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The post holder carries ongoing responsibility for holistic assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care for a caseload delegated by the service. Proactively participate in the development of the service and manage own caseload. To work in conjunction with the Consultant Community Paediatricians and Neurodevelopmental Pathway Multi-Disciplinary Teams to support parents and carers of children with special educational needs and neurodevelopmental conditions, to facilitate ensuring a holistic assessment of their care needs are undertaken and contribute to facilitating coordinated care across healthcare and educational settings according to agreed packages of care and pathways. The post holder will work autonomously and act independently working within BCHC Policy, procedures, and guidelines.
To use highly developed negotiation and interpersonal skills when working with professionals, children, and young people within a community environment. To work with the service leads to develop packages of care and pathways. To contribute to the development of the relevant Team.
Responsibilities
1. Management Responsibilities: Provide operational leadership in the absence of the line manager and actively participate and facilitate clinical supervision. Provide leadership, training, and supervision for junior nurses and healthcare staff e.g. Band 5 nurses and healthcare assistants.
2. Financial Responsibilities: Work in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Practice and Scope of Professional Practice. Professionally and legally accountable and responsible for nursing practice and all activities.
3. Main Duties: Undertake video/Face-to-face clinics to perform health screening interviews with children and young people and their parents or carers to provide Health Advice Reports to the Local Authority for children and young people undergoing EHC needs assessment. Participate in Quality Assurance activity pertaining to EHC Health advice. Train other staff involved in writing health advice for EHC needs assessment.
4. Provide comprehensive evidenced based and skilled nursing care to children within their own home and/or other community settings. Ensure assessment, planning, and delivery of holistic care is of the highest standard utilising an agreed nursing model.
5. Liaise and work in collaboration with acute services, primary healthcare team, and other agencies when planning and implementing programmes of care.
6. Advise the Line Manager, Service Clinical Manager, or Service Manager of any circumstances which give cause for concern in relation to patient care and/or any concerns raised by the primary healthcare team or partner agencies.
7. Maintain clear, concise, and contemporaneous records adhering to BCHC record keeping policies.
8. Participate in research and audit relevant to the service in conjunction with the Line Manager/Service Clinical Manager.
9. Develop policies, procedures, and guidelines in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team.
10. Manage informal complaints from service users raising any recurrent themes or concerns with the Service Clinical Manager and Service Manager and assist with formal investigations as requested.
To use highly developed communication skills to explain complex information from clinical assessment and therapy outcomes to clients, carers, and multidisciplinary team members. To undertake holistic assessment of specialist and diverse cases with access to supervision for highly complex cases. To record and maintain up-to-date clinical case notes in line with professional standards and Trust, professional and departmental policies.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Management and Manufacturing
* Industries: Hospitals
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