IHDT Nurse

at  Livewell Southwest

To be professionally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including caseload management To act as a Care Coordinator for patients Carers and arrange for appropriate care packages to be set up To be responsible for assessing diagnosing implementing planning and reviewing complex needs and packages of care in partnership with patients carers and multi professional agencies including case conferences Through liaison with other registered practitioners and without face to face patient assessment care needs may be agreed and implemented To use clinical reasoning and utilise a wide range of appropriate treatment options to formulate individualised programmes of care and to provide intervention plans for people with a wide range of complex conditions Have good communication skills as to effectively communicate with patients and their carers including sensitive and accurate information about their condition Provide and receive complex sensitive and confidential information and overcome potential barriers to communication such as language disability as well as dealing with concordance and barriers from patients to the prescribed treatment To provide good quality advice and information regarding the range of realistic options available for meeting the persons care needs and to arrange for care to be set up effectively with supporting documentation Maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary team and deliver a cost effective quality service to patient carers within a defined geographical area Involvement in initiation and participation of reviewing existing clinical policies and procedures in steering groups and committees To coordinate and manage a caseload or caseloads and delegation of tasks within the skill mix of the Team To be accountable for the delivery of service by facilitating holistic evidenced based practice to patients in accordance with National and organisation approved policies procedures and individual care plans To take a Lead role within the team when dealing with complex urgent situations which can be emotionally challenging eg terminal illness To supervise monitor develop standards and audit of care delivered to patients and Carers by the multi disciplinary team To undertake develop and maintain nursing skills and competencies which are required for their role To enhance the skill mix of the multi disciplinary team and ensure that the ever changing health needs of patients are met To act as advisor professional leader in health care issues and clinical practice which are often complex and urgent Support links across and liaison with patients carers and the wider health social care and voluntary community To triage and accept appropriate referrals directly from other disciplines or refer to other agencies where appropriate To Case Manage Care Co ordinate packages of care and to work within the framework of the Care Co ordination Team by providing holistic care and demonstrate positive leadership skills To ensure privacy dignity and human rights are respected for all patients and carers To report and records all incidents and near misses relating to health safety security fire physical violence aggression and verbal abuse To be responsible for ordering monitoring and authorising suitable equipment within individual competence To maintain accurate records which are confidential up to date legible and that all care given has to be documented These records may be paper or IT based system and must be maintained as specified in the organisation policies NMC guidelines and Government directives The post holder will be expected to oversee the standard of patients records by audit or peer review and have a regular open discussion with team members The post holder is required to comply with all infection control policies and guidance attend relevant updates and report issues of concern to their immediate line manager if no action or explanation received then it is the individuals responsibility to escalate to Director of Operations or Chief executive office To monitor and maintain the health safety and security of self and others To be responsible for organising own time management on a daily basis in line with caseload demands balancing patient needs with the non clinical aspect To act as a clinical advisor on health care issues within their area of expertise To undertake health promotion whenever possible to all age groups and also contribute to planned health promotion activities To act as a role model for other staff and students demonstrating high standards of practice and professional conduct To be involved with the development implementation and monitoring of standards To work alongside the Community Practitioners if appropriate in monitoring complex health needs of the patients and reduce hospital admissions Ensure that work which is often unpredictable is prioritised and suitably delegated to other members of the multidisciplinary team Implement participate and facilitate Clinical Supervision as per organisational Policy To participate in an annual appraisal where the job description will be reviewed and objectives set In line with the annual development plan the post holder will be expected to undertake any training or development required to fulfil their rol

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