student nurses.
- To manage and assist the Nursing Assistants’ development programme, including acquisition of competencies and skills within the Knowledge and Skills Framework and support staff training for the Assistant Practitioner role.
- To maintain effective links with key education providers and complete education audits.
- To be responsible for the dissemination of information regarding new or updated clinical practices, guidelines and policies to all nursing staff and ensure their implementation.
- Where placement is provided for pre-registration students to take responsibility for participation and acting on the findings of the education audit requirements of the University and the NMC.
Systems & Equipment
The PAHT clinical information systems
- ICE
- Alex Health
- CRIS
- Alertive
Job description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust all times, in line with trust values.
- To demonstrate clinical expertise in practice and providing direct clinical care to patients for at least 80% of time.
- To undertake all nursing procedures in accordance with trust policies and ensure that these procedures and policies are understood and adhered to by all staff, within own management responsibility.
- To actively participate in the development of relevant evidence based clinical guidelines/policies relating to speciality.
- To establish effective working relations with all members of the CDC team to promote good communication and a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. To take a lead in weekly meeting at speciality/group level.
- To ensure accurate and comprehensive nursing records are maintained using appropriate written and electronic documentation.
- To monitor patient feedback and use to improve and maintain an excellent patient experience.
- To collect data and provide essential information in a timely and accurate manner when requested for e.g., audits or monitoring CQC standards.
- To measure patient acuity and/or dependency to inform evidence-based decision making on staffing and workforce.
- To monitor and record planned vs actual staffing levels and escalate issues when necessary.
- To supervise junior staff, including students, in all aspects of care and within the sphere of competency.
- Ensure that staff have the knowledge, skills, and resources to carry out care delegated to them.
- To be responsible for carrying out risk assessments according to the Clinical Governance / Clinical Risk Strategies.
- To be responsible for ensuring effective mechanisms are in place so that all clinical and non-clinical incidents, including serious incidents are properly reported, investigated and changes made to avoid recurrence.
- To work with the CDC managers, ensuring optimal activity and patient care.
- Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and Scope for Expanded Practices for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS
- To ensure high standards of care are given to all patients, monitoring this through spot checks and clinical quality indicators outcome measures.
- To obtain patient and relative feedback by undertaking daily clinical rounds with the aim of providing excellent standards of care.
- To ensure communication with patients and significant others is established, ensuring empathy and reassurance regarding, assessment, care, and treatment.
- Be accountable at all times for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients, in particular those adults or children at risk.
- To ensure transport patients are picked up and leave the department in a timely manner.
- To be responsible for an adverse reaction to contrast patient, ensuring their immediate pathway is followed
- To be responsible for any unwell patient within the department, ensuring their immediate pathway is followed.
- To ensure regular simulation training for medical emergencies is provided to all clinical CDC staff.
- To ensure that all patients are cared for in a clean and well-maintained clinical area, ensuring that all staff are aware that they are directly responsible for cleanliness standards when in charge and escalating issues when necessary.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEADING AND MANAGING
- To be responsible for the day-to-day effective and efficient management of nursing and support staff within the CDC.
- To ensure resuscitation equipment is checked daily and ready for use in a medical emergency
- To be responsible for activity planning and scheduling duty rotas, annual leave, study leave, monitoring absences and the use of temporary staff, promoting the use of Bank staff.
- To take a lead role in the: - Recruitment and selection of staff - Maintaining a low vacancy rate - Maintaining systems for induction and staff appraisals.
- To liaise with other hospital staff and departments to promote and maintain effective working relationships, ensuring high standards of care and service.
- To investigate accidents, incidents, and complaints, implementing corrective actions where necessary, in consultation with the Senior Operations Manager, and liaise with the Clinical Risk Management team appropriately, and in accordance with trust policies.
- To act as an appropriate and effective role model at all times.
- To act as an effective mentor, preceptor and support other ward staff in performing this role.
- To act as a resource, supporting and motivating staff members.
- To keep abreast of, and participate in, local and trust initiatives.
- To establish an active learning environment for all grades of staff within the centre allowing staff to develop to their full potential to achieve an agreed level of competency.
- To be responsible for ensuring all staff attend mandatory training and receive continuing development and appropriate education and maintaining accurate records of training.
- To ensure that there is provision for both general health education and specific information about patients’ treatment in hospital and advice and care on discharge.
- To participate in training needs analysis for own clinical area.
- To actively participate in own appraisal/personal development plan with the appropriate supervisor.
- To be compliant with Radiation Safety/IR(ME)R training modules via the e-learning platform.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
- Ensure that all staff act in accordance with Trust policies such as Infection Prevention and Control, Confidentiality, Health & Safety and Equal Opportunities.
- Assist with the development of, and implementation of, local and trust wide policies, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
- Resolve any concerns about levels of care or incidents involving patients escalating to the matron and reporting via the trust’s incident reporting system.
- Lead on discussions and plans regarding service improvements and initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES
- Accountable for general CDC environment needs, being alert to possible sources of cross-infection, maintaining safe and clear walkways ensure fire exits remain clear and equipment and supplies are stored correctly.
- Accountable for the safe custody, storage, usage and recording of all medication including controlled drugs and medical gases in accordance with trust policy.
- To be responsible for a system for monitoring the non-staff budget.
- Accountable for efficient and economical use of ward supplies.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES
- To be responsible for ensuring confidentiality and safekeeping of patient
- identifiable information.
- To ensure that there are effective communication systems in place to allow staff to keep abreast of developments in the organisation including unit meetings.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT
- To actively participate in the development of relevant evidence based clinical guidelines/policies relating to speciality.
- To be aware of the research process and current trends.
- In collaboration with the Senior Operations Manager, nurses and clinical lead, audit agreed clinical guidelines of practice, policies, and benchmarks within area of clinical responsibility.
- Through the appraisal system, ensures own training needs are identified and mandatory training is kept up to date.
- To be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills, and professional awareness.
- To be involved in teaching and education programmes and assist in mentoring all ward staff.
- To facilitate the teaching and clinical assessment of pre-registration student nurses.
- To manage and assist the Nursing Assistants’ development programme, including acquisition of competencies and skills within the Knowledge and Skills Framework and support staff training for the Assistant Practitioner role.
- To maintain effective links with key education providers and complete education audits.
- To be responsible for the dissemination of information regarding new or updated clinical practices, guidelines and policies to all nursing staff and ensure their implementation.
- Where placement is provided for pre-registration students to take responsibility for participation and acting on the findings of the education audit requirements of the University and the NMC.
Systems & Equipment
The PAHT clinical information systems
- ICE
- Alex Health
- CRIS
- Alertive
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registration
- Mentorship qualification
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Evidence of previous working within CDC/radiology
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience in clinical setting
- Evidence of teaching junior members of staff and assessing students in practice
- Proven evidence of improving the patient experience
- Current experience of line management of staff
- Previous experience of people management
- Proven experience of monitoring and acting on nursing quality data and developing appropriate action plans
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registration
- Mentorship qualification
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Evidence of previous working within CDC/radiology
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience in clinical setting
- Evidence of teaching junior members of staff and assessing students in practice
- Proven evidence of improving the patient experience
- Current experience of line management of staff
- Previous experience of people management
- Proven experience of monitoring and acting on nursing quality data and developing appropriate action plans
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.
