Job Description
Leadership
•Provides professional leadership and acts as a role model and mentor to fellow nursing staff
• Performs consistent, systematic evaluation of clinically based programs to determine if they meet patient/staff needs and are responsive to department/organisational direction.
•Assists management in the formation of measurable performance criteria to assess nurses' levels of competence.
• Provides the clinical expertise essential to support managers with complex clinical issues.
• Directs and supports an interdisciplinary team approach based on mutual respect and direct communication between health professionals to provide patient and family centered care
• Monitors clinical care to ensure clinical standards are met. Identifies variances and initiates corrective measures as required. Uses this information to inform educational and bedside teaching opportunities.
• Monitors staff performance, providing regular constructive feedback, coaching, guidance and support to team members on the shift. Provides performance feedback to line manager.
• Attends patient care rounds, using them as a teaching opportunity
• Role models comprehensive clinical handover/report using SBAR to ensure patient safety
• Maintains accurate records of educational activity and reports as required Leads or participates, as assigned, on committees, working groups and other organization activities
• Actively leads organizational change in their assigned areas in a constructive manner.
Management of Clinical Practice
• Collaborates with nursing staff and other disciplines in the development, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs
• Demonstrates skill in adult education, group dynamics, curriculum development, communication, and teaching strategies.
•Assists nursing staff to integrate new knowledge and skill into their practice and monitors that ongoing competency is maintained
• Supports an environment that allows staff to acquire skills, identify and develop new ideas that role models commitment to the organisational goals.
• In liaison with the Nurse Manager, reviews nursing practice and addresses required changes based on best practice guidelines.
