Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 nurse to join Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust to work as a Ward Based Clinical Co-ordinator alongside a Band 7 Intervention Lead to join our 12-month practice driven intervention study to facilitate the Therapeutic Optimisation (THEO) participatory action research study using practice development approaches at ward level.
You will be working as part of the clinical team as an experienced staff member and will focus on approaches to enhance and improve highly effective clinical interactions with colleagues, patients their families and significant others.
We are looking for someone to work in collaboration with the existing ward leadership team, to be an excellent clinical role model with developing guiding and coaching skills with the patient at the centre of everything that we do.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the existing ward clinical nursing team, the Band 6 ward based clinical co-ordinator will work in collaboration with a THEO Band 7 and with direct support from an external UEA based THEO/ PD facilitator, to co-facilitate the THEO participatory action research study.
Working as a nurse, in daily clinical practice this role will be helping to support others in effectively implementing practice driven innovation at ward level. Supporting and enabling THEO across the multidisciplinary team (MDT), to maximise and enhance delivery of safe and effective care within a workplace culture of effectiveness, where person centred care is experienced by patients and their significant others.
The THEO clinical coordinator will be actively participating in collaboration with the existing ward team and facilitating and coordinating interactions to collect, analyse and report evidence at practice level, and collaborating with partners at local Trust level and working closely with Staffordshire University and the University of East Anglia (as the Academic Collaborators).
Job responsibilities
* To assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of the THEO participatory action research study at ward level.
* To promote continuous development of clinical practice and effective teamworking in the delivery of patient care, encouraging innovation, improvement and appropriate changes in service delivery using facilitated practice development approaches.
* To work effectively as part of the multidisciplinary and nursing clinical team to use practice development approach to provide and capture evidence of person-centred clinical care delivery to patients.
* To demonstrate clinical expertise, enhanced nursing practice to enable the delivery of high standards of person centred, safe and effective, evidence based nursing care.
* To review nursing practice and support the implementation of appropriate changes based on research/ best practice.
* To contribute to service development and evidence collection associated with the THEO project.
* To establish a suitable and stimulating learning environment for staff and students and for the ongoing professional development for all colleagues.
* To maintain communication networks at all appropriate clinical and managerial levels.
* To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to patients.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree / Diploma in nursing
* Evidence of post registration education / CPD activity
* Recognised NMC / other teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
Experience
* Evidence of innovation and achievements in clinical practice
* Can demonstrate their experience of collaborative working
* Evidence of working as part of MDT
* Can demonstrate the use of appropriate criteria to prioritise caseload
* Can demonstrate experience of difficult conversations
* Demonstrates clinical risk management experience
Skills, abilities and knowledge
* Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources where the workload can be unpredictable.
* Ability to prioritise
* Successful change management
* High level clinical expertise
* Understands specific needs of patients and complex cases
* Knowledge and understanding of admission and discharge processes
* Ability to align with the NHS plan and nursing strategy
* Ability to effectively problem solve
* Awareness of Mental Health Capacity Act and its implications on practice
* Good understanding of clinical governance issues, risk management, audit procedures and evaluation.
* Experience of public and patient inclusion in service delivery and improvements
* Post holder will be required to take bloods and administer intravenous injections
* Presentation skills / public speaking
Communication
* Good verbal and written skills
* Effective communicator and negotiator
* Able to influence other professional groups
Personal attributes / behaviours. Aptitude
* Ongoing professional and personal development
* Recognises own limitations
* Participates in formal and informal teaching
* Flexibility to work evenings and weekends in order to meet service needs
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Address
North Walsham Ward, North Walsham Community Hospital
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