Nurse Specialist - Team Manager (XR07)

Job responsibilities

. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

The Jobholder will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload, including the setting of standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The jobholder will provide advanced nursing expertise to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service as well as contributing to the strategic direction of nursing within the Trust. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.

The post holder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload of patients with specialist palliative care needs. The post holder will carry out the assessment of those needs, working with the treating teams in the planning, implementation and evaluation of measures to support both the patient and those close to them

The post holder will provide advanced nursing expertise to a specific patient group and will also contribute to the development of the palliative care service in LTHT and wider, using resources cost effectively, as well as contributing to the strategic direction of nursing within the Trust.

The jobholder will manage and lead a team of nurse specialists at Band 6 and below and be responsible for the effective use of resources within the clinical team.

Working in partnership with Matron, Consultants in Palliative Medicine and SPC Team Leader, to lead on the development and implementation of a robust and innovative education strategy for all staff across the organisation in line with the national Strategy for End of Life Care (Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care) and locally agreed key quality improvements (to be implemented) within the LTHT. This includes education on quality initiatives such as: advance care planning, Electronic palliative care coordinating systems, Treatment escalation plans, Rapid discharge, Priorities of care the dying person. Processes should be developed to measure the effectiveness of any education initiatives.

The post holder will also hold responsibility of leading the development of the band 6 CNS team.

. 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 other nursing staff by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner

- Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required.

- Maintain a safe working environment

Responsibilities for patient and client care

- Assesses, develops and implement specialist nursing care programmes and evaluate care and treatments using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills

- Plan specialist nursing service provision organising and managing own workload.

- Provides specialised advice contributing to the diagnosis and care of patients.

Freedom to act

- Makes clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols

- Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team

- When required exercises significant clinical discretion and judgement within broadly defined clinical parameters and policies.

Communication

- Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation

- Support patients and their families communicating very sensitive, complex condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate on their care delivery

- Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery

Education and Training

- Plans, provides and facilitates specialist training and education of learners and other junior staff within own speciality area

- Provides specialist training and education at post-graduate level within the University settings as agreed with Matron.

- Actively participate in the development of own personal development plan and performance review.

- Participate in national, regional and local conferences as agreed with Matron..

- Provide education and training to patients and their carers.

- Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty

Leadership and management

- Provide leadership to the clinical team working with Matron, develop new roles/ways of working

- Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

- Maintains record of workload and performance monitoring information for own practice and reviews this on a regular basis with Matron.

- Work with Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate

- Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control ordering and utilising equipment and supplies appropriately.

- Work with Matron to lead the development of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Nursing Directorate business plans

- Set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care

- Promote evidence-based practice, wherever possible

- Propose, develop and implement policy, protocols and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty.

- Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area.

- Proposes policy and service change and leads the development of the same within and beyond own specialist area.

- Engage users and carers views on service delivery and development.

Research and Audit

- Contribute to the research agenda. Participate in clinical trials as appropriate

- Undertake nursing research and lead 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.

Experience

Essential

• experience at Sister/Charge Nurse level or equivalent within speciality
• Audit & Standard setting
• Managing Staff
• Current issues in healthcare
• Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
• Standards of professional practice
• Knowledge and understanding of:
• Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
• Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks (if appropriate)
• Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies
• Understanding of organisational structures

Desirable

• Service development and/or change management

Skills & behaviours

Essential

• Capable of lateral thinking
• Communication skills
• Teaching and assessment skills
• Organisational skills
• Time management skills
• Change management skills
• Understanding of research-based practice research conscious
• Team player
• Conflict management
• Managing stress
• Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
• Ability to act professionally at all times
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Innovator. Motivator. Assertiveness. Politically aware
• Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking

Desirable

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Level 1)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Post registration qualification in specialty
• Post registration study at Masters level in specialist field or equivalent experience.
• First Level Degree Education Evidence of continued professional development. Willing to undergo training as necessary

Desirable

• First level degree education
• Master Level Degree Education
• Extended/ Supplementary Prescribing

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.

UK Registration

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