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Salary1. To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning,implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.2. To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as identified in the care plan.3. To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.4. To undertake and supervise risk assessments and formulation of risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team, family members carers and significant others.5. To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adults requirements are followed and participate in meetings as appropriate.6. To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.7. To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings.8. To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users.9. To communicate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team information which has an impact on the service users care.10.To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.11.To check understanding of information where there are barriers to effective communications.12.To give and receive accurate up-to-date information regarding service users care in reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings etc. These reviews may be external to the trust.13.To have accurate and up-todate knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation.14.Where appropriate to job role take responsibility for the safe administration of medication to service users ensuring that the Trust policies and procedures and the Nursing & Midwifery Councils regulations are adhered to.15.To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service users care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health record. To supervise and monitor the entries made by unqualified staff.16.Provide reports both in written and verbal formats as requested.17.To ensure that all incidents or near misses are documented as per trust policy and that any follow up action is taken.18.To react pro-actively in cases of service user crisis and put in place immediate plans to resolve the situation with supervision and guidance as appropriate.19.To actively participate in team meetings.
