Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Duties:

·         To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and adhere to this at all times.

·         To demonstrate clinical expertise in the care of any patients receiving treatment in the neuroradiology, interventional radiology, and diagnostic imaging.

·         To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the needs of patients requiring diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures on an on-going basis.

·         Co-ordinate the care given by all other members of the clinical team.

·         To accurately assimilate and interpret clinical information about the patients’ condition, promptly report changes and instigate remedial action as appropriate.

·         To act as a resource person to others, providing accurate information, advice and support to the multidisciplinary team, patients and their relatives.

·         To ensure that accurate records are maintained reflecting both changes in the patient’s condition and the treatment delivered.

·         To ensure that patients and their relatives are updated regularly with accurate information, and information 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 practice development staff.

·         To ensure that practice is evidence based and with support assist in the development of policies and protocols within the clinical area.

·         To uphold high standards of nursing care, in accordance to existing policies, standards and guidelines.

·         To support the Radiology Sister/Lead Nurse in processes 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 ethos of the local philosophy.

·         To assist with the administration of intravenous injections of radiopharmaceuticals and other agents for diagnosis and support in the management of stock levels as required.

·         To rotate to other clinical areas within the department as required or as identified as a personal and or professional development need in the appraisal process

·         To conduct or effectively delegate departmental audits and ensure that key performance indicators are met and escalate issues appropriately i.e. MEG, Cleaning, Patient Experience, Local Safety Checklist

·         To uphold high standards of nursing care while ensuring patient safety at all times and appropriately challenging bad practice when observed ensuring it is corrected and documented accordingly.

·         To identify and lead a service improvement project engaging staff participation and delegation, and routinely assess project’s effectiveness

·         To organise and perform nurse led pre–assessment clinics utilising the hospital clinical system to order and obtain results. Completing the radiology report on the hospital documentation system on informing the referrers of the suitability of the patient for day care and/or arranging admission.

·         To actively participate in the nurse liaison role to support prompt vetting, escalating any issues and improve patient flow.

Education and Research:

·         To act as a mentor to junior staff members, responsible for the orientation, supervision and ongoing development of junior and student nurses, in conjunction with Line Manager and Practice Development staff.

·         To act as practice supervisor/assessor responsible for completing competency documents for staff and pre- registration student nurses within agreed timeframes.

·         To act as a mentor/assessor to post registration students undertaking further education as requested, ensuring a positive learning experience and facilitating the development of their clinical skills.

·         To contribute to the wider educational activities within the division – ensuring attendance at and contributing to the delivery of educational activities within the division.

·         To promote and encourage the application of research and of 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 department, co-ordinating the activities of the clinical area.

·         To liaise with Medical Personnel and Bed Managers to ensure optimal bed usage at all times, facilitating timely admission and discharge of 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 management as determined by line manager.

·         To actively support the process of risk management – ensure incidents are reported appropriately and helping identify ways of preventing errors and accidents to both patients and staff.

·         To make a positive contribution to the development of the service within the relevant clinical areas and act as a positive influence others in the management of change.

·         To actively promote customer care, assisting in resolving local (informal) complaints and supporting the ward manager to investigate formal problems.

·         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, auctioning remedy as appropriate and reporting deficits to line manager and or lead nurse, 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 carry the department Wi-Fi and/or telephone as required, resolving local problems/ conflicts, keeping managers/others informed and maintaining positive team dynamics across the care group at all times.

·         To rotate to different areas in the department with the clinical needs of the service, including general Interventional, neuro radiology and nuclear medicine.

·         To be part of the on-call service, and be available to support the service as rostered

·         To take a leadership role in crisis situations, resolving problems across the care group as necessary.

·         To maintain confidentiality with regard to personal information pertaining to staff.

·         To attend and contribute to departmental meetings as required.

Personal and Professional Development:

·         To work within and accept responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of clinical competence

·         To keep up to date with NMC, Trust and Care Group policies and guidelines and to adhere to these at all times.

·         To be a fully active and committed member of the multidisciplinary team operating in the Care Group

·         To maintain your own personal and professional development in accordance with NMC requirements, attending statutory and mandatory training as required

·         To ensure continuous professional development as identified by the department needs and services and practice development nurse.

·         To demonstrate an insight into own professional development, contributing to the process of identifying own educational and clinical training needs in conjunction with the Radiology Sister and PDN.

·         Participate in own Individual Performance Review and after suitable training, to be responsible for undertaking this for own team of junior staff.

·         To ensure own educational commitment is sufficient to maintain NMC revalidation requirements and to ensure own mandatory training certificates are current, in liaison with Line Manager and PDN.

General:

·         The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.

·         To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.

·         We want to be an organisation where everyone shares a commitment to delivering the very best care and feels like their contribution is valuable and valued.