AOS Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Senior Nurse
| Posting date: | 25 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £61,927.00 to £68,676.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £61927.00 - £68676.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 October 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE5 9RS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9213-24-1003 |
Summary
Clinical Responsibilities: - Work autonomously as an advanced practitioner within acute oncology, managing a caseload of patients and delivering individualised direct patient care. - Direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation and diagnosis of patients presenting with complications of cancer, treatment or new diagnoses of cancer - Appropriately advise the admitting team about treating patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations. - Receive referrals via a variety of sources, including direct patient referrals. - Manage own caseload and clinical priorities according to agreed protocols and working practices. - Participate in multidisciplinary clinics, participate in ward rounds, patient reviews and multidisciplinary team meetings - Work within and across multi-professional teams and draw on the expertise of all members (including health and social care) to support and meet the patients needs and best interests to optimise the integration of their care. - Undertake a variety of clinical skills and provide treatment/ advice as per the acute oncology guidelines and scope of practice. Using agreed protocols of clinical practice and professional guidelines. - Within the scope of practice and clinical competence request diagnostic procedures and clinical investigations related to plans of care - Utilise scope of practice to undertake a Non-Medical Prescribing role and provide advice on medicine management issues associated with the patient speciality group. Work within Trust policy for Medicines Management - Utilise advanced knowledge and skills relating to the speciality to provide specialist advice to other members of the multidisciplinary team on the basis of patient assessment. - Provide a seamless, high-quality service from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required. Provide guidance to staff, patients and their families and carers on pathway navigation - Use highly developed communication skills to effectively communicate with colleagues, patients and their relatives/carers, making reports and liaising as required with medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team both verbally and in writing. - Establish and maintain effective communication to ensure collaborative working with other professionals and agencies (e.g. members of the MDT, CNS, specialist palliative care, hospice, community palliative care teams, primary care, AHP, cancer centre, social services ) to ensure seamless, streamlined patient care. - Use professional judgment to act as an advocate for patients to ensure a patient-focused approach to the delivery of care. Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management. Escalate any concerns via the nursing / professional structures as required - Manage and escalate medical emergencies appropriately. - Identify and act appropriately on red flags. - Manage medical complexity. - Complete episodes of care which may include referral for further assessment, treatment and care. - Work towards safe and timely discharge and/ or transfer of care of patients from or between hospitals and services and healthcare professionals, ensuring barriers to discharge/transfer are identified and acted upon appropriately. - Work with people and where appropriate, carers, to access appropriate treatment, diagnostics, care and support within the context of individuals preferences, priorities and needs. - Provide continuity of care in collaboration with the person, considering all of their physical, mental and psychosocial challenges. - Use interactions with each person to facilitate and enable changes in behaviour that can have a positive impact on the persons health and well-being. - Ensure effective and accurate verbal or written handover of patients between healthcare professionals - Ensure that high standards of all documentation are maintained, with accurate, complete and up-to-date information regarding patient care kept by Trust standards. - Monitor the quality and standard of care provided by all members of the team and all staff in clinical areas. Identifying any skills or training gaps and escalating to the appropriate Senior Nurse or Matron. - Undertake training to develop further advanced clinical practice roles required by the service to provide a high standard of patient care. - Practice within the scope of professional registration (i.e. NMC, HCPC)