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Communication

·         Negotiate sensitively with parents and carers where consent is required for treatment that is vital for the welfare and survival of the baby and there are barriers to understanding through fear, lack of knowledge and language difficulties.

·         Work in a consistent manner with babies, their carers, the multi-disciplinary team and visitors.

·         Identify different learning needs of team members and liaise with the Neonatal Practice Educator

·         Write precise, accurate and contemporaneous nursing records, reports, statements and other correspondence.

·         Document all social interaction and communication between parents and the multidisciplinary team enabling the team to plan appropriate care, such as the recognition of a baby at risk.

·         Act as a mentor for newly qualified staff and newly appointed staff.

·         Communicate with a wide range of professional and non-professional people and organisations in difficult circumstances e.g. child protection cases.

·         Use a range of skills to improve and maximise communication between individuals with varying levels of education.

·         Consider parents’ dignity, wishes and beliefs and involve them in shared decisions about their infant’s care.

·         Communicate sensitively, bad/sad news to families, in situations such as foetal abnormalities, death of a baby.

·         Ensure that essential information on the client’s condition and progress is recorded by self and team members appropriately according to NMC guidelines and data protection Act 1998

·         Agree the arrangements for communication with the client/family/carer and document these in accordance with Trust policy and the patient’s right to confidentiality.

·         Identify clear benefits, goals and processes for developing knowledge, ideas and work practice and communicate these effectively.

·         Communicate with a wide range of professional/non-professional people/organisations to explore difficult issues and make complex decisions e.g. transfer of care, substance misuse.

·         Undertake clinical and personal data collection and data input on multiple occasions throughout the day e.g. medical history, record of care.

·         Report all incidents, complaints or accidents to comply with Trust Guidelines and assist and support in the investigation and resolution of the same.

Service Delivery and Improvement

·         Adhere to and evaluate current policies and procedures and identify the impact they have within the clinical environment.

·         Identify outcomes of evaluation and offer constructive views on how the service should change as a result.

·         Take an active role in the implementation of the emerging Nursing & Midwifery agenda.

·         Embrace the public health agenda and support the delivery of local plans.

·         Implement and propose changes to policies and practices in the team.

·         Implement Clinical Governance initiatives by acting as a change agent and taking an initiative-taking role in the service development.

·         Work closely with the clinical risk management lead and be actively involved in clinical risk management issues and investigations.

·         Take an active role in achieving CNST standards though the implementation and maintenance of identified initiatives/objectives in the service provision by efficient and effective use of human resources and material management.

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