Clinical Specialist Nurse
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £42,471.00 to £50,364.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £42471.00 - £50364.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, N1 0YL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9455-24-0164 |
Summary
As clinical nurse specialist in Assertive Outreach Team, you will perform duties and hold the following duties and responsibilities but note this list is not exhaustive: Work as part of Multidisciplinary Team within the Islington Assertive Outreach Team in the delivery of holistic care for service users Collaboratively complete Dialogue + assessment and care planning with service users Ensure Dialogue + mandatory 6 months reviews are completed to monitor outcomes Hold a caseload of up to 16 service users and manage their care delivery Complete thorough risk assessment and formulation for service users on your caseload Raise safeguarding concerns and act as enquiry officer for your cases and any delegated cases Take on the role of SAM when nominated and attend requisite training Ensure all incidents, near miss or actual are reported to your manager and reported through Datix. Take on Duty Person responsibilities as assigned and chair daily stand up meetings Maintain sufficient contacts with service users face to face, telephone and other media, completing diary appointments and outcoming them promptly Make timely and accurate case note entries Communicate effectively with MDT both in and outside meetings Undertake care act assessmentsfor all your caseload on Local Authority System (LAS) Complete Support plans and arrange to attend funding panel in timely manner for service users requiring packages of care and review the same support plan at set dates Ensure all eligible service users have s117 care plan agreed and completed at point of discharge and referred to funding panel. S117 should also be reviewed annually following Dialogue + and medical reviews. Take lead in supporting physical health matron in assessing and addressing service users physical health needs and get involved in Wellbeing clinic Ensure Annual physical health tool is completed for all your caseload Work with partner agencies to meet service users needs Undertake safeguarding enquiries and act as a SAM Undertake MHAs if qualified as an AMHP Manage medications for the whole team alongside other nurses and administer depot injections safely, at the centre and in service users homes while monitoring their compliance, efficacy and side effects. Ensure documentation accurately both on the chart and on Rio. Ensure stock and individual medications are ordered and stored in timely manner and correctly Ensure there is consent or SOAD certificate on all service user medication charts Ensure s132 rights for any service users on CTO are presented to them whenever CTO is renewed Complete social circumstances report for detained in-patients and community patients on CTO who are on your caseload or when asked to cover. Attend Ward Rounds for in-patients and assist in arranging safe and early discharge, ensuring 72 hours follow up is completed. Attend Tribunal or Associate Hospital Managers hearing for your service users or when asked to cover for colleagues Take lead in infection prevention and control Support student nurses and other students by as supervisor and assessor Supervise and appraise Assistant Practitioners when assigned. May on occasions be asked to deputise on behalf of team manager Take on Lead or Champion Roles for specific task or areas of the service Attend monthly supervisions and annual appraisal Complete all statutory and mandatory trainings in a timely manner Identify learning needs and discuss with your supervisor/line manager Offer orientation, induction and preceptorship to new staff You will be an agile worker able to prioritise and reprioritise to manage demand and flow Identify and inform your manager/senior practitioner tasks to be completed if working from home To be pro active and take initiative to improve service delivery, using quality improvement methodology Use evidence based practice to deliver care (e.g. NICE guidelines, Royal college of psychiatry) A good understanding of trauma informed care and its implementation in care and support Keep up to date with local and national changes in care delivery and understand how they will impact in care delivery