Public Health Nurse

at  Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Communication and Relationships Skills To lead and present complex, sensitive and challenging clinical and professional communication processes that may impact on service users, carers, staff, the team, the organisation, partner agencies and members of the public, where there are barriers to understanding To communicate complex information to users and carers regarding personal, psycho-social problems in an empathic and supportive way. This will involve using inter-personal skills where agreement or co-operation is required, e.g. impact of diagnosis To support the specialist nurse, peers, other colleagues, patients/clients and provide effective communication within the team/unit. Analytical and Judgemental Skills To assess the needs of patients and their carers based on the analysis of a range of facts or situations.
Interventions will be planned on the assessment information and the interpretation of this. To contribute to assessment and management plan for patients with high risk clinical needs to ensure safety of patients & carers. Planning and Organisational Responsibilities To plan care for patients e.g. organising appointments, care plans, treatments, interventions, reviews Responsible for managing and prioritising own workload, balancing the needs of patients and service requirements/competing priorities Physical Skills Maintain up to date training and knowledge (including mandatory) required for the role and responsibilities Up to date competency in medication management, e.g.
dexterity and accuracy for giving injections Responsibilities for Patient Care Develops and maintains the patients control over decision making, assess the patients commitment to the jointly determined plan of care, and fosters personal responsibility for health Deliver care interventions and nursing advice in a variety of settings, that promote patient flexibility and choice, and which are sensitive to cultural preferences Responsibilities for Policy and Service Development Implementation To contribute to reviewing, developing and monitoring operational/clinical policy, relevant to nurses within the clinical areas Responsibilities for Financial and Physical Resources Ensure operational managers are informed of the need for relevant clinical equipment (e.g. medication management and physical health screening) Responsibilities for Human Resources Supervision of non-registered staff, working alongside the Line Manager to identify and implement developmental needs Have an understanding of the requirements of the Quality Assurance Agency for higher education Be on the live register of mentors following preceptorship Responsibilities for Information Resources To provide accurate and timely information to inform Trust/National databases as required Maintain up to date training and basic IT skills, and demonstrate a good working knowledge of confidentiality and data protection Responsibilities for Research and Development To contribute to research projects within the nursing profession and clinical speciality, both locally and nationally To maintain awareness of contemporary research specific to nursing and service area and its implications to inform practice To utilise research and evidence-based practic

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