Senior Staff Nurse - Community

KEY TASKS To provide an environment that encourages patients and their families to play an active part in their care enabling them to voice their wishes about current and future care requirements To provide advanced levels of clinical decision-making through assessment and interpretation of clinical information to support patients, families and carers who have complex or rapidly changing physical symptoms, emotional or practical needs To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patients care needs as required by your designated patients, including admittance to the Hospice/Hospital and advanced care planning including identifying their preferred place of death Provide appropriate pain and symptom management and provide directional support for their psychological and spiritual needs of the patient, their families, and carers Provide support, information and advice to patients, families, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals, including supporting the Mountbatten Care Co-Ordination Centre Prioritise daily duties in response to patient and family requirements in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, NMC code of practice, the patients care needs and the values of Mountbatten To be fully conversant with organisational medicines policies and palliative care guidelines, algorithms and administer medication in line with these controls procedures To provide training support in the use of syringe drivers and provide teaching to others including, staff nurses and students in collaboration with the Community Team and other professionals In accordance with Mountbatten Infection Control policy and procedures, promote an environment that supports infection prevention and control policies and procedures, ensuring that they and other staff practice in accordance with these documents The postholder will act as an advocate for their patients and families ensuring their views are known to the team including in the case of advance care planning and occasions where offered care is declined To be familiar with and implement safeguarding policies, the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding (DOLS) Identify risks as they arise and carry out risk assessments, taking immediate remedial action as required and updating risk assessments regularly and notify Managers immediately, ensuring these are added to the Risk Register Ensure self and others adhere promptly to the incident reporting policy and complete appropriate forms and action plans Record all patient information on the designated Mountbatten systems, including SystmOne and ensure that all patient records are accurate and maintained in accordance with procedures To provide ongoing support to carers and families at the time of death and in the early days of bereavement including contributing to the provision of bereavement support ***Please refer to the attached Job Description, which includes the Person Specification, for the full duties of this rewarding role with us here at Mountbatten*** Job description Job responsibilities KEY TASKS To provide an environment that encourages patients and their families to play an active part in their care enabling them to voice their wishes about current and future care requirements To provide advanced levels of clinical decision-making through assessment and interpretation of clinical information to support patients, families and carers who have complex or rapidly changing physical symptoms, emotional or practical needs To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patients care needs as required by your designated patients, including admittance to the Hospice/Hospital and advanced care planning including identifying their preferred place of death Provide appropriate pain and symptom management and provide directional support for their psychological and spiritual needs of the patient, their families, and carers Provide support, information and advice to patients, families, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals, including supporting the Mountbatten Care Co-Ordination Centre Prioritise daily duties in response to patient and family requirements in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, NMC code of practice, the patients care needs and the values of Mountbatten To be fully conversant with organisational medicines policies and palliative care guidelines, algorithms and administer medication in line with these controls procedures To provide training support in the use of syringe drivers and provide teaching to others including, staff nurses and students in collaboration with the Community Team and other professionals In accordance with Mountbatten Infection Control policy and procedures, promote an environment that supports infection prevention and control policies and procedures, ensuring that they and other staff practice in accordance with these documents The postholder will act as an advocate for their patients and families ensuring their views are known to the team including in the case of advance care planning and occasions where offered care is declined To be familiar with and implement safeguarding policies, the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding (DOLS) Identify risks as they arise and carry out risk assessments, taking immediate remedial action as required and updating risk assessments regularly and notify Managers immediately, ensuring these are added to the Risk Register Ensure self and others adhere promptly to the incident reporting policy and complete appropriate forms and action plans Record all patient information on the designated Mountbatten systems, including SystmOne and ensure that all patient records are accurate and maintained in accordance with procedures To provide ongoing support to carers and families at the time of death and in the early days of bereavement including contributing to the provision of bereavement support ***Please refer to the attached Job Description, which includes the Person Specification, for the full duties of this rewarding role with us here at Mountbatten***