Staff Nurse, Band 5- Outpatients

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Key Dimensions Managerial - Work with fellow band 6 colleagues to ensure that the nursing team works flexibly and supportively together, and that the performance indicators for the area are delivered. - Ensure that there is effective skill mix and staff management at clinic level. - Demonstrate excellent personal communication. Establish and maintain effective two-way communication channels with individuals and groups.

• Demonstrate appropriate assertiveness and ability to challenge others when the rights of patients and others may be infringed. - Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to problem solve. Promote excellent team working and interdisciplinary relationships. - Allocate work and assess performance of the team members objectively against set criteria/ competencies.

Provide clear feedback to team members in a way that is conducive to maintaining and improving performance. - Contribute on a designated basis to act as co-ordinator for clinics. - Actively promote robust infection control practices. Assist the department sisters to maintain high standards of cleanliness in the clinical area and for a well-maintained clinical environment.

• Promote interdisciplinary working, with outcomes aimed at the best interest of patients. - Actively promote diversity, including race diversity. Assist the department sisters to sustain relationships that promote dignity, rights and responsibilities. Identify and take action to address discrimination and oppression.
• Support the sisters and Senior Sister to ensure the clinical area practices within Data Protection/Confidentiality/Caldicott principles. Clinical and Technical - Demonstrate specialist skill and professional knowledge acquired through post-registration academic, clinical, leadership and management development. Work as an excellent role model for professional practice. - Practice in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives and Trust policies, protocols and guidelines.

Is accountable for own practice and for appropriate delegation of care he/she gives to colleagues, nursing support workers and students. - To support regular and flexible cross county service provision to meet patient and service needs - Support other registered professionals with the revalidation process. - Demonstrate expert ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care, guiding more junior staff to deliver effective, holistic, person-centred care. Display sound analytical and critical thinking ability in complex and rapidly changing situations.

• Maintain an overview of clinic utilisation, clinic space and staffing resource. - Regular participation and dissemination of information for Link role[s] undertaken ensuring quality and safety initiatives are actively supported and delivered. Additional Contact Details Clarissa Delacruz (Sister) 0300 422 8447 clarissa.delacruz@nhs.net

• Maintain an overview of clinic utilisation, clinic space and staffing resource. - Regular participation and dissemination of information for Link role[s] undertaken ensuring quality and safety initiatives are actively supported and delivered. Additional Contact Details Clarissa Delacruz (Sister) 0300 422 8447 clarissa.delacruz@nhs.ne