Nursing Practitioner - Blackpool, United Kingdom - FCMS/ PDS Medical

FCMS/ PDS Medical

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Blackpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Summary

We are looking for forward thinking, motivated clinicians who have a passion for new ways of working whilst providing safe patient care.

The clinician will provide support qualified clinicians monitoring alerts and some face-to-face monitoring of patients in their home environment.

Our aim is to work closely with the local trust, community matrons, heart failure team, GP Practices, Rapid Response, and other teams in the community to provide optimum patient care.

Duties and Responsibilities
To support qualified clinicians in supporting patients on the home monitoring services

To take a lead role in supporting the other HCAS through morning huddles to plan the day and with day-to-day alerts escalating to trained staff when needed

To provide remote advice for patients with long standing conditions with support of qualified clinicians

Input into holistic care plans, in order to ensure a focus on the individuals goals and support them to comply with the plan ultimately improving health outcomes

Patient education and health promotion

Work to attain the service KPIs and targets

Ensure all patient contact is recorded in a timely manner on the IT systems to enable tracking of patient outcomes, both in real-time to support ongoing intervention planning and retrospectively to understand the impact of the service

To ensure mandatory training is kept up to date

Acknowledge and accommodate barriers to communication and understanding including speech, hearing, language and emotion.

Flexibility in attending organised educational updates and eagerness to expand on current knowledge base and cascading new educational information to colleagues whenever possible

Inform the Clinical Manager of any untoward incidents Work within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g., infection control, safeguarding, chaperoning and risk management

The above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be fully comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changing circumstances or requirements following consultation with the post holder.

Education and In Service Training
Be fully conversant in all the clinical computer systems used within FCMS

Attend relevant study/induction days, seminars, courses etc, for individual development and for the benefit of the service.

Where necessary relevant training in the operation of new or unfamiliar equipment, software or procedures will be provided or arranged.

Confidentiality

In the course of your duties, you may have access to confidential information about patients, staff or health service business.

On no account must such information be divulged to anyone who is not authorised to receive it. Confidentiality of information must be preserved at all times whether at or away from work. FCMS has in place a Whistle blowers Policy for staff wishing to express concerns.

Data Protection Act, 1998
Carry out any requirements within the duties applicable to the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Health and Safety At Work Act, 1974

Observe all responsibilities and carry out all duties, whether general to all employees or specific to the post, relating to Health and Safety in accordance with the Practice and Departmental Safety Policies and any statutory requirements.

Clinical & Corporate Governance/Quality Assurance
All employees are expected to comply with the clinical and corporate governance arrangements of FCMS. Every employee is personally responsible for the quality of the work, and standard of care, which they individually provide.

It is their duty to seek to attain the highest standards achievable both individually and collectively within their knowledge, skills and resources available to them.

Outside Employment/Outside Interests

If you have other work or outside interests, this must not conflict with your duties and responsibilities of your attendance for work as an employee of the Practice.

It is a condition of appointment that you must inform your manager before taking up of any private practice, work for outside agencies or other employers, other work for this Practice (including bank work), voluntary work or outside interests you have or propose to have.

This is to ensure there is no question of it creating a conflict of interest with your NHS duties.

You must also therefore seek your manager's approval before taking on any such other work or outside interest at any time after entering employment.

Working Time Directive
You are required to comply with the regulations governing working time and to any locally agreed associated arrangements.

Harassment and Bullying

The Practice condemns all forms of harassment and bullying and is actively seeking to promote a workplace where employees are treated with dignity, respect and without bias.

Disclosure/Criminal Record (DBS)
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 01/03/2023

Job Type:
Part-time

Part-time hours: 30 per week

Salary:
£12.55