NursingNetUK

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Practice

Implement evidence-based practice in the provision of treatment and care to clients.

Be accountable for own personal clinical caseload using resources as appropriate.

Select appropriate assessment tools for assessing specific client needs and risks.

Demonstrate sound clinical decision-making skills that are in the interests of the client.

Provide skilled clinical supervision to others.

Apply health enhancing skills in a wider group/community setting.

Apply self awareness to reflections on their nursing practice

Leadership

Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.

Identify areas of nursing practice requiring development and improvement.

Use available resources efficiently and effectively to maximise client care.

Take a lead role in the implementation of change to develop nursing practice.

Distinguish between different leadership and management styles.

Choose an effective style in leadership to suit care environment.

Evaluate the effectiveness of chosen leadership style.

Supervise the leadership development of junior staff and learners.

Act in a an advisory capacity in relation to clinical and professional issues for the team.

Understand the political dimensions of service development.

Practice Development and Research

Demonstrate how local service delivery is provided.

Actively contribute to the improvement of service delivery and practice development.

Enable team members to inform service developments.

Create a supportive structure to aid the implementation of practice development plans.

Facilitate others to consider, reflect upon and enhance their own nursing practice.

Actively contribute to the ongoing development of nursing practice within the team.

Facilitate the use of local networks to inform the monitoring practice of service delivery.

Demonstrate service user and/or carer involvement in all aspects of service provision.

Contribute to the formulation of policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.

Monitor adherence to locally agreed policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.

Facilitate and lead local practice development projects i.e. PDU.

Contribute to the implementation of change in nursing practice relevant to new evidence.

Implement service changes and evaluate the impact upon service uses and/or carers.

Demonstrate an ability to lead staff in service evaluation.

Education, Training and Personal Development

Identify the educational needs of junior nursing staff and learners.

Examine different techniques towards solving problems in a critical and systematic way.

Integrate reflective practice into team working.

Disseminate evidence-base practice through educational programmes.

Construct, deliver and evaluate a programme of training with clear desired educational outcomes.

Demonstrate the ability to empower others in the identification of their strengths and weaknesses.

Enable others to devise personal and professional objectives that support personal development and career progression.

Mentor learners in accordance with the assessment and learning standard in practice (NMC) fulfilling their responsibilities as mentors and/or sign off mentors.