Specialist Children's Community Nurse - Long term conditions

at  Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Main Duties You will be expected to practice as a prescriber within an agreed scope of practice as part of this role. Treat symptoms through pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies. Undertake diagnostic testing within competence, e.g. Phlebotomy.
Empower health and social care professionals to deliver quality evidenced based care service by sharing knowledge and expertise. To work therapeutically with children, young people, their families and other professionals To develop and sustain effective working partnerships with local Clinicians, other specialist care providers, managers and team colleagues. Understand and ensure good practice in managing patient information between the different care settings and teams. Understanding of IT with an ability to use a range of IT systems that aim to improve communication within the services, including electronic patient records.
Budgetary Responsibility To work with the Team Manager to ensure service remains within budget. People Management Responsible for day-to-day supervision of all staff as a senior nurse across the services. Act as a supervisor for staff managing children and young people with complex clinical care needs Responsible for day-to-day management of a group of staff Responsible for the development of staff across the countywide CCNSN service caring for children with complex clinical care. Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process.
Clinical and Practice Governance Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed, or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes. The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with your professional body, and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. The post holder must participate in clinical and safeguarding audits as required. Provide patients and their families /carers with information on standards they should expect from the team.
Participate in Clinical & Safeguarding supervision on a regular basis. The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team

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