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An opportunity has arisen to join Belvedere Ward at Franklyn Hospital as a Clinical Practice Lead, working alongside the staff team to support practice standards and patient and carer experience. The Practice Lead role will work alongside the Ward Manager and specifically concentrate on quality and clinical / professional issues relating to patient care and support.
To assist the Ward Manager in overseeing standards of care, maintaining practice standards, promoting change and developing nursing practice and audit.
To ensure the delivery of high standards of nursing care to all service users in accordance with evidence based professional practice and Trust policies.
About us
Communication and Working Relationship Skills:
- To have excellent written and verbal communication skills. To be able to relay detailed confident verbal information sharing on behalf of the ward manager and other professionals for the benefit of patients and their families.
- The post holder is expected to maintain effective communication with members of the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies as appropriate
- To organise and maintain regular staff meetings and participate in nursing or multi-disciplinary meetings or discussions as required.
- To work in partnership with all health and social care professionals. To maintain effective communication that benefits the wellbeing of patients and their families.
- To discuss and monitor programmes of clinical improvement and audit with the ward manager and other staff.
- To be confident in managing team conflict when required.
- To be able to receive information, analyse and formulate professional judgements.
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of procedures which result in good communication between all staff.
Analytical and Judgement Skills:
- To promote and develop high standards of clinical care and contribute to the ward vision for future care.
- To have an ongoing awareness of clinical risk, advising and leading clinicians on actions to be taken to respond to risk
- To exercise analytical and decision making skills in conjunction with others in relation to patient care in complex cases.
Planning and Organisational Skills:
- To promote and develop high standards of clinical care and contribute to the ward vision for future care.
- To have an ongoing awareness of clinical risk, advising and leading clinicians on actions to be taken to respond to risk
- To exercise analytical and decision making skills in conjunction with others in relation to patient care in complex cases.
Responsibility for Patient care, Treatment and Therapy:
- To work alongside the Ward Manager to ensure that standards of care are met and maintained to the highest level.
- To ensure that care plans are implemented and reviewed as part of ongoing assessment. To ensure that up to date risk assessments are carried out by relevant staff.
- To ensure that care plans are implemented and reviewed as part of ongoing assessment.
- To promote good practice and management of acutely disturbed patients.
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and other professional guidelines.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation:
- To assist in education and training programmes for junior staff.
- To work with the Ward Manager to review, update and implement standards and policies for use in adult inpatient settings as appropriate.
- To be aware of current initiatives in inpatient care.
- To be responsible for the ongoing practice development for the ward while working within current guidance.
- To uphold practice relating to implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
- To take an active role in auditing the service and other initiatives on the ward.
- To be able to identify positive learning outcomes from complaints and safeguarding concerns to identify future learning needs.
Responsibility for Human Resources:
- The post holder will support the Ward Manager in the delivery of line management and leadership skills to the team
- The post holder will be primarily be a clinical leader and will be visible in this role.
- To allocate, supervise and monitor work given to junior staff.
- To lead and develop team members in ensuring the smooth running of the ward.
- To promote a learning environment for the benefit of all staff and students.
- To assist in the induction of new staff and learners.
Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties:
- To ensure patient records are up to date and an accurate reflection of the situation
- To ensure the requirements of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act are observed.
Responsibility for Research and Development:
- To assist in audit and research and development as appropriate to the clinical area.
- To participate in Quality Improvement work on the ward and to promote this so that it becomes part of normal practice.
An opportunity has arisen to join Belvedere Ward at Franklyn Hospital as a Clinical Practice Lead, working alongside the staff team to support practice standards and patient and carer experience. The Practice Lead role will work alongside the Ward Manager and specifically concentrate on quality and clinical / professional issues relating to patient care and support.
To assist the Ward Manager in overseeing standards of care, maintaining practice standards, promoting change and developing nursing practice and audit.
To ensure the delivery of high standards of nursing care to all service users in accordance with evidence based professional practice and Trust policies.
About us
Communication and Working Relationship Skills:
- To have excellent written and verbal communication skills. To be able to relay detailed confident verbal information sharing on behalf of the ward manager and other professionals for the benefit of patients and their families.
- The post holder is expected to maintain effective communication with members of the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies as appropriate
- To organise and maintain regular staff meetings and participate in nursing or multi-disciplinary meetings or discussions as required.
- To work in partnership with all health and social care professionals. To maintain effective communication that benefits the wellbeing of patients and their families.
- To discuss and monitor programmes of clinical improvement and audit with the ward manager and other staff.
- To be confident in managing team conflict when required.
- To be able to receive information, analyse and formulate professional judgements.
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of procedures which result in good communication between all staff.
Analytical and Judgement Skills:
- To promote and develop high standards of clinical care and contribute to the ward vision for future care.
- To have an ongoing awareness of clinical risk, advising and leading clinicians on actions to be taken to respond to risk
- To exercise analytical and decision making skills in conjunction with others in relation to patient care in complex cases.
Planning and Organisational Skills:
- To promote and develop high standards of clinical care and contribute to the ward vision for future care.
- To have an ongoing awareness of clinical risk, advising and leading clinicians on actions to be taken to respond to risk
- To exercise analytical and decision making skills in conjunction with others in relation to patient care in complex cases.
Responsibility for Patient care, Treatment and Therapy:
- To work alongside the Ward Manager to ensure that standards of care are met and maintained to the highest level.
- To ensure that care plans are implemented and reviewed as part of ongoing assessment. To ensure that up to date risk assessments are carried out by relevant staff.
- To ensure that care plans are implemented and reviewed as part of ongoing assessment.
- To promote good practice and management of acutely disturbed patients.
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and other professional guidelines.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation:
- To assist in education and training programmes for junior staff.
- To work with the Ward Manager to review, update and implement standards and policies for use in adult inpatient settings as appropriate.
- To be aware of current initiatives in inpatient care.
- To be responsible for the ongoing practice development for the ward while working within current guidance.
- To uphold practice relating to implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
- To take an active role in auditing the service and other initiatives on the ward.
- To be able to identify positive learning outcomes from complaints and safeguarding concerns to identify future learning needs.
Responsibility for Human Resources:
- The post holder will support the Ward Manager in the delivery of line management and leadership skills to the team
- The post holder will be primarily be a clinical leader and will be visible in this role.
- To allocate, supervise and monitor work given to junior staff.
- To lead and develop team members in ensuring the smooth running of the ward.
- To promote a learning environment for the benefit of all staff and students.
- To assist in the induction of new staff and learners.
Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties:
- To ensure patient records are up to date and an accurate reflection of the situation
- To ensure the requirements of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act are observed.
Responsibility for Research and Development:
- To assist in audit and research and development as appropriate to the clinical area.
- To participate in Quality Improvement work on the ward and to promote this so that it becomes part of normal practice.
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