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JOB PURPOSE:

• To provide clinical and supervisory leadership to junior staff and students within the team.

• To be responsible for the day-to-day planning and delivery of the nursing services within the community healthcare Team.

• To manage a caseload of patients with multiple and complex needs, using evidence based practise to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, with the patient at the centre

• To provide specialist Nursing input into planning, development and evaluation of clinical services within the team.

• Role of Practice Development Nurse is to provide support and direct supervision to facilitate and enable clinical training and competency assessment of unregistered and registered nursing staff, including nursing apprenticeship students across the six Community Health Teams in West Suffolk.

The Practice Development Role will be protected supernumerary time to invest in the development of nursing staff across the 6 community healthcare teams, unless clinical priorities and safety dictate a requirement for the time to be non-Practice Development activity.

Working Pattern:

The service operates between 8am and 6pm and you will be required to work shifts between these times.

You may be required to work a 24 hour shift pattern in the future, should this service be commissioned by the Trust.

KEY TASKS:

• To assess and prescribe care packages for patients with long term conditions, the frail and elderly and palliative care
• To work alongside the Community Matron and Community nursing service and actively contribute to the development of the service
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non-statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users
• Contribute to the induction and development of individualised training packages to meet the needs of nursing staff moving to the community setting.
• To work alongside staff to consolidate training and develop skills.
• To work closely and in association with the Clinical Skills and Education Team to ensure co-ordinated and consistent staff development. The role may include the delivery of training to community nursing staff where appropriate.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical

The post holder will:

• To manage a caseload of patients with healthcare needs within a designated population, using specialist knowledge to carry out assessments.
• Assesses, develops and implements individualised and specialist nursing care programmes in the community.
• To evaluate treatment interventions for the caseload and modify healthcare plans. To encourage the patient towards self-care and independence, and to provide training, education and advice.
• To work toward preventing inappropriate admission to acute hospital settings.
• To support discharges into the community.
• To effectively manage and oversee the triage of all referrals to the team.
• To ensure all aspects of care offered by the team meet with agreed national, professional and local standards.
• To be responsible for the coordination of the day to day planning and delivery of District Nursing services within the team, prioritising clinical needs and delegating where needed to provide an effective service.
• To be responsible with other senior colleagues to provide the total needs of the patient/client group, planning and delivering services.

Professional

The post holder will:

• To establish and maintain multi-disciplinary communication and work collaboratively with the team patients, carers and other health workers and agencies involved in patient care.
• To promote awareness of the role of District Nursing within the wider health and social care economy. To ensure junior Nursing team members maintain robust communication systems within their own profession and with other professionals.
• To contribute to professional and other relevant meetings.
• To ensure verbal complaints are dealt with in a sensitive, effective and timely way in accordance with local and Trust complaints procedure.
• To ensure that self and all members of the team maintain up-to-date electronic and written records in accordance with professional standards and trust policy.
• To undertake 1-1’s, PDR’S and support members of the team to develop and reach their potential and delegate as appropriate.
• To act as a mentor and take responsibility for preceptor programmes
• To contribute to a local induction process for all new staff in the team and all students on placement.
• To participate in and support the Practice Placement Education of individuals placed within the team. To plan, contribute and participate in training for the staff, including mandatory training.
• To apply highly developed specialist knowledge and skills in order to demonstrate professional competence and fitness to practice in multi-disciplinary services.(person spec)
• To maintain own portfolio and support other members of the team in maintaining theirs.
• To ensure that self and junior members of the team work effectively within the service to support the planning and achievement of local and Trust objectives.
• To be actively involved in integrated working across and between Health, Adult Community Services (ACS), and local voluntary and statutory agencies.
• To ensure self and junior staff members are aware of budgetary constraints and work within them
• To be responsible for monitoring and maintaining stock levels, advising on resources needed to carry out the service and stock security.
• To be responsible for submitting statistics and monthly returns for audit and monitoring purposes as required by the organisation
• To actively engage in practice development, evaluation, audit and research activities to promote Evidence Based Practice and ensuring this is reflected in your practice
• To participate in the recruitment and appointment of staff
• Be accountable for own professional actions as determined by the nursing and midwifery council code of conduct.