Job overview
The post holder will form part of the SAS to provide clinical assessment and support to the care and treatment of a diverse and undetermined caseload of patients who may have highly complex acute presentation from the very sick seriously ill or injured patient to the more minor common illnesses and injuries. They will determine clinical diagnosis and treatments indicated, and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. The post holder will provide clinical expertise for developing and enhancing the service. This will be done in collaboration with medical, nursing and allied health professional colleagues. They will demonstrate advanced skills and competencies. They will ensure that evidence based practice is inherent in all aspects of care and treatment and ensure this knowledge is disseminated throughout the clinical area, Trust and externally as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
1. Develop and maintain communication with people about complex issues and/or in difficult situations
2. Be proactive in developing own professional practice, demonstrating evidence of increasing autonomy, clinical judgment and decision making skills and contribute to the development of others
3. Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security4. Take a leading role in improvement of services within secondary and from admission to transfer of care.
5. Contribute to the improvement of services
6. Contribute to improving quality of care and services
7. Support equality and value diversity
8. Plan, develop and implement approaches to promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects on health and wellbeing
9. Assess complex health and wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review care plans to meet those needs
10. Assess physiological and psychological functioning when there are complex and/or undifferentiated abnormalities, diseases and disorders and develop monitor and review related treatment plans
11. Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments when there are complex issues and /or serious illness
12. Gather, analyse and report a wide range of data and information
13. Demonstrate a high level of complex decision making in relation to the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patient care
Working for our organisation
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care and to ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and those of other staff, by providing expert care for a complex caseload of patients
To accept clinical responsibility for a diverse and often complex caseload of patients, and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management
To receive referrals from and make referrals to consultants, GPs, and other healthcare professions, review the patient and act accordingly, thereby reducing length of time patients wait for intervention.
Have V300 extended prescribing
Person specification
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
* Meets essential criteria