Job Description:
Overview:
The main responsibilities of a Clinical Lead are to involve people in decisions about their care and support, therefore enabling people to exercise their basic human rights. The information gathered will be reflected within the persons’ care plan. This empowers people to have a ‘voice’ and enables individuals to experience high quality care and support that is right for the individual person (Care Inspectorate, 2017). Engaging and involving people demonstrates how we facilitate dignity, respect and compassion, as well as promoting people’s wellbeing.
Also, it is the responsibility of the Clinical Lead to adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct known as ‘The Code’. This contains the professional standards that registered nurses, midwives and nursing associates1 must uphold. Nurses, midwives and nursing associates must act in line with the Code, whether they are providing direct care to individuals, groups or communities or bringing their professional knowledge to bear on nursing and midwifery practice in other roles, such as leadership, education, or research. The values and principles set out in the Code can be applied in a range of different practice settings, but they are not negotiable or discretionary.
In addition, it is the responsibility of the Clinical Lead to maintain the highest up to date standards which involves clinical decisions within the care home they are supporting, this includes leading the team competently.
Main Roles & Responsibilities:
· Show kindness, compassion and respect, as well as treating each person as an individual.
· Enable people to exercise their ‘Human Rights’ and make ‘Choices’ about their care, whilst maintaining their respect, privacy and dignity.
· Respect the level to which people receiving care want to be involved in decisions about their own health, care and support.
· Respect, support and document a person’s right to accept or decline care and treatment.
· Accurately identify, observe and assess signs of normal or worsening physical and mental health.
· Balance the need to always act in the best interests of people with the requirement to respect a person’s right to accept or decline care.
· Complete records accurately and without any falsification, taking immediate and appropriate action if you become aware that someone has not maintained accurate record keeping.
· Documentation to be recorded clearly, dated and timed, and do not include unnecessary abbreviations, jargon or speculation.
· Form open, positive relationships and maintain professional boundaries with individuals, colleagues or relatives and respect their dignity, wellbeing and safety.
· Acknowledge an individual’s Personhood(the status of being a person ie ‘seeing the person’), plus embedding a culture of person centredness (this approach treats each person respectfully, as an individual human being and not just a condition to be treated).
· Recognise a person’s spirituality (this is a person’s beliefs / faith, as well as recognising a person’s sense of wellbeing ie having a sense of peace and purpose).
· Liaise with the relevant visiting / external professionals to support people to live as well as they can. For example, dietician, SALT (Speech and Language Therapist), podiatry, CPN (Community Psychiatric Nurse) etc
· Promote the Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associate (NMC, 2015, updated 2018) The Code.
o Prioritise people.
o Practise effectively.
o Preserve safety.
o Promote professionalism and trust.
· Support students’ and colleagues’ learning to help them develop their professional competence and confidence.
· Refer to nurse ‘on call’ procedure.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
