Clinical Practitioner, Band 6

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

As a Band 6 you will be: - Responsible for the holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based nursing care for patients referred to hospital at home service. - Responsible for delivering, evaluating and supporting training of patient and carers enabling them to be cared for virtually. - Utilising remote monitoring as part of the clinical care delivery - Providing high-quality care for patients including co-ordination of the multidisciplinary team and allocating visits as appropriate. - Delivering high-quality, clinically effective care, and patient experience, utilising research and in collaboration with colleagues in everyday practice.

• Participate in effective clinical leadership and management of team members through clinical supervision. - Actively contribute to the development and improvement of services and the quality of care through reflective practice, clinical supervision and audit. - Act as a role model, mentoring, teaching, assessing and supporting students and learners on placement and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff. Education - You should critically assess and address your own learning needs, negotiating a personal development plan that reflects the breadth of ongoing professional development within your scope of practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development - Mentorship qualification or willing to work towards. - Demonstrates ability to think laterally, creatively and innovatively to enhance patient care. - Analytical and critical thinking skills. - Ability to manage own time efficiently.
• Excellent organisational skills of self and others. - Engage in self-directed learning and identify own continuing professional development in line with service needs and maintenance of ongoing capabilities and competence in practice. - Advocate for and contribute to a culture of organisational learning to teach and inspire future and existing staff. - Act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach, and mentor.
• Actively seek and participate in peer review of own practice and participate in annual appraisals, demonstrating ongoing professional development by keeping up to date with national and local developments within the specialty. Research - Ensure that practice is informed by practice and may participate in research as appropriate. - Evaluates own service or role within area practice but also across the key acute medicine and community pathways and engages or leads in quality improvement projects. - Utilise results from research trails and clinical audit to develop new ways of working focusing on quality improvement and enhanced clinical care for acute medical patients.
• Evaluate and audit own clinical practice, selecting and applying valid, reliable methods, then acting on the findings. Leadership - Work with fellow colleagues to ensure that the team works flexibly and supportively together, and that the performance indicators for the area are delivered. - Demonstrate excellent personal communication. Establish and maintain effective two-way communication channels with individuals and groups.
• Demonstrate appropriate assertiveness and ability to challenge others when the rights of patients and others may be infringed. - Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to problem solve. Promote excellent team working and interdisciplinary relationships. - Allocate work and assess performance of the team members objectively against set criteria/ competencies.

Provide clear feedback to team members in a way that is conducive to maintaining and improving performance. - Actively promote robust infection control practices. Assist the department Sister to maintain high standards of cleanliness in the clinical area and for a well-maintained clinical environment. - Promote interdisciplinary working, with outcomes aimed at the best interest of patients.

• Actively promote diversity, including race diversity. Assist the department Sister to sustain relationships that promote dignity, rights and responsibilities. Identify and take action to address discrimination and oppression. - Support the Senior Clinicians to ensure the clinical area practices within Data Protection/Confidentiality/Caldicott principles.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records. To input and retrieve patient information from computer-based systems - Organise, develop and deliver educational and training programmes, study days Expected Interview Date: 6th November 2024 For more information please contact the virtual ward hub number or email helen.acock@nhs.net Available 5 days a week Mon-Friday

• Participate in effective clinical leadership and management of team members through clinical supervision. - Actively contribute to the development and improvement of services and the quality of care through reflective practice, clinical supervision and audit. - Act as a role model, mentoring, teaching, assessing and supporting students and learners on placement and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff. Education - You should critically assess and address your own learning needs, negotiating a personal development plan that reflects the breadth of ongoing professional development within your scope of practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development - Mentorship qualification or willing to work towards. - Demonstrates ability to think laterally, creatively and innovatively to enhance patient care. - Analytical and critical thinking skills. - Ability to manage own time efficiently.
• Excellent organisational skills of self and others. - Engage in self-directed learning and identify own continuing professional development in line with service needs and maintenance of ongoing capabilities and competence in practice. - Advocate for and contribute to a culture of organisational learning to teach and inspire future and existing staff. - Act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach, and mentor.
• Actively seek and participate in peer review of own practice and participate in annual appraisals, demonstrating ongoing professional development by keeping up to date with national and local developments within the specialty. Research - Ensure that practice is informed by practice and may participate in research as appropriate. - Evaluates own service or role within area practice but also across the key acute medicine and community pathways and engages or leads in quality improvement projects. - Utilise results from research trails and clinical audit to develop new ways of working focusing on quality improvement and enhanced clinical care for acute medical patients.
• Evaluate and audit own clinical practice, selecting and applying valid, reliable methods, then acting on the findings. Leadership - Work with fellow colleagues to ensure that the team works flexibly and supportively together, and that the performance indicators for the area are delivered. - Demonstrate excellent personal communication. Establish and maintain effective two-way communication channels with individuals and groups.
• Demonstrate appropriate assertiveness and ability to challenge others when the rights of patients and others may be infringed. - Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to problem solve. Promote excellent team working and interdisciplinary relationships. - Allocate work and assess performance of the team members objectively against set criteria/ competencies