Lead Nurse – Migrant Health – York Street Health Practice – Bevan
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Manage Health Intervention
The Lead Nurse is the operational manager and lead for the service, contributing senior clinical knowledge and expertise.
The post holder will have the responsibility for the autonomous management of their own caseload of patients, providing a comprehensive, specialist clinical service for patients with often complex health and social care needs. The post holder will provide a city-wide service across Leeds and Bradford for patients that are seeking asylum or newly resettled into the UK. The post holder also has a key role to liaise with partner organisations to coordinate care including the Home Office/accommodation provider and local health and social care providers to help coordinate care.
The Migrant Health Nurse will be responsible for developing and implementing interventions in relation to physical and mental health needs which can often be complicated by a high incidence of complex comorbidities, mental health, learning difficulties and complex legal and social issues.
The post holder will have responsibility for assisting with clinical governance activity within the organisation which will include the monitoring of standards of care and service, staff support, continuous professional development, supporting practice education, clinical supervision and the implementation of policy and clinical guidelines.
The post holder will promote a culture of engagement with patients which includes core principles and values. They will be responsible for assessment and delivery of care autonomously and expected to review effectiveness and interventions.
Works in partnership with General Practitioners, Consultants, Nursing and Social Care colleagues, Home Office/accommodation provider and other primary/secondary care professionals. to manage patients with a range of acute and chronic health conditions.
Refers patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations.
Provides and promotes evidence-based care in line with appropriate clinical guidelines and works within clinical protocols, professional guidelines and codes of conduct. Be familiar with all local, regional and national policies, procedures and guidelines in the pursuit of highest standards of patient care
Works within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines.
Challenge professional and organisational boundaries identify areas for skill/knowledge development and apply these to practice providing continuity and high-quality patient health care.
Communicates highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives and carers.
Audits outcomes of care against standards and initiates changes as necessary.
Promote Health
Proactively works with the community and other statutory and voluntary agencies empowering, enabling, encouraging and supporting individuals, families and groups to address issues which affect their health and social well-being.
Initiates and carries out programmes of health screening including TB, BBV and mental health screening
Communication
Uses developed communication, negotiation, conflict management skills which require empathy, reassurance and persuasive skills where there can be significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome.
Keep accurate, contemporaneous documentation and care plans in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, local and national guidelines.
Develop effective communication links with other professionals and agencies across all boundaries, at all levels of the organisation including users, carers, social care and the voluntary sector to ensure effective delivery of care that provides the best outcome possible for service users.
To listen and empathise with the needs of individuals interfacing with the service adjusting communication styles accordingly. Work effectively with interpreters.
Training
To maintain competencies and professional development by regularly attending appropriate updates and workshops to ensure a high standard of quality care is delivered.
Manage/Lead Self/Others
The post holder will:
- Act as the operational lead for the service.
- Effectively manage the caseload by utilising resources appropriately.
- Line manage staff within the service as necessary
- Lead on the development and provision of relevant teaching programs within the organisation and produce team resources e.g., leaflets, posters, etc. as required.
- Undertake clinical audits as required as action outcomes as necessary.
- Lead on the delivery of specific service targets as identified through audit, by the commissioners, or Bevan Healthcare.
- Lead on the monitoring and reporting of the performance of the service as required including collection of service user feedback for the.
- Proactively identify adverse trends, and lead service improvements and developments as required
- Works collaboratively and in partnership with other practitioners on care practices, delivery and service development.
- Plans and delivers own clinics.
- Acts as a role model for other staff within the team and provides strong leadership across the organisation.
- Research and facilitate change in practice designed to improve clinical outcomes and meet the needs of patients and care givers that are consistent with local/national standards and current research.
- Works collaboratively as a team member to achieve the objectives of the team.
- To recognise ethical and legal issues which have implications for nursing practice and clinical governance and contribute to the implementation of systems to ensure clinical governance processes.
- Partakes in clinical supervision for own development.
- Actively participates in clinical and practice meetings.
- Acts as mentor for nurses, HCAs, AHPs and other professionals.
- Leads on setting standards and promotes best practice around mental health.
- Acts with honesty and integrity at all times and acts as a positive ambassador for Bevan Healthcare. Understands the social enterprise model and ethos.
- Undertake appropriate mandatory training.
- Participate in networking and sharing practice events with other professionals within the locality.
- Working within the guidelines and protocols of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, foster an empowering attitude with colleagues.
- Lead and manage projects as appropriate.
Educator
Provides expert advice on educational opportunities relating to specialist knowledge and skills in clinical practice at an individual, team and organisational level to facilitate and ensure the development and support of nursing practice.
Assist with the recognition, assessment and development of the learning needs of colleagues, participating in the creation, delivery and evaluation of learning opportunities that fulfil these requirements.
Management and Use of Information
Obtain, analyse, share and use current information for decision making.
Use information as a basis to raise standards of practice and service delivery.
Participate in research and clinical audit projects/QOF/KPIs.
Foster a culture of lifelong learning to colleagues and students.
Research and Development
Regular involvement in research/evaluation and/or development work which may be as part of one or more formal research programmes or activities.
Identifies, applies and disseminates research findings relating to clinical practice.
Supports practitioners to undertake audit within service specific areas.
NHS Jobs reference: B0221-23-0011
