Senior Staff Nurse

• Responsible for the initial holistic assessment , implementation and evaluationof programmes of care for service users who are acutely and chronicallyunwell; often with complex needs arising from the stroke and frail elderlycohort
• Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, person-centred intervention programmes incorporating physical, psychological, social,leisure and employment needs, using an evidence based practice approach,promoting high quality and harm free care
• Collaborate and negotiate with patients, carers and family in identifying appropriateand achievable goals as part of the overall care plan, which will maximise qualityof life and independence.
• Facilitate appropriate referrals to other services or investigations based on yourassessment to ensure holistic patient care
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team, to provide integrated skills and sharingknowledge providing holistic and specialist skills supported by a robustcompetency framework
• Carry out nursing intervention drawing on a wide range of specialist knowledgegained from practical experience and specific training

Essential

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Essential

• Able to effectively lead a team (with senior support where required)
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions.
• Experience of supervising staff and students of own profession, including mentorship.
• Able to function effectively as a team member

Desirable

• Recent relevant experience within the community setting including management of the frail complex patient
• Experience of supervising staff and students from other professions