PATCH Nurse - Paediatric Hospital at Home

• Ensure high standards of patient care at all times challenging and ensuring others challenge poor practise, in accordance with the NMC • Professional Code of Conduct. • Ensure local plans support all clinical quality external accreditation, for example the Care Quality Commission (CQC) • Ensure agreed systems and process to consistently provide safe, effective high quality patient care and embed a culture of quality improvement • Through visible clinical leadership ensure that the delivery of kind, compassionate and respectful care takes place, in line with the Trust values. • Ensure that the delivery of care meets the individual needs of all patients and families. • Ensure that all patient care is assessed, planned, prioritised and high quality, both physical and psychological delegating to support staff as required. Seek advice and support from other staff as required. • In accordance with the individualised patient care, ensure clinical assessments are taken, results recorded and any appropriate actions taken based on the results. • Ensure the maintenance of professional contemporaneous records at all times, document all actions and interventions in a clear and honest and timely manner in line with Trust policy. • Ensure nursing team monitors patient progress, working towards safe and timely intervention. • Using professional judgement be prepared to intercede and act as patient advocate to clarify prescribed plans of care. • Manage concerns raised by patients and visitors in a proactive manner, review patient feedback results and update patient experience improvement plans, as needed. • Champion a safeguarding culture, which meets the needs of all vulnerable patient groups. • Ensure relatives and other staff are engaged in a professional manner and the team act in a courteous and polite manner at all times, thereby ensuring good public relations between patients, public and staff. • Store, check and administer drugs in accordance with the Trust Medicines policy. • Work off site when required with the possibility of conducting home visits, in line with the Trust lone worker policy • Ensure nursing documentation is maintain Please see attached job description for more information on the roles and responsibilities of the post holder Job description Job responsibilities • Ensure high standards of patient care at all times challenging and ensuring others challenge poor practise, in accordance with the NMC • Professional Code of Conduct. • Ensure local plans support all clinical quality external accreditation, for example the Care Quality Commission (CQC) • Ensure agreed systems and process to consistently provide safe, effective high quality patient care and embed a culture of quality improvement • Through visible clinical leadership ensure that the delivery of kind, compassionate and respectful care takes place, in line with the Trust values. • Ensure that the delivery of care meets the individual needs of all patients and families. • Ensure that all patient care is assessed, planned, prioritised and high quality, both physical and psychological delegating to support staff as required. Seek advice and support from other staff as required. • In accordance with the individualised patient care, ensure clinical assessments are taken, results recorded and any appropriate actions taken based on the results. • Ensure the maintenance of professional contemporaneous records at all times, document all actions and interventions in a clear and honest and timely manner in line with Trust policy. • Ensure nursing team monitors patient progress, working towards safe and timely intervention. • Using professional judgement be prepared to intercede and act as patient advocate to clarify prescribed plans of care. • Manage concerns raised by patients and visitors in a proactive manner, review patient feedback results and update patient experience improvement plans, as needed. • Champion a safeguarding culture, which meets the needs of all vulnerable patient groups. • Ensure relatives and other staff are engaged in a professional manner and the team act in a courteous and polite manner at all times, thereby ensuring good public relations between patients, public and staff. • Store, check and administer drugs in accordance with the Trust Medicines policy. • Work off site when required with the possibility of conducting home visits, in line with the Trust lone worker policy • Ensure nursing documentation is maintain Please see attached job description for more information on the roles and responsibilities of the post holder