Job Description

Job Purpose:

Supervising and co-ordinating the daily activities taking place in the clinical setting. Ensuring the highest standards of quality and evidence-based care is being provided to patients by yourself, your team and the wider MDT. Support and empower the clinical team and wider MDT through teaching, training and assessing. Promoting positive behaviours and best practice in the clinical setting. Ensuring expected governance standards are met.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Working within the NMC code of conduct, maintaining professional responsibilities and acting as a positive role model for other staff members. Ensuring that the clinical setting has an adequate skill mix to support the needs of the clinicians and patients. Continuous effective communication to patients, staff and the wider MDT. Reporting and investigating incidents, near misses and complaints, escalating issues to the Outpatient Lead Nurse and implementing changes when necessary. Share knowledge and information with staff members and involve them in decision making. Provide evidenced based, safe and effective care to patients by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their care. Maintain a high standard of record keeping, including patient records, ensuring that they are clear and accurate. Assisting and supporting in minor operations and procedures, following local and national guidelines. Work closely with the MDT to maintain excellent and efficient clinical care and outcomes. Work together with the Health and Safety lead, ensuring the clinical environment is safe for staff and patients and following the process for escalation if there are risks to the health and safety of staff and patients. Monitoring equipment for defaults and reporting any issues as required. Maintaining excellent infection control standards; referring to policies and procedures where appropriate. Acting as a role model for infection control in the clinical setting and challenging poor practice. Monitoring the cleanliness of the clinical setting daily and escalating any concerns to the Outpatient Lead Nurse. Mentoring and supervising clinical staff and students where needed. Having an awareness of the waste management policies and processes as well as making sure that staff are aware of the correct waste disposal procedures and are adhering to the waste management policy. Monitoring stock levels, ordering and usage and escalate any concerns to the Clinical Services Manager. Conducting audits, risk assessments and checklists as required by the Outpatients Lead Nurse, reporting back to them with any positive or negative feedback. Supporting an open and honest culture, that is inclusive of all staff members. Keeping up to date with mandatory training. Support and facilitate staff to complete theirs. Moving and handling practices should be safe and as taught in training. Assist the Outpatient Lead Nurse in maintaining safe and effective medicines management practices in the clinical setting, working closely with the Pharmacist and Outpatient Lead Nurse. Monitoring the safe storage, ordering and administration of drugs.

Why Choose us?

Our continuing success as a business is down to the talent, hard work and dedication of our staff. Along with great job satisfaction, you can look forward to a competitive salary, opportunities to grow, a pension scheme and great employee benefits.

We fully believe in investing in our staff to help them reach their career goals and full potential. ?We offer all staff the chance to further their education with free training courses in any field that will both benefit themselves and the company.

Here at LivingCare we are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 1).

Find out more about Disability Confident at:

www.gov.uk/disability-confident #DisabilityConfident

What we offer our employees:

Free onsite parking.

Free tea and coffee

Quality working environment

Exclusive discounts

Flexible working

Work life balance is a priority here at LivingCare, with services running at sociable times. 08:00-18:00 Monday to Saturday.

Blue Light Card NHS discount at a range of shops and restaurants

Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

Annual pay review

Culture matrix programme: we organise special events every month to support our teams

Celebrating success: this programme gives rewards to our team member who have gone above and beyond

Supermarket vouchers: we give these out every month as part of our supermarket sweep competition

LivingCare Behaviours and Values:

Living Care has a set of core values which we expect all staff to demonstrate. Building on these we have developed a set of expectations that we expect all team members to demonstrate.

Managing yourself and others:

Take care of your own wellbeing and that of your staff

Manage yourself and your emotions

Share your knowledge and experience

Use appropriate language when communicating to others to ensure they understand

Be decisive

Be positive - focus on what you can do and why something will/could work

Actively seek feedback and act on it (where appropriate)

Know when to step in and do it yourself and when to leave others to have a go

Be self-aware: know your strengths and development needs and look for ways to develop

Be visible

As a company who supports equality and diversity, LivingCare encourage applications from all candidates regardless of their age, gender including reassigned gender, relationship status, maternity, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or beli

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 18.00-20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 28.5 per week

Benefits:

Company pension On-site parking
Work Location: In person