Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication

•         Communicates effectively with patients, carers, and all members of the multidisciplinary team

•         Maintains accurate and legible documentation and clinical records in line with professional and organisational requirements – this includes contemporary paper records and electronic clinical record system, EMIS

•         Maintains strong working relationships and communicates effectively with OOH GPs, social services, acute / community hospital colleagues, Hospice

•         Communicates effectively with others involved in patient to enable a timely response to patient’s needs

•         Actively contributes to the team, working groups and team meetings

Patient Care / Safety / Quality

•         Ensures high quality and effective assessment, treatment, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care to patients and carers within their own home setting

•         Responsible for the effective triaging of referrals and prioritising of work in line with clinical/patient need across Guildford and Waverley

·         Escalates any deviation from the care plan or change in condition to the District Nurse / OOH GP accordingly

·         Responsible for the correct use of aids and equipment supplied for patients and carers and for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained – including equipment loaned to patients

·         Undertake all aspects of medicines management related activities in accordance within the company’s medicines policies to ensure the safe, legal and appropriate use of medicines

·         Responsible for recognising the needs of the Night service, identifying risk, and making rapid autonomous decisions, escalating to the Team Lead / Service Development Manager as required

·         Participates in risk assessment and promotes the safety and well-being of patients, staff and any other persons and ensures a safe work environment

Service Development

•         Actively involved in the development and implementation of adult community nursing service developments and initiatives

•         Participates in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working / clinical practice from audit findings, recommendations, and action plans

•         Promoting and supports the implementation of innovation and technology within the workplace

•         Actively participates in and contributes to meetings and working groups that inform the adult community nursing service and nursing profession

•         Acts as a link nurse for defined area e.g. tissue viability, end of life, diabetes, infection prevention and control

       Leadership and Management

•         Responsible for the ordering and lean stock management of dressings and other equipment

•         Ensures that all complaints, untoward incidents, accidents, and areas of clinical risk are identified and reported to the District Nurse and on the electronic incident reporting system (DATIX) in accordance with policy

•         Monitors and orders stock levels and equipment in line with budget and lean / efficient principles

•         Responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection prevention and control and safety are maintained

•         Acts as a role model for all 6C’s

Development of self and others

•         Accountable for own professional actions in line with the NMC code and local policy and guidelines

•         Recognises own limitations in the provision of clinical care and urgency of patient’s needs, referring to other health care professionals accordingly and is accountable for his/her own actions often without direct supervision

•         Keeps up to date with professional nursing and regulatory requirements, health care developments, clinical evidence, National Service Frameworks for practice, national and local policies, and guidelines to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post

•         Responsible for the self-development of skills and competencies through participation in learning and development activities and continuing professional development to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post

•         Responsible for completing all own mandatory training within required time frames and for ensuring this is completed for other team members

•         Participates in own annual appraisal and objective setting each year

•         Access regular 1-1 meetings with line manager

•         Accesses, participates, encourages, and facilitates regular clinical supervision and peer review

•         Responsible for supervising and appraising team members through annual appraisals, mid-year reviews and within team to develop meaningful and achievable personal development plans and objectives for individuals

•         Undertakes supervisor (mentor) training and updates to ensure skills are available to facilitate the teaching and learning experiences for all students, colleagues, visitors, and employees

•         Supporting induction, competency achievement, supervision and mentoring of new team members and supporting pre-registration student nurses