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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, enabling the safe administration of IV medication in peoples own homes.
• Following a holistic assessment, devise an individualised, evidence-based care programme for each patient, modifying it as required.
• Assess patients’ holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.
• Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
• Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patient’s co-operation in their care management plan.
• Liaise with the Clinical Lead and Norfolk and Norwich University Trust clinicians when clinical concerns are raised.
• Liaise with Homeward, Supportive Care, GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
• Be aware of assistive technology and utilise where appropriate.
• To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
• Ensure own caseload is planned and prioritised according to service targets and patient need.
• Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.
• Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.
• Be skilled at intravenous cannulation, IV line management and general phlebotomy, following local policy and guidance
• Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
• Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
• Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
• Become competent in numerous nursing skills to provide urgent and unplanned response to patients to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital.

Professional

• The post holder will:
• Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate.

• Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
• Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies.
• Comment on draft policies.
• Maintain own continuous professional development
• Ensure own workload is planned and prioritised
• Attend in-house training as required to develop current job role.