Community Care Division, Sefton, CYP and Families has a exciting opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic nurse to provide leadership and oversight to our clinical teams, working in partnership with service users, carers and other key stakeholders to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
This is a key role in the division and the successful post holder will provide strategic clinical leadership using the most up to date and evidence-based theory and practice and offer expert clinical advice for service users, carers, staff and other professionals.
The post holder will demonstrate advanced competence in highly complex decision making, assessment and the management of clinical needs within Sefton, CYP and Families.
The post holder will be required will also work in partnership with service users, carers and other practitioners to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder's will evaluate existing nursing practice through audit and evaluation of expected practice standards. They will embrace a culture of continuous learning and service development utilising Patient Safety Incident Response Framework techniques and analysis of key safety indicators. They will highly value the experience of our service users, carers and workforce to inform and drive service improvement initiatives embracing a quality culture through strong clinical leadership. The post holder's will support the Head of Nursing with the implementation delivery and commitment to the service line patient experience strategy. They will be innovative in their thinking with a passion for clinical excellence both influencing and co producing strategies that address identified areas for improvement. They will support the Head of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing in shaping and developing relevant policy and procedure and will assist the ongoing review and development of clinical pathways in keeping with National Standards and Evidenced based interventions for service users, young people and families across the Division.
About us
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 and community 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.To work as senior clinical nurse in Community Care Division.
2. To formulate, implement and evaluate nursing interventions which support the clinical pathwayfor patients in the Community Care Division.
3. To enhance service user experience by monitoring and developing service user feedback andengagement.
5. Lead on the development and evaluate policies protocols for advancing nursing practice in theCommunity Care Division.
6. To demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills within a defined area of expertise.
7. To critically appraise, evaluate and apply knowledge of theoretical frameworks and researchevidence within a specialist area of practice.
8. To liaise with other services as required.
9. Evaluate nursing practice through audit of service and practice standards, developing andmanaging strategies that address any shortfalls.
10. Ensure the development and delivery of relevant training programmes, including thedevelopment of co produced programmes, for both staff and patient, reflect service need anddevelopment.
11. Ensure supervision and reflective practiced standards are adhered to and address shortfalls wherenecessary.
12. Ensure the PDP process is robust, ensuring systems are in place to address to ensure nurses havethe skills and capabilities to deliver high standards of care.
13. To provide verbal or written reports as requested.
14. To identify areas for service development in your area of responsibility.
15. To ensure and support the clinical leads in monitoring, auditing and developing clinicalpractice in line with the business plan and service development requirements.
16. To adhere to Trust Policies reporting to the Community Care Division management team anyfailures in adherence to Trust Policy.
17. To contribute to the development of Trust Policies and local Guidelines.
18. To maintain the high standards in clinical expertise that this role requires.
19. To maintain, monitor and present data relating to the role.
20. To be consistent and active in evaluating the effectiveness of the role.
21. Ensure the development and promotion nursing / clinical research.
22. Participate in clinical research as necessary whilst ensuring adherence to ethical practice.
23. To participate in service meetings.
24. To offer and participate in regular systematic supervision.
25. Establish priorities and organise workload to ensure effective use of time.
26. Ensure systematic records of treatment and progress are kept, and that written reports areprovided for relevant returns.
27. Produce full evaluation of service and its impact on an annual basis.
28. Support the Divisional Directors and deputies in delivering required objectives and developing theCommunity Care Division nursing strategy including involvement in clinical governance at a seniorlevel to participate in on-call Rota and the duties that this entails Take on additional duties /projects as required by the division
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Professional Registration e.g. Registered Nurse
* Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge of operating at a degree level for a substantial period of time
* Significant experience in clinical practice at a senior level
* Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development
* Ability to evidence the required core competencies at senior management level
* Educated to masters degree level or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential
* A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
* The post holder would be expected to have abilities in delivering innovation and quality in clinical practice, demonstrating leadership skills, and the delivery of clinical developments that have tangible results for patients
* Will have experience of promoting clinical effectiveness & standards
* Will also be able to demonstrate training and teaching expertise in applied settings
* Ability to exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and critical judgement.
* Will require an in-depth knowledge of clinical care with evidence of post-registration development activity
* evidence of post-registration development activity
Values
Essential
* Continuous Improvement
* Accountability
* Respectfulness
* Enthusiasm
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Strong customer service belief
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
Essential
* Must be able to demonstrate a commitment to service user involvement
* Be able to work autonomously in a self-motivating style
* Will possess excellent leadership and communication skills
* Will have the ability to reflect on experience & generate a learning culture
* Ability to undertake research and record of scholarship
* Ability to disseminate in a professional manner to a range of professionals
* Highly effective interpersonal skills and will be a recognisable role model for staff and patients
* Articulate and effective communicator
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
V7
Kings Business Park
Prescot
L34 1PJ
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