Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.     Communication and relationship skills

·       Ability to form professional, trusting and reliable relationships with the residents and their families.

·       Ability to effectively communicate with staff from other services and agencies, members of the public, private and voluntary sectors.

·       To be able to communicate and work effectively with the members of the multi-professional team within the home.

·       Effective communication skills are essential in order to give sound professional advice, and provide counselling, motivation and support to develop the staff team in clinical areas.

2.  Knowledge, training and experience

Essential

·       Foundation degree in health and social care

·       A minimum of 2 years experience in dementia care.

·       Ability to make decisions and to accept personal accountability.

·       Understanding staff motivation and ability to demonstrate this.

·       Good communication skills.

·       Ability to work as part of a multi-professional team with knowledge and understanding of the roles of other members.

·       Able to prioritise work and show leadership skills to other staff.

·       Understanding and implementation of local policies and procedures and able to work within these guidelines, delegating to other staff when appropriate.

·       An understanding of continuing care aims and objectives.

4.     Planning and organisational Skills

5.          Physical skills

6.     Responsibility for patient/client care;

7.   Responsible for policy and service development implementation   

·       To provide 24 hour holistic nursing care for 20 elderly mentally ill residents on your floor.

·       Ability to work as part of a team to consider service changes and produce action plans and lead on clinical changes, keeping within agreed time scales.

·       To adhere to organisational relevant policies and procedures.

·       Ensure that the residents within the team have been regularly assessed their needs identified and met with appropriate resources.

8.     Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

·       Assist the manager in maintaining budgets within spending limits and make the best use of resources available. 

·       Responsible for the safe use of equipment.

9.     Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

·        Ensure that own  performance and development reviews take place in a timely manner identifying service and personal training needs.

·        Maintain good industrial relations with all staff

·        The post holder will carry out their duties in accordance with the organisation equal opportunities policy respecting the different backgrounds of colleagues and clients

10.   Responsibilities for information resources

11.   Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

12.   Freedom to act

·        Ability to work on own initiative and accept personal accountability

·        Responsibility for implementation of research based clinical practice raising quality standards of clinical care and to ensure that this is reflected within the written clinical protocols

·        Plan your own work load. Escalate concerns to senior managers/senior member of team guided by defined policy and procedures.

13.   Responsible for policy and service development implementation  

To adhere to organisational policies and procedures in relation to health and safety,  safeguarding vulnerable adults

To comply with organisational and service specific policies and procedures and contributes to changes and updates as appropriate

14. Physical effort 

·        Keyboard skills

·        Moderate effort when providing care

·        Combination of lifting with hoist, bending standing.

    15.    Mental effort 

·        Frequent requirement for prolonged concentration

16.   Emotional effort  

·       Exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances

17.   Working conditions 

·       Daily exposure to unpleasant conditions, dealing with body fluids, unpleasant odours