Urgent Community Response Nurse (South Warwickshire) in Royal Leamington Spa

Main Functions

• Act in accordance with current local Warwickshire Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children, and SWFT guidelines/policy to protect vulnerable adults and children.
• Contribute towards ensuring AHP & Nursing Strategy is implemented across the Integrated Health Team.
• Support the urgent response team to meet the 2 hour visit target.
• Establish priorities of care in accordance with caseload management.
• Take responsibility for updating and developing professional knowledge and skills which relate to clinical practice.
• Act within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and comply with the Trusts policies and procedures.
• Participate in the development, training and mentorship of pre-registration students and staff as required including induction and preceptorship programmes.
• Provide skilled clinical nursing practices.

Communication

• Develop and maintain effective communication networks, with service users, health care professionals and other statutory and voluntary organisations.
• Promote and maintain accurate record keeping in order to conform to NMC policy and Data protection.

Responsibility for Patient Care

• Action referrals appropriately according to risk and need in accordance to the service referral criteria.
• Undertake planned and opportunistic health promotion and education activities with patients and carers.
• Act as a patients advocate where appropriate.

Policy and Service Development

• Understand national policy and guidance and the ability to interpret and implement at service level.

Responsibility for Human Resources

• Direct supervision of junior members of staff.
• Act independently on a range of delegated tasks and use own initiative in order to manage own workload within appropriate professional guidelines.
• Participate in the PDR process to identify personal and team development goals.
• Organise staff in the absence of the band 6 reporting to a senior member of staff any anomalies.

Professional Responsibilities and Freedom to Act

• Interpret national guidance on NMC guidelines.
• Participate in clinical supervision.
• Maintain clinical and professional competencies in accordance with relevant statutory legislation and guidance relevant to health professionals and their services.
• Participate in mandatory and statutory training requirements and keep a record of all training and other developmental activities.

Responsibility for Research & Development

• Ensure standards, protocols and policies are evidence based and applied to practice.
• Keep updated with current clinical issues thus always promoting best practice.
• Use research to inform practice.
• Participate in audits as appropriate.

General

• The post holder will be required to have access to independent means of transport for work purposes to travel across SWFT and to other agencies.

Physical and Mental Effort

• The post holder will undertake people moving and handling on a daily basis.
• The handling of equipment e.g. hoists, is integral to the post and may be required to be undertaken in confined spaces within patients homes.
• The post holder will be required to operate as a lone worker in accordance with WCH policies and procedures.
• The post holder may come into contact with bodily fluids including urine and faeces and exudate from wounds e.g. blood and pus.