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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

The post-holder will…

Clinical Practice

1.     Assess, differentially diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment interventions for patients by virtue of expert clinical judgement and close liaison with members of the MDT. 

2.     Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.

3.     Initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions which may include prescribing medicines, therapies, life style advice and care.

4.     Exercise professional judgement to manage risk appropriately, especially where there may be complex and unpredictable events and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of individuals, families and carers.

5.     Utilise complex decision-making skills to promote high quality care in unpredictable and challenging circumstances.

6.     Ensure compliance with their respective code of professional conduct and work within their scope of practice.

7.     Works in conjunction with the MDT to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care.

8.     Work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate

9.     Be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy. This includes being critically aware of their limits of their own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information.

1.  Be responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice.

1.  Utilise professional judgement and maturity, understanding when to seek help.

1.  Demonstrate effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make positive changes, using Health Education England’s framework to promote person-centred approaches in health and care

1.  Work collaboratively with an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources, developing, maintaining and evaluating links to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings.

1.  Evidence the underpinning subject-specific competencies i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope, and demonstrate application of the capabilities to these, in an approach that is appropriate to the individual role, setting and scope.

1.  Act as a clinical role model/advocate for developing and delivering care that is responsive to changing requirements, informed by an understanding of local population health needs, agencies and networks.

1.  Engage in regular clinical supervision meeting with the allocated clinical supervisor.

1.  If applicable to role and profession, issue ‘fit notes’ in accordance with local and national guidance.

1.  Actively implement effective systems and processes for infection control management whilst working clinically and be a role model for other members of the clinical team.  

..  Initiate drug therapy/medication within the parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with the legal framework you work under to supply and prescribe medicines (if from professional group legally entitled to prescribe).

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