Providing skilled, evidence based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but within their own limits of competency and confidence Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by: communicating well with all members of the team understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its objectives reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings identifying how care could be improved Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making Signposting patients and carers to supportive services e.g. the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or the voluntary sector Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy Providing supervision and annual appraisals to other staff which helps those staff reflect on their work, understand their objectives and monitors their progress towards achieving them Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes Using continuing professional development funds to consolidate or improve clinical skills and to gain mentorship skills so they can support student nurses