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Salary1.Primary Duties Manage your own caseload of patients whilst working as part of the multi-disciplinary team . Attend MDT meetings. Communicate highly sensitive and emotive condition related information to patients and relatives e.g terminal illness, bereavement. Assess new patients in the clinical area utilising the holistic needs assessment tool to identify physical, psychological emotional, spiritual and cultural needs and developing a plan as needed. Act as patient advocate when relevant and be aware of all treatment options in order to enable patients to make an informed choice, negotiating with medical teams to agree a pathway of care and treatment. Provide continuity of care throughout the patient journey, liaising across specialist services where required. Contribute to the development of specialised programmes of care and provide written and oral information to patients and relatives. Provide clinical advice and support to healthcare professional within and across organizational boundaries. Act as a role model. Initiate changes in management of care. Provide support for distressed patients/carers and bereaved relatives, identifying patients at risk and referring to appropriate agencies. Maintain and update evidence based knowledge and skill. Undertake complex assessments and review of patients and carers. Contribute to the development of specialist protocols and policies for specialist area care. Be a member of relevant professional association and attend regional/national meetings and conferences General Responsibilities Assist in developing in house specialist educational and training programmes. Develop appropriate systems to manage their own workload. Operates on their own initiative whilst being aware of the overall directorate aims and responsibilities. Maintaining professional development. Ensuring that patient experience remains the focal point for service improvement. Contribute to clinical audit and development of knowledge within specialist filed of practice. Personal Qualities. Demonstrate self-directed learning, actively seeking role development opportunities to enhance practice, knowledge and role progression. Identify personal education needs and skills development with Line Manager. Understand that there will be frequent exposure to distressing/highly distressing situations when communicating with patients and carers and be aware of own need to seek appropriate support/advice. Demonstrate an awareness of the limits of own practice and knowledge and when to seek appropriate support/advice. Demonstrate excellent communication skills. COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS The post holder will have regular contact with Lead CNS Clinical Nurse Specialists Lung Cancer Pathway Navigator Chest Physicians Oncology Consultants Fast Track secretarial support Mustard Tree Macmillan Support Centre Staff All members of the Lung MDT All Job Holders are required to Work to the Trust values - Put patients first, Take ownership, Respect others, Be positive, Listen, learn and improve. Adhere to Trust policies and procedures, e.g. Health and Safety at Work, Equal Opportunities etc. Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff development and training. Attend statutory, essential and mandatory training. Respect the confidentiality of all matters relating to their employment and other members of staff. All members of staff are required to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. Comply with the Corporate Governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Trust. Comply with the codes of professional conduct set out by the professional body of which registration is required for the post. Ensure they are familiar with the Risk Management Framework, follow policies, procedures and safe systems of work, make known any hazards or risks that they identify and take all necessary actions to reduce risk. Ensure the welfare and safety of children within their care. This includes staff who come into contact with children and families in the course of their work as well as those staff who have a specific role with children and families. Ensure they attend Child Protection training at the appropriate level within the specified time frame. Staff must comply with Safeguarding Policies and Procedures in order to promote safeguarding and prevent abuse to vulnerable people using Trust services. Maintain the prevention and control of infection and fully comply with all current Trust Infection Control policies and procedures. Take responsibility for any records that they create or use in the course of their duties, in line with the Public Records Act and be aware that any records created by an employee of the NHS are public records and may be subject to both legal and professional obligations.
