Nursing Associate - Learning Disability/Autism - Hospital@Home

at  Oxford Health NHS Trust

• Work on a shared caseload for the team and to be supervised by a registered Nurse- Record own work on electronic patient records e.g. Rio- Contribute to Nursing assessments e.g. Initial Assessments, Nursing Assessments, etc. (including writing and sharing nursing formulations and nursing recommendations with relevant people- Contribute to the design and implementation of clinical interventions including care planning.- Monitoring and feeding back on the physical and mental well-being of service users, including escalation of care needs when necessary.- Signposting to and working in collaboration with appropriate health services, inpatient and community-based support.
  Liaising with other professionals outside the immediate MDT including GPs, hospital departments doctors and nurses, social care, education etc.- Deliver, under supervision, specific therapeutic interventions to meet the physical, emotional and psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of individuals and carers.- Arrange patient & carer monitoring visits and attend, as part of a planned package of care- Discuss and explain a plan of care with patients and families or carers including the use of Easy Read information.- Write and review care plans under supervision from a registered Nurse and update electronic care records. (e.g. Rio)- Create and update Patient held Care records e.g. Health action plans, hospital passports etc.- Undertake Health Education work e.g.
  impact of mental health illness on overall wellbeing and support for individuals and families on recognising signs, symptoms and ongoing triggers.- Monitoring patient medication concordance. Educating patients re possible side effects and monitoring same. Administering of Medication in accordance with regulatory guidelines for Nursing Associates if required.- Sourcing or designing and producing Easy Read Documents- Record Keeping updating initial assessments, updating risk summaries, writing and sending closure letters to service users and their families and GPs- Supervision & Preceptorship including statutory & mandatory training, learning & development, and CPD.- Multi-Disciplinary Team working with the entire LDA hospital @home Team to deliver holistic, evidence based, assessments and interventions

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