Advanced Respiratory Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Litherland, L21 9JN |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6202851/350-CC6202851 |
Summary
Sefton Community Respiratory Team (CRT) have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Respiratory Nurse who would undertake leadership role in the absence of the Team Leader.
The duties of the post include;
1. provide clinical and managerial leadership to a team of CRT staff within the Sefton area and work collaboratively with Liverpool colleagues. To work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team to ensure a consistent approach to the care of Service Users. 2. To build effective relationships with Care Teams and other care providers and ensure that views of Service Users, Carers, relatives and friends are given appropriate recognition. 3. To influence and shape evidence based clinical practice and to take a lead role in the implementation and support of change. 4. To operate in a role that is primarily therapeutic in nature developing effective relationships with Service User in a variety of care settings. 5. To work collaboratively with community colleagues in the ongoing development of the 2 hour urgent care response model and continue to progress and develop the model within the respiratory team, including virtual ward.
To provide professional leadership to the team (in line with service philosophy), acting as a role model and demonstrating up to date knowledge of respiratory health issues and awareness of physical health needs, through the development of professional expertise and the maintenance of professional networks. 2. To promote the mental and physical well-being of Service Users by ensuring health promotion, psychological, rehabilitation and educational needs are addressed 3. To lead and coordinate the work of Care Teams, ensuring that their activities encompass all facets of Service Users care and are achieved in line with all Trust and local policies and procedures. 4. To actively seek the view of Service Users and Carers in the development and monitoring of services, ensuring high standards of care delivery. 5. To ensure that Service Users’ care plans are developed to meet the assessed needs of the individual under the guidelines of Effective Care Coordination, including effective care pathways for Service Users and Carers. 6. To be a point of contact for Service Users and families if they have any concerns about their care, to listen to their concerns and employ highly developed communication skills, to offer reassurance or negotiate solution.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
7. To employ well-established communication skills to relay sensitive or contentious information to staff, Service Users or their carers. 8. To use well-established verbal and non-verbal communication skills to interact with staff, Service Users or their families where there may be barriers to understanding due to high levels of emotion or resistance.9. To provide verbal or written reports as requested by other departments or the Care Manager on a variety of issues, e.g. performance exception reports, complaints, incidents or investigations. 10. To maintain a high level of expertise in your area of work i.e. Policies and Procedures, clinical practice and staff management, in order to ensure delivery of high standards of practice in all areas.11. To carry out regular audits that will identify areas of good practice, based on sound research findings. Assist the Care Manager in the implementation of change. 12. To ensure that clinical and non-clinical risk is identified and dealt with appropriately. To report any risk that cannot be managed at an acceptable level without external support. 13. To assist the Care Manager in effectively managing the factors which have an impact on service delivery, e.g. finances, resources, Service User dependency and staff sickness/absence levels. 14. To manage sickness/absence by following agreed policies and ensure that appropriate actions are taken at all stages.15. To identify to the Care Manager areas for Service development in your area of responsibility. 16. To ensure high standards of service delivery within the Community setting. 17. To ensure that Service Governance is an integral part of the business within the Community Respiratory Team, ensure that all Staff are aware of the Service Governance agenda, and how to influence it. 18. To participate in local implementation of Trust Policy and ensure it is adhered to within the Community Respiratory Team. Report to your Line Manager any policy which causes problems in it’s delivery 19. To provide feedback, as requested on Trust Policies, to ensure that the views of the team are represented. 20. To ensure that all staff are working within the framework of Effective Care Coordination, including assessment, care planning, review and audit. 21. To ensure the effective coordination of interviews for posts and appointment of new staff. 22. To liaise with the Human Resources and Care Manager re any disciplinary or grievance issues arising with staff within the Community Respiratory Team and to take responsibility for resolving disciplinary and grievance issues, in line with the scheme of delegation. 23. To co-ordinate annual Personal Development Plans that incorporates staff training and development needs. 24. To provide verbal and written feedback to appropriate individuals following formal meetings, e.g. sickness and absence or performance issues. 25. To exercise judgement in the interpretation of policies and procedures influencing your role, seeking advice and assistance as appropriate. To contribute to the development of directorate protocols. 26. To take responsibility for carrying out investigations, as directed, into incidents or complaints received by the Trust. Ensure that the investigation is completed within stated timescales and that conclusions / recommendations are recorded in a clear, objective and unambiguous way. 27. To contribute to the directorate business plan and ensure it is cascaded to all staff. Ensure that staff have every opportunity to influence the process. 28. To assist the Care Manager in managing the budgets, including any devolved budget from Social Care. To manage the resources which may impact on this. Report issues which may have an impact on budgets. 29. To ensure all new staff receive induction, participating as necessary. To ensure this is recorded on personal files
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024