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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To lead the processes for delivering, monitoring and improving the quality of care provided to patients. This includes risk management, complying with and contributing to CQC requirements, incidents and clinical audit.

Delivers effectively skilled Holistic assessments and case management including care coordination, care planning and treatment for complex patients as part of the integrated community nursing service.

Identify risks to service delivery and problem solve to ensure resources are allocated across the team(s) to appropriately prioritise care.

Ensure clinical research is conducted in line with Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust protocols and in liaison with the research team, ensuring that the research has had ethical approval.

Ensure that patients receive the information they need and are treated with dignity and respect for their privacy.

Carry out risk assessments and adhere to safe systems of work. This includes understanding and adhering to the reporting procedures for clinical and nonclinical incidents/near misses. Employees must attend relevant courses and mandatory updates, take a pro-active role in contributing to risk identification and management and be responsive to lessons learned from incidents and near misses.

Reports clinical and non-clinical incidents and proactively manages risk to patients including vulnerable adults and staff. Supports, monitors and challenges caseload management processes to ensure quality, safe
and effective care delivery.

To promote an environment conducive to effective learning and to comply with statutory and mandatory responsibilities in line with current local and National monitoring requirements

To attend Statutory/Mandatory Training as required.

Teach and educate patients, carers and other healthcare professionals to recognise subtle changes in condition that could lead to exacerbation or acute deterioration and take appropriate actions.

Acts as a clinical expert and information resource, leading in training, education and orientation programmes for staff, students and others.

Acts as a practice mentor for staff and students.

Responsible for proactively seeking & providing learning opportunities for the team.

Proactively develop, implement and monitor public health and health promotion activities in accordance with national and local priorities.

Incorporates relevant evidenced based findings with practice and participates in Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust approved research programmes.

To identify ongoing training and updating needs of other health care professionalism the team.

Initiates and implements change using quality improvement methodology.

Be responsible for the performance review of ICRAS nursing staff which includes annual appraisal and individual development plans. Monitor staff against objectives set, giving feedback regularly via the supervision process.

Challenge professional and organisational boundaries, identifying areas for skill/knowledge development and apply these to practice to provide continuity and high-quality patient centred health care.

Leads the development, implementation and audit of protocols, policies and integrated pathways using current evidenced based practice / research that facilitates change in practice and improves clinical outcomes, meeting the needs of patients and carers.

Inputs activity onto the recognised Trust database in order to support service development and meet contractual requirements.

Manages risk and maintains service delivery through liaison with colleagues and by reporting unresolved clinical/staffing issues to the Team Leader.

Refer to attached Job Description for full list of duties.