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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• To be clinically able to undertake and direct high quality research based clinical nursing care , sharing expertise with the nursing team
• To use appropriate skill set in the assessment planning implementation and evaluation of care delivery
• To take overall responsibility of the clinical environment when on allocated shift ensuring safety is maintained including appropriate escalation to senior nursing team when support is required
• To have excellent verbal and written communication skills so that professional advice or care guidance and instructions are well understood by patients , their relatives and/or carers and members of the multidisciplinary team .
• To manage clinical situations that may be challenging and distressing for junior staff , ensuring the needs of the child and family are paramount
• To ensure effective discharge planning so that individual patient needs are met with an appropriate plan of action involving the multidisciplinary team as required
• Function as an effective role model in the clinical setting in demonstrating the application of breadth and depth of nursing knowledge and skills, and in advising and supporting members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Facilitate the professional development of other nurses in the appraisal process by guiding the junior nurses to identify their learning needs .Support and mentors junior colleagues
• To work collaboratively with the Ward Manager/Matron to ensure that clinical governance processes at unit level encompass measures to ensure the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care at met

Leadership or managerial

• To effectively manage the patient pathway from admission until discharge
• To ensure appropriate patient allocation taking into consideration skill mix and patient acuity
• To promote staff wellbeing by ensuring breaks are managed in a timely way that ensures the nursing service is clinically safe at all times.
• Provide positive effective leadership and act a role model. Delegates appropriately , and empowers staff to problem solve effectively with their daily clinical workloads
• Facilitates and supports nurses in working collaboratively with all other members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Adopts an appropriate management style in accordance with changing circumstances
• Undertakes annual appraisal for nursing staff as requested by the Ward Manager/Paediatric Matron. Ensuring that they have a Personal Development Plan, and to assist with the appraisal of other staff in liaison with the Ward Manger.
• To participate in nursing research and clinical audit where appropriate and directed by the Paediatric Matron

Educational

• Act as a role model to junior nurses and students rotating to the area
• To ensure that all supervisors, mentors, and/or preceptors of learners provide adequate support and supervision
• To undertake a recognised assessor training and subsequently participate in the formal assessment of learner nurses.
• To plan and maximise opportunities to deliver work-based learning from an agreed educational programme for paediatrics
• To develop education and training programmes in collaboration with the Practice Development Nurse and Paediatric Matron to ensure that knowledge, skills and competencies of the professional and support staff are able to meet patients' and carers' by develop learning outcomes and competency achievements for all staff
• On a monthly basis to undertake a regular teaching /training shift to either deliver education or work clinically with a junior member of the nursing team to gain confidence knowledge and skills in an agreed subject .

General responsibilities

• To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work