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For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

Patient Care and Clinical Standards:

• Independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients in specific client groups.
• Ensure effective liaison between primary and secondary nursing care providers, with other professional, statutory and voluntary disciplines/groups in order to provide a seamless service for the patients and their carers.
• Ensure maintenance of clinical competence/skills of self and others in day-to-day working practices.
• To provide expert care, advice and support to the patients, their relatives and carers.
• Ensure that your own and the team’s practice is evidence based and in line with National Service Frameworks and/or other given standards.
• Assist the staff to assess, plan and evaluate care as required.
• Contribute to the body of nursing knowledge by participation and facilitation of self and others in research and audit.  
• Report on audits, and implement recommendations as appropriate.
• Undertake additional nursing tasks relevant to Clinical area. 
• Communicate and disseminate information (verbal, written and electronic) appropriately to:  patients, relatives, and the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain contemporaneous patient records. 

Supervisory and Management Responsibilities:

• Development of speciality specific clinical protocols and guidelines.
• Monitor and control the use of resources and make recommendations for expenditure in order to ensure value for money and meet Unit and corporate objectives.
• Be aware of the financial position of the department, and discuss any areas of concern with the Clinical Matron /Head of Nursing.
• Act as designated signatory to order resources and authorise financial payments, e.g. unsocial hours payments
• Provide day-to-day facilitation of appropriate skill mix to meet the needs of the service. Work within Trust protocols for utilisation of temporary staffing as required on a daily basis.
• Assist in staff recruitment in line with the recruitment and selection process in line with Trust policy.
• Identify and minimise any conflict in your immediate team and the wider team and facilitate good interpersonal communications.
• Counsel staff formally and informally as appropriate.
• Manage your individual team using Trust Personnel policies and procedures, including sickness and absence monitoring, appraisals, capability and disciplinary and mandatory training.
• Undertake a lead role within the wider team as delegated to you by the Ward manager or Matron (eg Health & Safety, Education)

Professional and Clinical Leadership:

• Provide the senior nursing support in response to a Major Incident for the Minor Injuries Unit (when on shift). In the event of a major incident being declared make every reasonable effort to make yourself available to the department
• Provide effective leadership and management when undertaking shift coordination (MIU).  Ensuring all quality indicators and standards are achieved and timely and effective escalation occurs, maintaining accurate records at all times.
• Provide professional leadership, advice, a sense of direction, support and motivation for both your immediate team, the wider team, within the speciality and external to the clinical setting.
• Create an environment where effective working relationships and conditions are provided to obtain the highest possible standard of care through assessment, planning, evaluation and delivery.
• Plan, allocate and evaluate own working practices and that of the department team.
• Obtain and evaluate information to aid decision-making and store necessary information. 
• Initiate and implement, change and improvement in the practice and service provided by the team.
• Exchange information to solve problems and make decisions through leading meetings and group discussions, advising and informing others