Medical Secretary

Job overview

We have an exciting opening for 2 Band 4 Assistant Practitioners to join our Oncology and Haematology Team working across our day case units. This is a rare opportunity to develop skills and competencies around the delivery of chemotherapy and other supportive treatments and to support the patients journey through clinical appointments.

We are looking for an established Band 4 Practitioner who has experience working within Cancer Services or who may be interested in a move to a new speciality.

The successful candidate will need to enjoy working with people and be able to maintain a professional approach in this sensitive environment. This post involves working alongside the Oncology and Haematology teams in their day case units through patient assessments, cannulation/venepuncture and the delivery of some medications. The Assistant Practitioner will co-ordinate and triage Chemotherapy patients prior to treatment

Main duties of the job

To provide safe, personal and effective care and support to patients, families and service users. To support the registered nurse, contributing to ongoing assessment and care planning for patients. To monitor the condition and undertake Holistic needs assessments of patients on a continual basis in partnership with colleagues, families and carers, referring to others for reassessment, when required

Working for our organisation

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated
health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people
of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

COMMUNICATION:

• Communicate sensitive information effectively and improve communication using a range of strategies with regard to person centred care, duty of candour, equality and diversity.
• Handle information and data in line with national and local policies and legislation

PROFESSIONAL:

• Apply and promote safe and effective practice that places the individual and/or family/carer at the centre of care, in a manner that promotes individual wellbeing and self-care
• Display a personal commitment to professional standards and ethical practice, operating within national and local ethical, legal and governance requirements
• Act as role model for others acting with probity and personal integrity in all aspects of practice, be truthful and admit to learn from errors.
• Maintain active status on NMC register
• Act always in accordance with the NMC code of conduct and guiding documents

CARE DELIVERY:

• Deliver holistic, person-centred nursing care
• Actively engage with individuals, their families and/or carers undertaking Holistic needs assessments and contribute to care planning, by establishing their needs, wishes, preferences and choices and incorporating these into care planning
• Ensure the rights of individuals are upheld and facilitate the resolution of any conflict arising
• Act independently and in partnership with others to: ensure that the rights of individuals are not overlooked or compromised; and resolve conflict in situations where there may be refusal of care by individuals or their families
• Deliver planned interventions/ care under the direction of a Registered Nurse, without direct supervision delivering care independently in line with an agreed and plan of care
• Support healthcare professionals to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care
• Safely administer medication in accordance with local and national guidance
• Undertake triaging of SACT patients the day before treatment checking bloods, clinic annotations using the triage tool on iQemo and liaising with the consultant if any discrepancies to provide a plan.
• Giving the go ahead for treatments if bloods within normal parameters.
• Provide care of PICC lines and removal when required.
• Safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children
• Demonstrate the ability to treat all individuals, carers and colleagues with dignity and respect for their diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences

TEAM WORK AND LEADERSHIP

• To lead peers and others where appropriate
• Use reflection to improve personal performance
• Work effectively with others in teams and or networks to deliver and improve services
• Work safely and learn from the assessment and evaluation of health and safety related incidents
• Raise health risks for discussion with individuals and undertake brief interventions and assess evidence for effective nursing interventions
• Contribute and support quality improvement and productivity initiatives within the workplace
• Contribute to planning, management and optimisation of resources to improve services and promote equity in access to services

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT:

• Act as a role model in terms of ongoing learning and development, professional knowledge, skills and capabilities
• Promote and actively support, leading where appropriate, training, teaching, learning, supervision and assessment within the workplace
• Contribute to the education and promote of health and wellbeing in individuals, their families and/or carers
• Ensure own personal compliance with Trust mandatory Core Skills Training and essential training related to the clinical area and objectives set at annual appraisals

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:

• Apply critical analytical skills in research/audit/service improvement context, working within an ethical framework
• Contribute effectively to audit, development of evidence-based practice and innovation in the delivery of health and care
• Adhere to ethical, legal, governance and quality assurance frameworks that pertain to research development and innovation

Person specification Education Essential criteria

• Nursing Associate Level 5 Foundation degree

Desirable criteria

• knowledge of posts specialised area

General intelligence Essential criteria

• Able to problem solve
• learn new skills

Experience Essential criteria

• prioritise workload with minimal supervision
• Able to write basic reports
• Understand the principles of safe and effective administration of medicines
• proficient at drug calculation
• experience of teaching
• customer awareness

Desirable criteria

• evidence of continuous development
• able to cannulate and take bloods

personal skills Essential criteria

• work as a team
• able to communicate effectively
• good listening skills
• work alone
• Effective interpersonal skills
• enthusiastic, conscientious, sympathetic

circumstances Essential criteria

• flexible
• adapt to change
• Access to vehicle

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