Nurse Band 7

Job responsibilities

To contribute to the provision of excellent health care to improve the outcomes for young people with epilepsy and related conditions by:

To support the Nurse Consultant and Head of Health (St Piers), to ensure the smooth provision and coordination of the overall portfolio of Health activities to ensure seamless service provision through cohesive teamwork.

Daily oversight of the Nurses and HCAs.

Responsibility for staff rotas.

Contributing to ensuring compliance with the relevant CQC standards. To include supporting with clinical governance and ensuring NMC requirements are met, in relation to registered health activities. To include updating procedures as required.

Ensuring an evidence based approach to epilepsy and external healthcare provision at Young Epilepsy.

Monitoring practice, to identify any shortfalls through local and national audit processes and develop strategies to address them.

Contributing to research, practice and development and practice evaluation.

Attendance of Admissions and Placement meetings to provide Health input concerning applications from potential Students.

Attendance of additional regular organisational meetings such as Behaviour Support, Business Development and Clinical meetings Key

Tasks and Responsibilities Managerial / Leadership

Responsible for leading and supporting the nursing team in the absence of the Head of Health.

Identify and address the training needs of the team. To include ensuring all mandatory training is up to date.

Undertake appraisals for the Nursing Team Support the recruitment process for the Nursing Team.

Act as a mentor and role model to student nurses and newly appointed staff.

Supporting and delivering of the YE external health training, utilising the skills of the health team and providing training where appropriate.

Working within the relevant agreed budget parameters.

To keep the Head of Health updated in relation to service delivery, including any concerns about staffing capacity and/or performance.

Support the implementation of health-related policies, primarily in relation to the external health offer, but also supporting the wider external health areas.

To ensure close liaison and cohesive working with the nursing team.

Ensure that systems are in place for the ordering, maintenance and logging of medical equipment and medication supplies.

Develop and implement health policies and procedures in accordance with best practice.

Liaise with parents, carers and external teams about concerns or complaints.

Be part of the senior nursing team on call out of hours service.

Expert Clinical Practice.

Using specialist knowledge to oversee and deliver patient-centred care designed around the needs, concerns and experiences of patients and their families.

To be a key link and liaison with external Medical Consultants and other professionals to ensure patients are treated in accordance with their agreed treatment pathway.

Develop and implement specialised care packages e.g., emergency protocols to ensure that these are clear and not subject to misinterpretation.

Meet with patients and their families as required to help resolve their concerns and minimise their anxieties in relation to health matters.

Responsible when on duty for clinical decision making including when to transfer a student to hospital either as an emergency or less acutely.

Clinical Leadership

Supporting effective communication between the external health team and nursing colleagues, members of the wider multidisciplinary team, both internal and external as appropriate.

Provide mentorship, coaching, supervision, and shadowing opportunities to support the development of the external health team and nursing colleagues where appropriate.

To participate in and contribute to clinical supervision on a regular basis as necessary.

Develop, implement, and review policies and procedures to meet the requirements of the NHS and our external health provision.

To ensure all health staff respect patients dignity, involve them in shared decision-making and obtain appropriate consents before undertaking clinical procedures.

Take part/lead in reflective practice, learning reviews etc to maintain and develop own competence and performance, as well as developing others.

Provide written responses to formal complaints/reports when required on health matters.

Research, Audit and Service Development

Ensure that health teams practice is evidence based and fulfils the requirements of their relevant professional body and/or NMC etc.

To understand the interface between excellence in care and probity of resource management.

To develop, implement and review risk assessments and action plans to minimise and manage risks.

Responsible for conducting audits on records relating to seizures, and other medically relevant areas, to ensure these are complete and accurate and can contribute to development of treatment options.

External Relationships and Marketing

Provide appropriate written information for students and parents about the health services provided at ...