Job responsibilities
The
Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The
jobholder carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the
development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The
jobholder will provide specialist nursing care and advice to a specific
patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service.
The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.
The
post holder will work within a team of Neurology Nurse Specialists.
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Acts in accordance with the Nursing
and Midwifery Code of Conduct
Clinical care delivery
- Provide a clinical lead and role
model to nursing staff by delivering high quality care.
- Undertake clinical procedures where
dexterity and accuracy are required
- Maintain a safe working environment
Responsibilities
for patient and client care
- Assess, plan, implement and
evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical
skills
- Organises own clinical workload.
- Receives supervision of clinical
care and outcomes from nurse specialist team leader.
Freedom
to act
- Refer patients as appropriate to
other members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Make clinical assessments and
treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols
Communication
- Maintains accurate clinical and
other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation.
- Support patients and their
families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring
they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care
delivery
- Liaise with Community Services (as
appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery
Education and Training
- Provide training and education of
learners and other junior staff
- Actively participate in the
development of own personal development plan and performance review
- Provide education and training to
patients and their carers.
- Keep up to date with developments,
advances within the specialty
Leadership and management
- Investigate and respond to
accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
- Maintains record of workload and
performance monitoring information and reviews this on a regular basis with
team manager.
- Work with Team Leader and/or Matron
to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as
considered appropriate
- Under the direction of the Team
Manager participates in or lead the
development of specific elements of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and
Nursing Directorate business plans
- Participates in the setting, monitoring
and improvement of standards and
quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care
- Promote evidence based practice,
wherever possible
- Engage users and carers views on
service delivery and development.
- Implement policy and practice
guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes where
appropriate
- Contribute to policy and protocol
development for speciality area.
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- Responsible for the day to day
supervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team.
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- Exercises a personal duty of care
in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and
supplies appropriately.
Research and Audit
- Contribute to the research agenda
- Undertake audit programmes specific
to client group, treatments and developments.
- Participate in clinical trials as
appropriate.
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally,
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to delivering high
quality evidence-based care
Commitment to working in a
multi-disciplinary team
Commitment to the specialty area,
valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and
creative working environment
Commitment to own personal and
professional development and to the development of others within the team.
WEST
YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT)
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of
Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across
West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible
care for our patients.
By
bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West
Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving
forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT
is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care
Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The
Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and
wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that
ambition.
INFECTION
CONTROL
The
jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal
Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and
after contact with patients and their environment.
HEALTH
AND SAFETY / RISK MANAGEMENT
All
staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and
improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service
users. This includes complying at all
times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health
and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed security and safer
working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident
Reporting system
EQUALITY
AND DIVERSITY
The
jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure
equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the
individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient
or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender,
ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
TRAINING
AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The
jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for
his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development
remains a priority. The jobholder will
undertake all mandatory training required for the role.
COMMUNICATION
& WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Matron
All grades nursing staff
Allied Health Professionals
Medical staff
Members of Clinical Management Team
Primary Care Trusts
SPECIAL
WORKING CONDITIONS
i) PHYSICAL EFFORT:
There
is a frequent requirement for job holder to spend a substantial proportion of
their working time sitting or standing in a restricted position and an
occasional requirement to exert moderate physical effort.
ii) MENTAL EFFORT:
There
is a frequent requirement for the job holder to concentrate where their work
pattern may be unpredictable.
iii)
EMOTIONAL EFFORT:
The
nature of the clinical and none clinical duties will require the job holder
to be involved in distressing or emotional circumstances on a frequent basis.
iv)
WORKING CONDITIONS:
The
nature of the clinical and none clinical duties will require the job holder
to be involved in occasional exposure to unpleasant or highly unpleasant
working conditions.
