To assist the Oral & Maxillofacial Department Manager in creating and maintaining an environment in which members of the unit team can contribute to the maximum of their ability in providing a high standard of patient care and to support clinical staff.
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care of needs and the development of programmes of care; They will be expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision.
• Assess, plan implement and evaluate nursing care
• Assist in the management and organisation of a clinical area.
• Work collaboratively with others to meet the needs of patients and families.
• Involve patients their carers and relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure needs are net in relation to care input and support for ongoing needs.
• Maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regards to mandatory training and updating professional requirements, maintaining registration body (GDC). Maintain a professional portfolio.
• Working with staff and colleagues to establish a flexible team approach delivering a quality service and contribute proactively to the development of the team.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
KEY DUTIES
• Assess, plan implement and evaluate nursing care
• Assist in the management and organisation of a clinical area.
• Work collaboratively with others to meet the needs of patients and families.
• Involve patients their carers and relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure needs are net in relation to care input and support for ongoing needs.
• Maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regards to mandatory training and updating professional requirements, maintaining registration body (GDC). Maintain a professional portfolio.
• Working with staff and colleagues to establish a flexible team approach delivering a quality service and contribute proactively to the development of the team.
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• To assist and support the Unit Manager in achieving clinical, operational and corporate objectives, by the supervision of the clinical team.
• To supervise the team in order to support the achievement of the Care Group and Trust objectives through the appraisal process.
• Support the Unit Manager to manage inefficiencies and ineffective utilisation.
• To supervise the implementation and regularly review agreed clinical protocols to ensure patient safety.
• To actively participate in and ensure the full support of all team members in all clinical audits.
• Participate in the recruitment and induction of staff working in the clinic and ensure Trust policies on recruitment and retention are strictly adhered to.
• Responsible for monitoring and maintaining staff discipline in all areas of service delivery and where necessary escalate to Unit Manager to manage incidents of misconduct in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• Support and encourage the integration of staff throughout the clinic and aim to develop a greater breadth of competencies enabling service flexibility for the future
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Support the Unit Manager to achieve meeting agreed budget targets by monitoring and reviewing the use of all financial resources.
GENERAL DUTIES
• To observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
• To actively participate in the annual performance review to identify personal development needs
• To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
• To fully comply with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act. They must also understand and implement St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trust “Statement of Policy on Health and Safety at Work” and the Trust corporate “Health and Safety Policies and Procedures”. You are required to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work and to take all responsible precautions to avoid actions.
• To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. To keep up to date with the requirements of information governance; undertake mandatory training and follow Trust policies and procedures to ensure that trust information is dealt with legally, securely, efficiently and effectively. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. You must maintain the confidentiality of information about service user staff and organisational business in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) and Caldicott principles.
• The post holder should also be aware that, regardless of any action taken by the employing authority, breaches of confidentiality could result in civil action for damages.
• All staff will be treated with respect by management, colleagues, patients and visitors and equally staff will treat management, colleagues, patients and visitors with the same level of respect. Staff will be supported to challenge any discriminatory behaviour that may be based on differences in race, disability, language, culture, religion, sexuality, age, and gender or employment status.
• You will be expected to undertake the Trusts’ commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• To ensure that when creating, managing and sharing information records it is done in an appropriate way, subject to statutory requirements and agreed security and confidentiality policies, procedures and guidelines. All employees are responsible for implementing and maintaining data quality, ensuring that records are legible and attributable and that the record keeping is contemporaneous
• In accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the post holder will actively participate in the prevention and control of infection within the capacity of their role. The Act requires the post holder to attend infection prevention and control training on induction and at regular updates and to take responsibility for the practical application of the training in the course of their work. Infection prevention and control must be included in any personal development plan and/or appraisal.
• To adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body (if appropriate)
• The post holder must be flexible in the duties performed and it is expected that similar duties, not specifically listed above, will be carried out as required and may be cross site.
• The duties contained in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive. The duties and responsibilities of this post are likely to evolve in line with the Trust’s continued organisational development.
• To adhere to the NHS Constitution and its principles and values. You must be aware of your Duty of Candour which means that you must be open and honest during your employment and if you see something wrong, you must raise it. You must read the NHS Constitution in full and can download this from the Trusts intranet site or the Hard copies are available from the HR Department on request.
• The Trust is a non-smoking site. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 Jan 2025
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