Job summary
- Job
Purpose:
- Supervising and co-ordinating the
daily activities taking place in the clinical setting.
- Ensuring the highest standards of
quality and evidence-based care is being provided to patients by yourself, your
team and the wider MDT.
- Support and empower the clinical team
and wider MDT through teaching, training and assessing.
- Promoting positive behaviours and
best practice in the clinical setting.
- Ensuring expected governance
standards are met.
Main duties of the job
- Supervising and co-ordinating the daily activities taking place in the clinical setting.
- Ensuring the highest standards of quality and evidence-based care is being provided to patients by yourself, your team and the wider MDT.
- Support and empower the clinical team and wider MDT through teaching, training and assessing.
- Promoting positive behaviours and best practice in the clinical setting.
- Ensuring expected governance standards are met.
About us
Why
Choose us?
Our continuing
success as a business is down to the talent, hard work and dedication of our
staff. Along with great job satisfaction, you can look forward to a competitive
salary, opportunities to grow, a pension scheme and great employee benefits.
We fully
believe in investing in our staff to help them reach their career goals and
full potential. We offer
all staff the chance to further their education with free training courses in
any field that will both benefit themselves and the company.
Here at
LivingCare we are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to
the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues.
What we offer
our employees:
Free onsite
parking.
Free tea and
coffee
Quality working
environment
Exclusive
discounts
Flexible
working
Work life
balance is a priority here at LivingCare, with services running at sociable
times. 08:00-18:00 Monday to Saturday.
Blue Light Card
NHS discount at a range of shops and restaurants
Access to the
Employee Assistance Programme
Annual pay
review
Culture matrix
programme: we organise special events every month to support our teams
Celebrating
success: this programme gives rewards to our team member who have gone above
and beyond
Supermarket
vouchers: we give these out every month as part of our supermarket sweep
competition
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensuring that the clinical setting has an adequate skill mix to support the needs of the clinicians and patients.
- Continuous effective communication to patients,staffand the wider MDT.
- Reporting and investigating incidents, near misses and complaints, escalating issues to the Clinical Services Manager and implementing changes when necessary.
- Share knowledge and information with staff members and involve them in decision making.
- Provide evidenced based,safeand effective care to patients by assessing, planning,implementingand evaluating their care.
- Maintain a high standard of record keeping, including patient records, ensuring that they are clear andaccurate.
- Work closely with the MDT tomaintainexcellent and efficient clinical care and outcomes.
- Work together with the Health and Safety lead, ensuring the clinical environment is safe for staff and patients and following the process for escalation if there are risks to the health and safety of staff and patients.
- Monitoring equipment for defaults and reporting any issues asrequired.
- Maintaining excellent infection control standards; referring to policies and procedures whereappropriate. Acting as a role model for infection control in the clinical setting and challenging poor practice.
- Monitoring the cleanliness of the clinical setting daily and escalating any concerns to the Clinical Services Manager.
- Mentoring and supervising clinical staff and students where needed.
- Having an awareness of the waste management policies and processes as well as making sure that staff are aware of the correct waste disposal procedures and are adhering to the waste management policy.
- Monitoring stock levels,orderingand usage and escalate any concerns to the Clinical Services Manager.
- Conducting audits, risk assessments and checklists as required by the Clinical Services Manager, reporting back to them with any positive or negative feedback.
- Supporting an open and honest culture, that is inclusive of all staff members.
- Keeping up to date with mandatory training. Support andfacilitatestaff to complete theirs.
- Moving and handling practices should be safe and as taught in training.
- Assist the Clinical Services Manager inmaintainingsafe and effective medicines management practices in the clinical setting, working closely with the Pharmacist and Clinical Services Manager.Monitoring the safe storage,orderingand administration of drugs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensuring that the clinical setting has an adequate skill mix to support the needs of the clinicians and patients.
- Continuous effective communication to patients,staffand the wider MDT.
- Reporting and investigating incidents, near misses and complaints, escalating issues to the Clinical Services Manager and implementing changes when necessary.
- Share knowledge and information with staff members and involve them in decision making.
- Provide evidenced based,safeand effective care to patients by assessing, planning,implementingand evaluating their care.
- Maintain a high standard of record keeping, including patient records, ensuring that they are clear andaccurate.
- Work closely with the MDT tomaintainexcellent and efficient clinical care and outcomes.
- Work together with the Health and Safety lead, ensuring the clinical environment is safe for staff and patients and following the process for escalation if there are risks to the health and safety of staff and patients.
- Monitoring equipment for defaults and reporting any issues asrequired.
- Maintaining excellent infection control standards; referring to policies and procedures whereappropriate. Acting as a role model for infection control in the clinical setting and challenging poor practice.
- Monitoring the cleanliness of the clinical setting daily and escalating any concerns to the Clinical Services Manager.
- Mentoring and supervising clinical staff and students where needed.
- Having an awareness of the waste management policies and processes as well as making sure that staff are aware of the correct waste disposal procedures and are adhering to the waste management policy.
- Monitoring stock levels,orderingand usage and escalate any concerns to the Clinical Services Manager.
- Conducting audits, risk assessments and checklists as required by the Clinical Services Manager, reporting back to them with any positive or negative feedback.
- Supporting an open and honest culture, that is inclusive of all staff members.
- Keeping up to date with mandatory training. Support andfacilitatestaff to complete theirs.
- Moving and handling practices should be safe and as taught in training.
- Assist the Clinical Services Manager inmaintainingsafe and effective medicines management practices in the clinical setting, working closely with the Pharmacist and Clinical Services Manager.Monitoring the safe storage,orderingand administration of drugs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered nurse or HCPC registered ODP
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Basic IT skills and ability to work with online programmes such as SystmOne
- Good time/resource management skills
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
Desirable
- To be educated to degree level (or equivalent experience),
- Knowledge of working within endoscopy unit
- To have Preparation for mentorship course (ENB998) or equivalent
- Access to own transportation to support cross site working
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered nurse or HCPC registered ODP
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Basic IT skills and ability to work with online programmes such as SystmOne
- Good time/resource management skills
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
Desirable
- To be educated to degree level (or equivalent experience),
- Knowledge of working within endoscopy unit
- To have Preparation for mentorship course (ENB998) or equivalent
- Access to own transportation to support cross site working
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
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).
Additional information
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).
