Statutory Responsibilities Active engagement, participation and compliance with any other statutory responsibilities applicable to the role, as amended from time to time. This role is politically restricted. The jobholder is not permitted to undertake political activity involving standing for election to the States or as a Parish Constable, or publicly supporting someone who is standing for election or playing a public part in any political manner. Job Specific Outcomes 1 of 2 Clinical Practice The Clinical Nurse Specialist will demonstrate a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and accountability by delivering specialised and person-centred holistic care. This will be delivered through advice, counselling, education, and interventions to service users, their families, carers and health care professionals. Will manage own caseload and undertake comprehensive history taking and assessment, which may involve physical examination, enhanced observation, define care pathway or appropriately refer onwards if necessary. Responsibilities will also include follow up/change of care, evaluation, or discharge. The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team and will work collaboratively in order to ensure a co-ordinated approach to person centred care, across the clinical pathway with timely onward referral to other professionals and agencies as appropriate. Advanced communication skills are essential in order to impart sensitive, complex and potentially distressing information to service users, families and carers, providing them with advice and emotional support in hospital/community. Ensuring that service users understand the information provided to them, whilst overcoming any communication barriers. Thus empowering service users to make informed choices regarding their care pathways. Advocate for service users and their families in treatment decisions and choices ensuring a holistic approach throughout their treatment. Ensuring the delivery of high quality clinical care and a good service user experience. Regularly seek the views and experiences of those who use their services and ensure that the voice of service users informs service development and design Education Act as a role model, educator, supervisor and mentor seeking to instil and develop confidence in others. Participate in supervision and keep up to date with professional development. Continually develop practice in response to changing population service need, engaging in horizon scanning for future innovations to develop. Leads on the development, delivery and evaluation of education and learning activities, specific to the area of expertise, internally and externally to the organisation as required. Will be responsible for supporting the development of policy, implementation of clinical guidelines, standards, pathways and service development within the specialist area of nursing. This includes clinical responsibility to service and care group improvement initiatives. Our service is in the process of expanding to a 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm service, thus post holders will be required to be available to work shift patterns. Job Specific Outcomes 2 of 2 Leadership & Management Lead new practice and service redesign solutions in response to feedback, evaluation and need. Demonstrate team leadership, resilience and determination. Provide professional and clinical advice to colleagues regarding practice and service improvement. Evaluate practice through clinical audit, and participate in multi-disciplinary service and team evaluation, demonstrating the impact of specialist clinical practice on service function and effectiveness, and quality (e.g. outcomes of care, experience and safety). Ensure appropriate safeguards are in place and advocate for the service users, communicating to appropriate agencies when there are any concerns regarding potential/actual risk to any service users or their dependents. (E.g. safeguarding, domestic violence, protection of the vulnerable adult/child, mental capacity and Significant Restriction of Liberty (SRoL). Participate in annual Performance, Review and Appraisal process ensuring that job plan is reviewed annually and demonstrates a balanced approach to clinical, administration and professional demands. Actively engage in peer review to inform own and others practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and make improvements Research & Audit Utilise audit to actively engage, instigate and evaluate service provision. Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and service users to identify variances in service provision and to plan and implement improvements. Benchmark service provision against national standards and guidelines (e.g. NICE and relevant specialities governing bodies). Providing an annual report on service outcomes referencing key performance indicators. Critically appraise and synthesise the outcome of relevant research to underpin improvements in clinical practice Identify, establish and ensure compliance to all legislative, HCS policy, procedures and professional practices, in line with professional regulatory and statutory requirements. Where appropriate ensure that staff are aware of their individual responsibilities relevant to professional Codes of Practice including Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Jersey Care Commission (JCC), to enhance best practice. Support clinical teams to manage and promote the HCS quality agenda, to include JNAAS and other key evidence-based care standards