Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.                  Key responsibilities

·       To abide by trust policies and procedures.

·       Build and maintain safe and effective therapeutic relationships.

·       Support individuals to contribute to collaborative care/support/recovery plans.

·       Support the named nurse to develop collaborative individual, patient centred care plans and implement them creatively using initiative.

·       Communicate effectively with a wide range of people using a range of preferred methods.

·       Contribute to monitoring, observing and engaging with individuals, communicating outcomes and conclusions with the rest of the team.

·       Gain an understanding of a person’s experiences in relation to their mental health, learning disability, dementia and/ or delirium. 

·       Understand a person’s coping strategies and strengths and support people to use these at times of distress or difficulty.

·       Be able to recognise increasing risk and alert significant others and the team to respond as needed.

·       Undertake a range of practical tasks and duties in support of the team and individual needs. 

·       To feel confident to be able to report untoward incidents and areas of concern as soon as they arise.

·       Contribute to individual reviews and team meetings.

2.                  Duties 

Each individual has different needs however the list below outlines just some of the practical duties that the post holder will undertake, support and enable people to/with:

·       Using appropriate assessment tools under supervision to assist the registered nurse in assessment of the patients’ health and well being needs.

·       Initiate emergency action when required e.g cardiac arrest, fire

·       Identify/contribute to their own goals to improve their quality of life

·       Participate in clinical skills as trained in line with role e.g recording ECG’s

·       Support individuals to express their needs and wishes

·       Promote their personal hygiene and physical health.

·       Actively engage in health promotion

·       Assist individuals with activities of daily living encouraging active participation and independence

3.                  Training and Supervision

·       Undertake mandatory and appropriate training relevant to your role for example:

·       Identify own training and developmental needs

·       Identify areas of training need that are relevant to the team

·       Assist in the delivery of training in areas of personal experience and interest.

·       Participate in annual performance development reviews

·       Participate in regular individual and group supervision

·       Participate in the development of the service

4.                  Personal responsibilities

·       Ensure that people are treated with dignity and respect

·       Promote anti-discriminatory activities

·       Work flexibly to meet service needs

5.                  Administrative responsibilities

·       Keep clinical records up to date using trust systems in accordance with legislation as delegated by the nurse in charge

·       Maintain records to a high standard and record activity data in a timely manner

6.                  Professional responsibilities

·       Maintain confidentiality of all personal information and data in line with organisational policy.

·       Be familiar and work in line with local and national policy and procedures.

·       Raise concern in regard to disciplinary or performance issues to the management team using policies and procedures such as safeguarding and Freedom to speak up.  

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The post holder, will therefore, be expected to adopt a flexible attitude towards these duties which may (after discussion) must be varied, subject to the needs of the department and in keeping with the general profile of the post.