Nurse Specialist (XR06)

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

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.

JOB DIMENSIONS

The post holder will work within a team of Nurse Specialists managing the flow of patients through the Trauma and Related Services bed base.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

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.

- 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.

- Responsible for the day to day supervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team.

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

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
• Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
• Time management skills
• Team player
• Able to manage stress in self and others
• Ability to act professionally at all times

Desirable

• IT Skills

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working as a Band 5 Staff Nurse
• Equivalent post registration experience of which there has been substantial experience gained within the relevant specialty area

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Level 1)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Post registration qualification in specialty

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)