The Community Ambulatory Intravenous Clinic offers Intravenous Administration borough wide for residents of Hillingdon. Referrals are mainly from local hospitals and the service operates 7 days a week, based at Oak Farm clinic in Hillingdon. Although predominantly clinic based, there may be a need for home visits as appropriate to provide community Intravenous medications to patients.
Band 6 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 6 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
· keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
· ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
· ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
Patient Safety
Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:
· Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
· Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
· Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
· Promote areas for practice development, devising guidelines and procedures to support the delivery of care
· Being open and transparent about their own practice
· Supervising the work of others
· Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
· Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
· Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
· Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
· To ensure appropriate supplies and equipment are in place and maintained in line with best practice in relation to client care and review as per local policy.
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
It is the aim of the Trust to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, marital/partnership status, race, religion, age, creed, colour, ethnic origin, disability, part time working status and real or suspected HIV/AIDS status and is not placed at a disadvantage by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. To this end the Trust has a Valuing Diversity in the Workplace Policy and it is for each employee to contribute to its success. As a member of staff at CNWL you have a personal responsibility to ensure and to support equality and value diversity. This means that you ensure that you do not discriminate, harass or bully or contribute to discrimination, harassment or bullying of a colleague, visitors or service users or condone discrimination, harassment or bullying by others. In addition, if you are a team leader, manager or director, you have a personal responsibility to promote and develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
Patient Safety
Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:
· Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
· Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
· Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
· Promote areas for practice development, devising guidelines and procedures to support the delivery of care
· Being open and transparent about their own practice
· Supervising the work of others
· Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
· Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
· Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
· Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
· To ensure appropriate supplies and equipment are in place and maintained in line with best practice in relation to client care and review as per local policy.
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Clinical Outcomes
Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
· Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification
· Providing skilled, evidence based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
· Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
· Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
· Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also work as team members
· Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:
· communicating well with all members of the team
· understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives
· reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
· encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes
Patient Experience
Band 6 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:
· Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
· Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
· Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector
· Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
· Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trust’s values are embedded in all practice
· Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy
Supporting yourself and others
All services and teams in the Trust should be able to demonstrate that they are meeting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards of care. Band 6 nurses are expected to be Clinical Leaders and play an active role in ensuring that the team understands the CQC standards and what individual team members do to help achieve those standards by:
· Taking a lead role in gathering and recording evidence which demonstrates that CQC and locally agreed standards are being met: assessing the performance of the whole team by using audit and benchmarking exercises and often contribute to the implementation of quality improvement initiatives
· Contributing to the performance management of teams and creating a positive culture in which the team can learn from mistakes and is enthusiastic to improve
· Deputising for the team leader / ward manager and ensuring that there is no fall in performance in their absence. This may include managing the team and coordinating shifts.
Engaged staff are more productive and Band 6 nurses play a role in engaging in other staff members in the Trust and the work we do by:
· Providing supervision and annual appraisals to individuals and giving constructive, regular feedback which helps those individuals reflect on their work, understand their objectives and the CQC standards and monitor their progress towards achieving them
· Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes
· Using continuing professional development funds to develop a relevant clinical specialism, gain sign-off mentorship skills or undertake accredited leadership or management modules.
Service Specific Responsibilities
The service specific responsibilities attached to this Band 6 nurse post are explained in the Service Specific Section attached to this Job Descriptionand the attached Person Specification.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Feb 2025
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