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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 to work within Longmoor House.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have worked in partnership to develop a brand new physical health service to improve patient outcomes. Longmoor House is a newly refurbished Integrated Care Unit that provides step down capacity from acute trusts for medically optimised patients where it is anticipated that there are ongoing nursing, therapy and reablement needs.
In joining the team you will have the opportunity to:
* Work in a supportive and caring environment
* Have the opportunity to develop professionally
* Deliver great healthcare and make a positive difference in patients' lives
* Work within an integrated team with all members of the MDT and partner services
* Work in a state of the art newly refurbished facility, utilising technologies to improve patient care
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.
Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide autonomous decision making as a practitioner adjunct to the shared decision making responsibility of a member of the multidisciplinary team.
Maintain the clinical governance framework to support the quality objectives of the unit, reflecting on care standards using clinical incident reviews, national benchmarking and taking responsibility in implementing the results of this practice.
Align role to deliver care according to national service frameworks and tackling and preventing health inequalities.
Support the multi-agency team on the ground with emphasis on a sound communication network.
Encourage and facilitate junior practitioners to participate in the delivery of various health care programmes and models of practice.
Facilitate the development of the skills and knowledge of the junior practitioners and health practitioner assistants through clinical supervision and perform their personal development reviews.
Ensure that the organisation of the ward over the shift period supports the efficient and effective delivery of care e.g. that the environment is clean, safe and supports privacy, dignity and confidentiality to patients.
Observe, assess and evaluate what is influencing the workload i.e. level of patient demand, supply of staff and what level of hands on care is required and plan for the following shift duration.
Contact bank service and arrange bank staff.
Manage unproductive time and operational duties i.e. check work time cards of nursing staff within the team when required.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Knowledge/Experience
* Demonstrable experience at senior nurse level
* Experience in relevant speciality
* Experience of ongoing professional development
* Knowledge of health service and initiatives
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Demonstrate leadership and motivational skills
* Experience of leading and managing change
Skills
* Ability to prioritise workload proactively
* Committed to raising standards in clinical areas
* Capable of working on own initiative
* Able to involve and listen to others
Qualifications
* First level registered general nurse
* Current NMC registration
* Evidence of study at degree level
* Leadership Qualification
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
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