Under the oversight of the Matron for Older Adults Medicine, the role will be to lead and manage the team to support the quality of care received by patients.
To be professionally accountable and maintain standards of professional practice as set by the appropriate regulatory body applicable for your profession or role.
In a supervisory role, utilise the supervision of clinical practice, audit, research, learning from patient safety events, and teaching to set, monitor, and improve standards of care in addition to efficient and effective use of resources.
To be accountable for:
* Promoting safe and effective clinical practice.
* Promoting a positive patient experience.
* Contributing to the overall performance of the Respiratory Team.
* Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation strategies and objectives.
Main duties of the job
To ensure safe and effective clinical practice;
As a visible clinical leader, set standards of care and professionalism and promote teamwork within a multi‑professional environment, demonstrating critical analysis and decision‑making skills, leading the delivery of designated quality workstreams, influencing and facilitating the sustainment or improvement within the organisation.
Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence-based practice, setting, implementing, and monitoring evidence-based standards of care, policies, and procedures.
Ensure a culture of continuous quality improvement using research, audit, patient feedback, and learning from patient safety events.
Ensure a high standard of record keeping in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health and Care Professions Council, national legislation, and local standards.
Support effective communication with the multi‑professional team.
Assess the risks involved in the care of patients and ensure utilisation of evidence-based practices and protocols to minimise those risks.
Monitor the standards of care and elevate when standards fall below expected levels.
Report incidents and near misses promptly and appropriately and take effective action to minimise future risk.
Apply in practice an awareness of Continuous Quality Improvement methodology and liaise with the CQI Team.
Lead on scoping excellent systems of work nationally and internationally for local adoption or adaptation.
Identify and lead audit projects as required. Ensure that audit recommendations are reported and recommendations implemented where practicable.
Develop and deliver high‑quality educational support, encompassing best practice, policy, and procedure, to teams, as part of quality improvement work as required either as a request from educational colleagues or independently as detailed in annual workplan.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC registration
* Degree level education
* Evidence of professional updating in last 12 months
* Management/Leadership education or training
Experience
* Minimum of 18 months experience as Band 6
* Renal experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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