The post holder will provide visible, accessible clinical leadership to the Virtual Ward To act as a positive role model through the provision of effective clinical nurse leadership and demonstration of competent, accountable clinical practice.

The post holder will use advanced clinical skills to lead and support the Virtual ward team in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluating of patient centred care.

The post holder will work in partnership and promote a culture of collaboration across the wider health and social health economy to optimise patient flow and facilitate the delivery of efficient, effective co-ordinated and timely high-quality care to all patients.

Main duties of the job

To ensure that the highest standards of nursing care are provided and monitored across the borough

Act as a credible role model that will involve a clinical commitment working a variety of shifts inclusive of weekends as the service requires

To ensure professional nursing advice is provided to all nursing, therapy, and support staff

Facilitate and support effective working relationships with the multi-disciplinary team to enhance the care and management of patients.

Develop, implement, and monitor evidence-based nursing practice e.g. recognition and management of the deteriorating patient/ sepsis management. Utilise advanced clinical skills and competency to deliver high quality and responsive patient care.

Lead on the development of clinical guidelines, policies, and clinical audit as part of the quality improvement methodology

Support staff in identifying, applying, and disseminating research findings related to specialist and fundamental nursing practice.

Engages and actively involves the individual and, if appropriate, their family/carer, in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of treatment and/or care by using person-centred techniques to promote a culture of self-care, involvement and empowerment

Provide leadership and be a role model for all staff in prevention and control of infection, undertaking audits and ensuring high standards are maintained

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide..

E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure that the highest standards of nursing care are provided and monitored across the borough

Develop, implement, and monitor evidence-based nursing practice e.g. recognition and management of the deteriorating patient/ sepsis management. Utilise advanced clinical skills and competency to deliver high quality and responsive patient care.

Lead on the development of clinical guidelines, policies, and clinical audit as part of the quality improvement methodology

Develops clinical skills and continues to develop further clinical skills in extended scope practice in response to best practice

Engages and actively involves the individual and, if appropriate, their family/carer, in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of treatment and/or care by using person-centred techniques to promote a culture of self-care, involvement and empowerment

Prioritises their own workload within agreed objectives whilst delegating to other members of the team as appropriate

Provides and receives complex, sensitive, or contentious information where motivational, persuasive, empathetic, negotiating and reassurance skills are required whilst demonstrating an understanding of barriers to communication

Approaches each individual with care, compassion and sensitivity ensuring that these values are reflected in all aspects of the role including the management of compliments, concerns and complaints

Acts as a source of information and support for nursing team, allied healthcare professionals, and other agencies across the broad health and social care context

To work in partnership with the adult community nursing team to comply and monitor the Infection Prevention and Control requirements for the service

Leadership

Work in partnership with the Operational Manager to ensure compliance with CQC fundamental standards In the absence of the operational Manager, the post holder will ensure that there is oversight of any issues impacting on patient safety and escalate appropriately

Act as a role model to provide a leadership style which is underpinned by strongly held values around equality, diversity and openness

Ensures the effective and efficient use of resources (e.g. staff, supplies within their own sphere of responsibility) working with operational manager to agree service budgets

Demonstrates leadership and innovation in contexts which are unfamiliar, complex, and unpredictable that require solving problems involving many complex interacting factors.

Ability to delegate, organise and prioritise to ensure the safe delivery of the service including the management of referrals admissions and discharges utilising locally agreed pathways.

By actively participating or leading multi-disciplinary or multi-agency work streams, the post holder will identify, propose and develop clinical policies and/or service developments which have impact on other disciplines, services or agencies.

Demonstrates resilience when responding to challenge, change and complex or difficult situations

Demonstrates clinical leadership, initiative and creativity in developing a broad range of projects or plans and inspiring others to be positive in their contribution to continuous improvement and innovation, including adjusting plans where necessary

Clearly articulates the expected clinical standards of the service, monitors and identifies where standards are not met and takes action to address these holding people to account where necessary in line with Trust policies.

Takes responsibility for their own/others health and safety in the working environment.

Ability to represent the service at relevant local or regional clinical forum

Provides direct line management for a defined team of staff, including performing appraisal, personal development reviews and the application of staff management procedures

To lead in the development of workforce strategy and plans by regularly undertaking skill mix reviews to ensure that the nursing resource is maximised to best effect.

