NursingNetUK

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being. 
2. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients.
3. Identify, and manage as appropriate treatment plans for patients at risk.
4. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations.
5. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over the counter medication.
6. Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with physical or mental health needs.
7. Promote and deliver evidenced based care.
8. Assist senior practitioners as required.
9. Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
10. Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural backgrounds and preferred ways of communicating.
11. Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleague’s viewpoints to others.
12. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the relevant professional body.
13. Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
14. Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
15. Deliver care according to national and local guidelines, working in partnership with other clinical teams/departments

16. Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking, and formal 
evaluation.
17. Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the 
organisation and its activities.
18. Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating quality implementing improvements where 
required.
19. Evaluate the patients’ response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.
20. Support and participate in shared learning across the wider organisation.
21. Utilising a structured framework (e.g.,root cause analysis) participate in the management, review,
and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near miss events.
22. Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.
23. Act as a positive role model takes responsibility for own development, learning and performance 
including participating in clinical supervision.
24. Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment encouraging everyone to reach their 
potential, learn from each other and from external good practice.
25. Understand own responsibilities and accountability in the delivery of care to patients, ensuring 
that the needs of the patient are the priority.
26. Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility. 
27. Work with other professionals to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill mix 
is available to meet the needs of patients. 
28. Contribute and participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and Standards.
29. Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to own practice.
30. Keep up to date with new developments locally and nationally identifying those that will enhance 
the teams work.
31. Undertake mandatory and statutory training. 
32. Act as an assessor to students assessing competency against set standards as requested if 
appropriately qualified. 
33. Accept and delegate tasks appropriately. 
34. The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues