Band 5 Registered Nurse in Bury

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Using a patient-centred approach and evidenced based practice, assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in accordance with patient and family needs.
• Ensure care is co-ordinated from admission to discharge including the continuing healthcare process, to ensure smooth and timely transition between care settings, helping to avoid unnecessary delay to patients discharge.
• Negotiate appropriate referral to other hospice services, in accordance with patients and significant others needs.
• Ensure that patients and carers receive accurate current information relevant to their need and that this is done regularly as appropriate.
• Liaise with the multi-disciplinary team regularly to ensure timely delivery of care and multi-professional collaboration, e.g. participation in the hospice/community weekly MDT meetings and daily hospice admission meetings.
• Administer medication and treatment as prescribed in accordance with the NMC's code and Bury Hospice policies and guidelines and the RPC 10 Rights of Safe Medication Administration.
• Use appropriate communication skills with patients, carers and relatives, including those with language and cultural differences, facilitating informed consideration that enables choice to be made concerning treatments and future care.
• Maintain contemporaneous patient records, utilising electronic and written records as appropriate.
• Be aware of the nature of the palliative care environment and end of life care, recognising the needs of patients and carers, by providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support, ensuring appropriate signposting to other specialist services when required.
• Act as patient advocate in the face of difficult conversations or situations, acting in the best interests of patients and carers and in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act (2005).
• Support Consultant / Doctor ward rounds within the department ensuring the effective and timely dissemination and communication of patient information to relevant parties and the maintenance of contemporaneous nursing records following the ward round.
• To act as a clinical role model for Junior Staff and Students, ensuring evidence based practice is followed, support the continuous improvement of care and development of the team.
• Manage own time effectively in order to maintain high standards of nursing care and professional efficiency, be flexible to meet service need.
• In the absence of the ward Clinical Lead/Team Leader, allocate work with due regard to continuity, multi-professional action plans, up to date assessment of patients need and staff expertise.
• Contribute to the annual performance appraisal by supporting the IPU Lead in conducting appraisals for some of the team where appropriate.
• Help maintain a pleasant and safe environment for patients, staff, volunteers, visitors and staff.
• Utilise the electronic rota system (StaffCare) to view the rota and request leave.
• Ensure NMC registration status is in date and Revalidation completed in a timely manner.
• Involvement in audits and continuous improvement projects.

ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• To adhere to all Bury Hospice standards, policies and procedures.
• To take responsibility for own personal learning and development, and to support the learning and development of others and the organisation as a whole; a commitment to completing all training required and refreshing training as appropriate.
• To conduct all work in a manner reflective of the organisational values and behaviours.
• To comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and Duty of Candour where applicable.
• An understanding of and commitment to the appropriate handling of all confidential data.
• To raise and escalate any safeguarding concerns appropriately and in accordance with Bury Hospice's Safeguarding Policy.
• To implement Bury Hospice's Health & Safety policy, ensuring all duties are carried out using safe and appropriate working practices in adherence with statutory regulations and guidelines.
• To promote awareness of, and respect for, equality and diversity in accordance with Bury Hospice policies and procedures.
• To follow Hospice processes in relation to incident reporting with the understanding that this enables continual learning and improvement across all operations.
• To protect service users, visitors, employees and volunteers by observing Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures.
• To embrace the organisational culture of volunteering and to understand the responsibilities of all employees in relation to role managing volunteers.
• To organise your own work and to ensure that it is accurate, meeting all quality targets and required deadlines.
• To actively engage in fundraising within the Hospice and for the hospice.