Service Lead - Community Children's Nursing

at  Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Provides clinical and professional leadership to the Nurses in the team and advises the Service Manager on clinical matters concerning the service. Co-ordinates the clinical care delivered by the team ensuring a multidisciplinary focus. Develops and monitors the standards of nursing care and supervises the clinical performance of staff. Keeps professionally updated, aware of current health trends and developments in childrens community nursing services.
Promotes Health Education with patients and fellow professionals. May be required to undertake/review clinical work requiring knowledge of assessment, formulation, delivery and review of a treatment plan. To participate in 24 hour on call services for palliative and end of life care. Maintain accurate written and computerised records of data for own interventions and provide reports for third parties as required.
To be professionally and legally accountable as an autonomous professional for all aspects of work in relation to own clinical work and the delegation of any aspects to other staff, students or carers. Promotes clinical governance within the team, ensuring regular clinical audit is undertaken and make recommendations to the Service Manager to improve service delivery based on the results. Promote a culture of evidence-based practice within the team including measurement of clinical outcomes and contribution to research activity if require

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