Sister / Charge Nurse - Harvey Ward

Duties and responsibilities Clinical Practice To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and adhere to this at all times To demonstrate clinical expertise in care of any patients receiving treatment in the ward / department To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the needs of patients on the ward / department on an ongoing basis, co-ordinating the care given by all members of the clinical team To accurately assimilate and interpret clinical information about the patient’ condition, promptly report changes and instigate remedial action as appropriate To act as a resource person to others, providing accurate information, advice and support the multidisciplinary team, patients and their relatives To ensure that accurate records are maintained reflecting both changes in the patient’s condition and treatment delivered To ensure that patients and their relatives are updated regularly with accurate information and ensure that it is presented in a way that they understand To ensure that Clinical Guidelines are implemented and to be actively involved in auditing practice in conjunction with line manager and the practice development team To ensure that practice is evidence based and with support assist in the development of policies and protocols with the clinical area To uphold high standards of nursing care, according to existing policies and standards To support the Ward Managers / Department Leaders / Matron / Heads of Nursing and Associate Directors of Nursing in the process of continuous quality improvement, formally evaluating standards of care and assisting in the implementation of changes in the light of such findings To contribute to the health education of patients and their families, ensuring that all patients receive appropriate advice and support to maintain a healthy lifestyle To actively support the implementation of the Trust nursing strategy and uphold the Trust values Education and Research To act as a mentor to junior staff members, responsible for orientation, supervision and ongoing development of junior and student nurses in conjunction with the departmental manager and relevant practice education team To act as a preceptor, responsible for completing competency documents for junior staff within agreed timeframes To act as a practice supervisor and practice assessor to nursing students undertaking further education as requested and required. Ensuring a positive learning experience and facilitating the development of their clinical skills To contribute to the wider educational activities within the directorate – ensuring attendance at and contributing to the delivery of educational activities within the directorate To promote and encourage the application of research and evidence based practice To participate in any research projects conducted in the clinical area as appropriate Management To manage the clinical workload effectively, ensuring care is prioritised appropriately To contribute positively towards the delivery of a cost effective service, adjusting staffing levels to meet demand and assisting the ward manager to keep within agreed resources To assist with the ongoing organisation of the ward / department, co-ordinating activities of the clinical area To liaise with the MDT, Bed managers and site managers to ensure optimal bed usage at all times, facilitating timely admission and discharge if patients To act as a team leader to an identified group of staff, monitoring and documenting the development of their clinical skills To develop own skills in recruitment and retention, sickness management and performance manager as determined by the line manager To actively support the process of patient safety and quality – ensuring incidents are reported appropriately and helping identify ways of preventing errors and accidents to both patients and staff To make a positive contribution to service development affecting the clinical area and positively influence others to adapt to change To actively promote patient experience, assisting in resolving (informal) complaints and supporting the ward / departmental manager to investigate formal complaints To assist with the monitoring of stock levels of clinical stores and technical equipment, resolving any shortfall as appropriate To maintain standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area, taking appropriate action to remedy the situation appropriately and escalating deficits to the ward / departmental manager / matron as appropriate To communicate varied and complicated information (verbally and in writing) in a way that is understood and gets the important facts across To resolve local problems / conflicts, keeping managers / others informed and maintaining positive team dynamics across the ward / department at all times To take a leadership role in crisis situations, resolving problems across the directorate as necessary To maintain confidentiality with regards to personal information pertaining to staff To attend and contribute to departmental meetings as required Personal professional development To work within and accept responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of clinical competence To keep up to date with NMC, Trust and directorate values and adhere to these at all times To be a fully active and committed member of the multidisciplinary team operating in the directorate To demonstrate an insight into own professional development, contributing to the process of identifying own educational needs and clinical training needs in conjunction with the ward / department manager Participate in own individual performance review and after suitable training to be responsible for undertaking for own team of staff To ensure own educational commitment is at least sufficient to maintain revalidation requirements and ensure own mandatory training certificates are current General To maintain strict confidentiality of staff and patient records, in line with

Trust policy

unauthorised breech with result in disciplinary action To ensure that acceptable standards of GDPR are maintain in accordance with Trust policy and the law To observe the rules, policies and procedures in place at The Princess Alexandra Hospital To carry out duties as an employee and service provider with due regard to the Trust equal opportunities policy To participate in team meetings as required by your line manager Under the Health and Safety at work act the post holder has a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of oneself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management of clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post To undertake any other duties appropriate to the band which may be required from time to time This is an outline job description designed to give an overview of the responsibilities of the post. The post holder will be expected to be flexible to respond to change and organisational need. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the wider corporate and organisational needs of the Trust as appropriate