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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

 Clinical

The post holder will:

1. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, and develop treatment/care plans that may need to be delivered from a range of options.
2. Following a holistic assessment, devise an individualised care programme for each patient, modifying it as required.
3. Be aware of Assistive Technology and utilise where required.
4. Assess patients’ holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.
5. Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
6. Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patient’s co-operation in their treatment/care/management plan.
7. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
8. Assess and refer to a Personal Health Advisor as required.
9. Contribute to Personal Health Plans as required.
10. Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.
11. To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
12. Plan and organise specialist services within the integrated team.
13. Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on SystmOne and completed on a daily basis
14. Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.
15. Order equipment and supplies via the electronic ordering systems used within the team.
16. Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
17. Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

Professional

The post holder will:

1. Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets ands needs.
2. Ensure own paperwork and records are maintained, and those maintained by the team.
3. Contribute to the staff rota on a monthly basis.
4. Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.
5. Contribute to the supervision of workload within the integrated team.
6. Be aware of budget and ensure all effort is made to work within this.
7. Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate.
8. Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
9. Attend in-house training as required to develop current job role.
10. Will be able to make own travel arrangements to patients’ homes, clinics, base and meetings etc, as required.
11. Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
12. Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies.
13. Will be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff.
14. Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration course.
15. Provide advice/training to less experienced staff and supervise and support band 3 and 4 staff; and students where appropriate.
16. Mentor existing staff and provide training in specialist area as appropriate.
17. Contribute to the induction process for new staff/students.
18. Demonstrate basic IT/standard keyboard skills
19. Demonstrate leadership skills within own competence
20. Maintain own continuous professional development.
21. Be accountable for work delegated to others

Organisational

The post holder will:

1. Undertake mandatory training as required.
2. Participate in an annual Personal Development Review.
3. Undertake Personal Development Plans for more junior staff members.
4. Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.
5. Follow Trust policies, and local procedures, and use discretion in interpreting them according to the setting and circumstances.
6. Comment on draft policies.
7. Ensure absence reporting is undertaken as determined by Team Leader and Trust Policy.
8. Contribute to clinical audit as required.
9. Complete the staff survey as required.
10. Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required.