Job responsibilities
Key Duties:
Clinical Leadership
To ensure there is an effective and consistent approach to
establishing and maintaining communication with children and their families
about relevant aspect of health and care, overcoming any differences in
communication between the people involved.
To assess, plan, develop, implement, evaluate, and modify
holistic evidence based care in the best interest of the patients and families.
To maximise and implement opportunities for meeting health
education and promotion needs of patients and families.
To ensure that the needs of children attending the
department are met taking account of growth and development, physical,
psychological and social needs.
To take appropriate action to ensure the safety of patients,
including the delegation of patient care to nurses with the appropriate level
of skill at all times.
Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and
practice.
To initiate and contribute to the development of practice
within the multi professional team.
To collaborate with senior medical and nursing staff in the
development of practice.
Plan, deliver and evaluate
programmes of care to address the child and families health and
well-being needs within scope of professional practice and competence.
To undertake advanced roles in line with identified service
needs following appropriate education and assessment of competence.
To supervise other nurses within the paediatric department who
have undertaken appropriate education and training, and assess competence to
undertake advanced roles.
To ensure all trust wide guidelines, policies and procedures
relevant to the clinical setting are disseminated and implemented.
To work in partnership with the Ward
Manager in ensuring effective Infection Control procedures are followed,
assisting with audits and other data requirements.
To ensure good standards of practice within the department
through quality assurance measures such as audit.
To ensure practice within the department is in the best
interest of the child and that safeguarding procedures in line with local and
national policy are adhered to.
Report and escalate untoward incidents in line with trust
policy.
Report and implement changes in practice identified through
risk reporting procedure and ensure thorough dissemination of shared learning.
Operational Responsibilities
To take delegated
responsibility for the production and completion of an
E-roster for the staff
tprovide
effective and well-balanced cover to meet the requirements of the service and
ensures
the presence of a suitably qualified and
experienced nurse at all times.
To liaise with other Ward/Department
Managers within the Directorate and other Directorates as necessary, to place
workload and skill mix as effectively as possible. To inform and escalate to the Ward Manager /
Matron / Directorate Manager any
problems regarding nurse management.
Represent and deputise for the
department manager at meetings as required.
To
contribute to the development of Childrens services
To
facilitate the development and implementation of quality improvements.
To
ensure effective and constructive links between the activities of the
childrens ward and:
1) acute paediatric services including childrens clinic,
emergency department and theatres
2) Other departments with children attending i.e. ENT,
radiology
3) Community childrens services
To
ensure effective two-way communication with all disciplines so that patients
and families receive optimum care.
To
provide information for and participate in studies to determine workloads,
patient dependency and quality assurance.
To
manage admission of planned and urgent ward attenders and day cases to ensure
adequate nursing cover and safe practice.
Maintain the custody of controlled drugs according to
statutory procedure, ordering replacements, checking and administering all
drugs according to the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust policy.
Manage ordering and maintaining adequate stocks of supplies
and provisions within the Department including procurement and remote
requisitioning.
To take all measures to ensure safety and report all
accidents/incidents to the general manager and to monitor the safe and
effective use of all equipment and economic use of supplies.
Maintain accurate records relating to all aspects of
departmental management, ensuring appropriate reporting mechanisms are used.
Allocate, co-ordinate, monitor and assess the work of teams
and individuals.
Monitor and maintain physical and financial resources for
work area and contribute to managing financial resources. Act as deputy to the
budget holder in managing staffing and other budgets.
To be responsible for the management of Health and Safety
matters, including infection control, identifying and documenting compliance
with all local guidance and statutory regulations.
Ensure all staff are conversant and comply with Trust
guidelines, Policies and procedures. And attend compulsory education and
training as instructed.
Diffuse challenging behaviour amongst staff working in the
ward area and act as a role model to ensure that all potentially difficult
situations are managed in a sensitive manner, reporting any such incidences to
the Ward Manager / Matron immediately.
3.
Staff Development/ education and training
In collaboration with the Manager and MDT teams facilitate
processes to enable all staff to reach their full potential by enabling them to
develop professional, clinical, managerial and communication skills identified
through professional development review (PDR) process and personal development
plans (PDP).
To identify areas for development of skills and competence
in accordance with NMC guidelines.
To develop the role of nursing within their speciality and
undertake training and assessment to advance clinical skills as appropriate.
To facilitate the practice, supervision, and assessment of
advanced skills for appropriately educated and trained members of the team.
Facilitate education and training of registered and
non-registered staff, and assist junior staff to develop clinical and
managerial skills in accordance with their level of competence.
To actively promote a positive learning environment.
To ensure all junior staff have appropriate mentorship and
supervision and to act as a mentor/coach when required.
To ensure all learners have appropriate supervision and
mentorship in accordance with their objectives, working closely with the
Professional Development Team, Clinical Educator, Childrens Services and the
University.
Clinical
Governance
Monitor and maintain health and safety and security of self
and others in own workplace.
Assist the Ward Manger to investigate and monitor clinical
incidents across the designated area, ensuring that lessons learnt are
identified and used to change clinical practice.
Support the Ward Manger with the instigation of patient and
public involvement activities in the ward area leading to service improvement.
Assist in research projects where
appropriate.
Contribute to quality and improvement.
Support equality, diversity and rights of children and their
families.
To ensure that nursing procedures are implemented and
maintained in accordance with the policies of the Worcestershire Acute
Hospitals NHS Trust.
To act within the trust safeguarding children policy and
referral framework in dealing with any child protection issues.
To participate in the development and setting of standards,
ensuring that acceptable levels are maintained.
Escalate a hazards/unsafe practices appropriately and to
ensure all accidents/untoward incidents are reported in accordance with trust
policy and procedure.
Human
Resources
To assist with the management, the
selection and interviewing of staff within the
ward/department.
To ensure implementation of relevant and current induction
programmes for newly appointed staff.
In collaboration with the Ward Manager monitor and manage
staff performance through professional development review process.
To be responsible for the maintenance of day to day
discipline within the department.
To counsel staff in
relation to professional matters.
Assist Ward Manager in ensuring internal staff records are
updated on a regular basis e.g. staff absences.
Local Ward/Department Variation to
Core Job Description
To
undertake advanced roles in line with identified service needs following
appropriate education and assessment.
Direct
liaison with consultants in planning and managing care of patients.
General Duties:
Professional
To
maintain a professional attitude at all times, developing the role of the nurse
in the best interest of the patients and profession in accordance with The Code: Standards of Conduct, Performance
and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives (NMC 2018).
Maintain
a wide knowledge of current nursing by reading relevant journals and attending
study days where appropriate. Promoting
the implementation of evidence based practice.
To be
aware of personal and professional development.
To attend relevant training opportunities.
Develop
own knowledge and skills and actively contribute to the development of others.
To be
conversant and comply with Trust policies and regulations, and attend mandatory
training as per Trust requirements.
To
carry out all duties within the framework of national and local directives and
initiatives.
Implement
research findings/evidence based practice.
