Job summary
Comeand join our lively and vibrant team!Nestled in the lovely seaside town of Morecambe, we are an Urgent CareCentre with a highly skilled team, who deal with all ages, ranging from babiesto the elderly. We are a high-performance team with complimentary talents andskills, who consistently show high levels of innovation, focusing on the bestquality of care for our patients. We pride ourselves on an open and honestculture and show dedication towards peer support, maximizing individualstrength and personality, valuing new ideas to help strengthen and celebratewhat a great service we offer! Come andbe a part of our amazing team!
The post will be based at Morecambe UrgentTreatment Centre (UTC). The UTC aims to deliver services between 8am 8pm 7days a week, 365 days per year. Evening and weekend work will be required aspart of this post.
Main duties of the job
It will be the responsibility of the post holder to, exerciseclinical expertise, levels of judgment, discretion and decision making inclinical care, as demonstrated under agreed parameters. Provide a high standardof care for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed minor illness& injury needs.
About us
The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health andwellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure thatpatients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled withexcellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremelyeffective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the abilityto strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services.
Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we havea core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of ourpatients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the servicedelivery and user experience due to their considerable experience andcommitment to what they do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
Work with and champion the unit in conjunction with Senior Managerial colleagues
Support the Management team and Clinical manager to ensure all service KPIs/Targets all are met, and looking for improvement over and above the set commissioned targets
Ensure mandatory training is kept up to date and receive suitable training/CPD for their ongoing development needs
Practice autonomously, as an independent practitioner, participating in the care of and undertaking assessment, diagnosis, treatment / referral and discharge of patients presenting with minor injury and illness within agreed parameters
Provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of a client group whilst working autonomously
Identify the need for and initiate and interpret relevant diagnostic investigations and results
To safely and competently undertake invasive and non-invasive procedures to establish a diagnosis
Be able to independently undertake telephone triage
To work within the parameters of current nurse prescribing legislation
Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, and evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership
Contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda within the service by leading audit and research as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the area of expertise
Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct or other relevant professional body
Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi-disciplinary team
Clinical
The post holder will:
Assess, treat, and advise patients presenting with health care needs.
Provide supervision of the clinical team, assisting and developing their team and individuals
When required ensure patients are referred on to other members of the primary health care team or secondary care as necessary and support and guide others as required.
Ensure all practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries and scope of competence of individuals and to acknowledge limitations.
Work at an advanced level of practice reflected under the 4 pillars of advanced practice of the HEE.
Perform investigatory procedures, including assessing patients with minor injuries, request, and review x-rays, treat minor injuries /implement expanded roles in practice
In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the duties and responsibilities associated with an expert practitioner working within Unscheduled Primary Care and Out of hours.
Develop and maintain clinical/nursing policies, procedures, and protocols.
Ensure any patient information is up-to-date and produced in appropriate formats
Professional
The post holder will:
Role model standards of care and behaviour through clinical practice.
Act as a role model for standards of behaviour and professionalism, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within the role and workplace
Analyse relevant local and national policy, within their area of expertise and advise on the impact for service, leading the implementation of changes and evaluation of processes
Maintain professional registration and practice through CPD
Maintain a professional portfolio to demonstrate competency in line with NMC competency framework or other professional body
Maintain their personal standards of conduct and behaviour consistent within FCMS, NMC guidelines or other professional body
Allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess own workload within an accepted time frame
Ensure appropriate use of resources to meet service needs
Recognise and act as an advocate for patients, carers, service, and the organisation
Carry out annual review of best practice/national standards and implement recommended changes
Promote workforce integrity (empower professional accountability within the clinical team, ensure accreditation process followed, complaints management, competency assessment, ensuring mandatory training requirements fulfilled, robust clinical induction)
Maintain a sound knowledge of NHS policy and NICE guidance in relation to scheduled and unscheduled care
Education and training
The post holder will:
Identify own development needs in line with service requirements within a personal development plan
Develop and distribute educational leaflets in relevant formats, for patients relating to services and patient pathways
Ensure personal, peer support and clinical supervision needs are met
Contribute to clinical governance outcomes
Understand and apply professional and national guidelines on confidentiality
Be fully involved in the progress and development of clinicians and provide constructive and relevant feedback
Assist in the implementation of training and development in your locality
Research and development
The post holder will:
Evaluate clinical practise through audit of service and develop and manage strategies to address any shortfalls
Undertake audits as required by the service working with the clinical manager
Demonstrate knowledge of current research in all aspects of their work and advise others on the implementation of relevant research findings
Initiate and/or become involved in research projects in response to identified needs
Disseminate results/research/ audit findings via local teams and/or national/international publications
Implement research findings appropriate to practice
Promote the shared objectives of the multidisciplinary team by working closely to ensure that best practice is achieved utilising both Clinical Benchmarking and Essence of Care processes
Communication and working relationships
Communicates effectively with other team members
Communicates effectively with patients and carers
Communicates effectively with other healthcare professionals
Take all appropriate steps to minimise conflict
Health and safety
The post holder will:
Comply with safety policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others
Comply with the Organisations Business continuity Plan
Refrain from the wilful misuse or interference with equipment provided in the interest of Health and Safety
Report as soon as is practically possible any hazards or defects
Report as soon as practically possible accidents or untoward incidents and ensure appropriate incident reporting documentation is completed
Be actively involved as an appropriate departmental representative
Making effective use of training to maintain knowledge and skills
Physical effort and working conditions.
The post holder will:
Be responsible to ensure all aspects of the Manual Handling guidelines are followed, providing appropriate risk assessments
Be responsible to manage clinical care following required Policies and Procedures pertaining to bodily fluids, infection control and COSHH regulations resulting in frequent exposure to highly unpleasant working conditions
Be responsible to manage challenging situations and people with some exposure to hazards, violent and abusive patients, child abuse, critically ill patients
Manage own time effectively within variable shift patterns
Any other duties considered relevant to the post and commensurate with the post holders grade and as agreed by their main duties and responsibility shown above are not an exhaustive and should merely be regarded as a guide. The job holder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the service needs at that time. These are subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the service. The job holder will be expected to participate in this process and the company would aim to reach agreement to changes.
The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staffto share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.
Disability Confident Employer - As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the