Principle Duties & Areas of Responsibility Acts in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct To fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration Clinical Clinical care delivery - Provide a clinical lead and role model to nursing staff by delivering high quality care. - Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required. - Maintain a safe working environment - Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need. - Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes. Responsibilities for patient and client care - Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies - Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and skills. - Organises own clinical workload. - Receives supervision of clinical care and outcomes from Team Leader and Senior Clinicians within the Endocarditis Team. Freedom to act - Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team - Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols Communication - Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation. - Support patients and their families communicating sensitive condition related information and ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery - Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery Education and Training - Provide training and education of learners and other junior staff - Actively participate in the development of own personal development plan and performance review - Provide education and training to patients and their carers. - Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty - To complete Mandatory and Priority Training within the specified timescales - Participate in own and others appraisals Leadership and management - Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events - Actively promote and use the Leeds Improvement method to improve the quality and safety of the service - Work with Team Leader to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate - Under the direction of the Team Leader, participates in or leads the development of specific elements of nursing practice, reflecting the CSUs and Nursing Directorate business plans - Participates in the setting, monitoring and improvement of standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care - Promote evidence based practice, wherever possible - Engages users and carers views on service delivery and development - Implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes where appropriate - Contribute to policy and protocol development for speciality area - Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and supplies appropriately. Research and Audit - Contribute to the research agenda - Undertake audit programmes specific to client group, treatments and developments. - Participate in clinical trials as appropriate