Ensure adequate planning of the staffing model, nursing rota and skill mix meeting service requirements, escalating any staffing issues to Operational Manager/Head of Service as required

Ensure that there are effective systems and processes in place for the management of sickness and absence and bank and agency utilisation in all areas of responsibility.

Ensure there is effective and appropriate utilisation of HR staff management policies and maintain and achieve approach to recruitment and retention.

The post holder will utilise data and data tools (including databases) to produce appropriate monitoring reports on both patient care and service outcomes and produce appropriate communication for patients

Communication

Maintains collaborative working with partners and key stakeholders and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships to enhance service delivery and make improvements to patient pathways

Actively contributes to the multi-disciplinary team supporting the patient acting as a credible source of information for other agencies/professionals involved in the care as required acting as a resource of highly specialist knowledge for others

Work collaboratively across organisation boundaries to support the effective and coordinated provision of social care and health care services

To ensure that staff feel well informed and well-led

To act as a role model by demonstrating excellent communication and listening skills with patients, relatives and staff.

To ensure that confidentiality for patients and staff is maintained in all areas and that staff adhere to the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act and the Caldicott Principles.

Ensure that there is a comprehensive orientation and induction programme for nursing, therapy and support staff in each of the clinical areas and that completion of this is documented.

Ensure systems are in place to check registrations with the NMC.

Clinical Governance

To contribute to the implementation of governance strategy by supporting and promoting the development and implementation of operating services that reflects the principles of clinical governance and the Healthcare commission standards.

Be responsible for ensuring that there is adherence to safeguarding vulnerable adult protocols within clinical practice.

Patient Safety

In partnership with the medical lead, operational manager, and district nurse coordinators develop an open and honest patient safety culture and chair any associated clinical meetings.

Identifies, manages, and minimises clinical risks within the overall organisational risk management frameworks supporting other staff to contribute to the process in accordance with Health and Safety legislation and guidance from the National Patient Safety Agency.

Lead on clinical investigation including root cause analysis and attend patient safety meetings within the trust as required

To be fully aware of and committed to all Policies, Procedures and Initiatives relating to Information Governance this will include, but not limited to, Data Quality Improvements, Confidentiality, and Information Security.

To take personal responsibility for safeguarding and ensuring the quality of information.

To ensure that there are high standards of documentation and care planning in all areas of practice. Ensuring there are regular reviews of all documentation, and focused action plans are produced when areas of concern are identified and record keeping audits are undertaken.

Facilitates and participates in individual and group clinical supervision and action learning sets, and to take responsibility for developing their own and their colleagues learning.

Ensure systems are in place for ongoing review and assessment of care provision and delivery.

Work in partnership with the Operational Manager to ensure that any complaints / incidents are investigated to ensure that any learning is identified to improve patient safety and patient experience.

Education and Training Requirements

Maintain up to date knowledge, skills and competencies in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision making and reflective practice to ensure own professional development.

Maintain professional regulation in line with appropriate professional body.

Provide education, mentorship, advice and support to all staff

Promote and deliver formal and informal training to pre and post registration health and social care staff

Participate in and monitor the induction of all new staff.

Support the development of performance standards for nursing and care staff to ensure the service is responsive to and meeting the needs of the patients

Identify the training needs of the nursing team and service to inform the training needs analysis

Work with the Human Resources & Education and Organisational Development team and the Senior Nurses to develop nurse training programmes which ensure continual professional development including compliance with mandatory training requirements

Establish and maintain processes that optimise people and team performance, supporting the recruitment and retention of high-quality staff

Ensure there is an effective system of appraisal and that all staff have personal development plans.

Level of Independence/Freedom to Act

The post holder is required to execute the duties of this role without reference to others. This includes undertaking an advanced level of clinical assessment, the application of critical thinking, high level decision making and the delivery of specialist care and treatment.

The post holder is expected to abide by their professional code of conduct when exercising autonomy and to safeguard the interests of patients.

Person Specification

Sponsorship

Essential

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form.

Relations

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• First level degree or equivalent
• Clinical Masters Degree or working towards. (Msc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP))
• Evidence of a post registration/qualification in advanced practice i.e. clinical diagnostics / assessment
• V300 Non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

• Management/Clinical Leadership experience
• Experience of working with patients with acute presentat
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