Rapid Response Nurse

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Promotes a culture that supports and enables self-management and proactive planning towards the end of life.

Demonstrates leadership through clinical expertise, delivering high standards of person-centred care and using the underpinning philosophy of co-creating care with people with palliative care needs.

Supports and contributes to the development and promotion of the nursing service ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost-effective care.

Supports patient and public involvement within the sphere of practice.

Supports and contributes to quantitative and qualitative data collection of the nursing service in order to provide evidence of productivity, outcomes and quality and contributes to providing reports demonstrating the evidence.

Participates in service reviews and initiatives to drive service improvement Supports and contributes to the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant clinical guidelines.

Takes professional responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers across the care pathway.

Makes sure that people with palliative care needs are aware that they are interacting with a SWFT Palliative Care Professional.

Acts as a role model for excellent communication skills and expertise.

Develops skills in conflict resolution and negotiation skills when dealing with difficult or challenging situations.

Assist in maintaining patient statistics by keeping up to date patient notes and clinical database.

Participate in agreed methods of off - duty planning to provide a service to patients and families between the hours of 2200 and 0800 seven days a week.

Positively support the project lead in managerial decisions and change management issues.

Participate in regular reflective practice and clinical supervision.

Ensure compliance with all SWFT policies and procedures.

Line Management Responsibilities

Participates in specified  meetings in order to contribute to strategic service planning and implement continuous improvements to palliative care practice.

Manage performance and professional development of Health Care assistants.

Provision of Professional Advice

Works across professional boundaries using creative reasoning and problem solving.

Supports and manages change within a complex environment including across organisational boundaries in the pursuit of excellent palliative and end of life care.

Influences the development of others through education and training.

Utilises patient and public experience feedback to drive innovation and change.

Provides palliative care advice to patients, carers, and all members of the multidisciplinary health care team concerning clinical investigations, disease and symptom management, and other issues within sphere of competence.

Uses knowledge to refer patients and carers to other specialist/multidisciplinary services.

Advises patients, carers and health care professionals on services impacting on palliative care in both acute and primary care settings in addition to social services and voluntary sector organisations across North Warwickshire.

Communications and Working Relationships

Uses high level of interpersonal and communication skills for the purposes of facilitating ethical clinical decision making.

Negotiates with health and social care professionals involving contact with acute and primary care sector together with statutory and voluntary services to facilitate seamless access to and transition between palliative care services for patients and carers.

Uses alternative methods to communicate with patients where there are barriers present i.e. hearing disabilities, mental health, language and sensory impairment.

Control of Resources

Accurately records and manages personally generated patient information in compliance with data protection regulations.

Maintains data base of service information for the purposes of audit and service development.

Manages office resources in order to fulfil job responsibilities.

Uses Microsoft Office to create documents, reports and educational materials.

Judgement and Decision Making /Freedom to Act 

Actively integrates theory and practice within the field of palliative care.

Assesses peoples information needs and provides relevant information to meet those needs through the use of information prescriptions.

Provides clinical expertise, advice and support across service boundaries.

Supports the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care.

Follows an agreed care pathway, refers to other professionals and sign-posts to other agencies as appropriate.

Supports and contributes to the development of policy and clinical guidelines.

Participates in policy formation and implementation related to palliative care.

Working Conditions ie Shift Work or Requirement to Travel 

Works flexibly regarding time in order to meet service needs.

Accesses independent means of transport for domiciliary visits and meetings.

Manages risks of lone working in community setting.

Responsibility for Research and Development

Undertakes audit at request of Project Lead.

Identifies mechanisms to obtain and use feedback in order to develop patient focussed service.

Takes personal responsibility for life -long learning and continuous personal development through clinical supervision, appraisal and Knowledge and Skills Framework and actively engages with learning and development opportunities offered by SWFT.

Demonstrates continuous evaluation of practice and make changes where appropriate.

Other Duties

Responsible for the safe use of training, therapeutic and communication equipment e.g. projectors, nebulisers, TENS machines, mobile phones.