25UHWN1610 Clinical Midwife Specialist (Ultrasound)
Waterford, Ireland
Full time, Permanent
Who We Are
University Hospital Waterford is a Model 4 teaching hospital that provides general medical, surgical, paediatric and maternity care to people living in South Kilkenny, Waterford City and County.The hospital provides specialty services to the population of the southeast c. 500 000 in the following areas of clinical practice: Cardiology (including Interventional Cardiac Procedures), Trauma Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Urology, Vascular Surgery, ENT, Neonatolog
University Hospital Waterford is a Model 4 teaching hospital that provides general medical, surgical, paediatric and maternity care to people living in South Kilkenny, Waterford City and County.The hospital provides specialty services to the population of the southeast c. 500 000 in the following areas of clinical practice: Cardiology (including Interventional Cardiac Procedures), Trauma Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Urology, Vascular Surgery, ENT, Neonatolog Show more
Skills and attributes
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Organisation and Management Skills
Analysing and Decision Making
Professional Knowledge and Experience
Commitment to providing a Quality Services
Building and Maintaining Relationships including Team and Leadership Skills
Description
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Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Focus
The cCMS will be supported to:
Develop a strong service user focus whereby the specialty defines itself as nursing/midwifery and subscribes to the overall purpose, functions and ethical standards of nursing/midwifery.
The clinical practice role may be divided into direct and indirect care. Direct care comprises the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care to the service user, family and/or carer. Indirect care relates to activities that influence and support the provision of direct care.
Direct Care
Throughout the agreed pathway, the cCMS will be enabled to develop the specific knowledge, skills and competencies to:
Provide a specialist nursing/midwifery service for service users with a diagnosis ofhaematological condition who require support and treatment through the continuum of care
Undertake comprehensive service user assessment to include physical, psychological, social and spiritual elements of care using best evidence based practice in Ultrasound.
Use the outcomes ofnursing/midwifery assessment to develop and implement plans of care/service user group management to contribute to the plans of service users, their families/carers and the MDT
Monitor and evaluate the service user’s response to treatment and amend the plan of care accordingly in collaboration with the MDT and service user, family and/or carer as appropriate.
Make alterations in the management of service user condition in collaboration with the MDT and the service user in line with the nursing/midwifery aspect of agreed pathways and policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines (PPPG’s).
Accept appropriate referrals from MDT colleagues
Co-ordinate investigations, treatment therapies and service user follow-up
Communicate with service users, family and/or carer as appropriate, to assess service user needs and provide relevant support, information, education, advice and counselling as required
Where appropriate, work collaboratively with MDT colleagues across Primary and Secondary Care to provide a seamless service delivery to the service user, family and/or carer as appropriate
Identify and promote specific symptom management strategies as well as the identification of triggers which may cause exacerbation of symptoms. Provide service user with appropriate self-management strategies and escalation pathways
Manage nurse led Ultrasound clinics in collaboration with the MDT
Identify health promotion priorities for the service user, family and/or carer and support service user self-care in line with best evidence. This will include the provision of educational and health promotion material which is comprehensive, easy to understand and meets service user’ needs.
Indirect Care
Throughout the agreed pathway, the cCMS will be enabled to develop the specific knowledge, skills and competencies to:
Identify and agree appropriate referral pathways for service user with risks identified on Ultrasound
Participate in service user case reviews with MDT colleagues
Use a case management approach to service user complex needs in collaboration with MDT in both Primary and Secondary Care as appropriate
Take a proactive role in the formulation and provision of evidence based PPPGs relating to Ultrasound
Take a lead role in ensuring the nursing/midwifery service for service user with Ultrsound risks is in line with best practice guidelines and the Safer Better Healthcare Standards Maternity Services (HIQA, 2017)
Service user/Client Advocate
Throughout the agreed pathway, the cCMS will be enabled to develop the specific knowledge, skills and competencies to:
Communicate, negotiate and represent service user, family and/or carer values and decisions in relation to their condition to MDT colleagues in both Primary and Secondary Care as appropriate
Develop and support the concept of advocacy, particularly in relation to service user participation in decision making, thereby enabling informed choice of treatment options
Respect and maintain the privacy, dignity and confidentiality of the service user, family and/or carers
Establish, maintain and improve procedures for nursing/midwifery collaboration and cooperation between Acute Services, Primary Care and Voluntary Organisations as appropriate
Proactively challenge any interaction, nursing/midwifery or otherwise, which fails to deliver a good quality service to service user.
Education and Training
Throughout the agreed pathway, the cCMS will be enabled to develop the specific knowledge, skills and competencies to:
Develop clinical competence in service user management within ultrasound services, keeping up-to-date with relevant research to ensure the implementation of evidence based practice.
Provide the service user, family and/or carer with appropriate information, education and other supportive interventions to increase their knowledge, skill and confidence and autonomy in managing diagnosis.
Participate in training programs for nursing/midwifery, MDT colleagues and key stakeholders as appropriate
Create exchange of learning opportunities within the MDT in relation to evidence-based ultrasound nursing/midwiferydelivery through journal clubs, conferences etc.
Develop and maintain links with Regional Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Education (RCNMEs), the Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Units (NMPDUs) and relevant third level Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the design, development and delivery of nursing/midwifery educational programs ultrasound.
In tandem with the line management structure, be responsible for addressing own continuing professional development (CPD) needs to achieve competencies required for the role
Use agreed protected time for research, education and professional development
With the line manager, use the Professional Development Planning Framework for Nurses and Midwives to plan and self-assess competency achievement and additional CPD needs
Audit and Research
Throughout the agreed pathway, the cCMS will be enabled to develop the specific knowledge, skills and competencies to:
Establish and maintain a register of service user within ultrasound within the cCMS Caseload.
Maintain a record of clinically relevant data aligned to National Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) as directed and advised by National guidelines for Fetal Anatomy Ultrasound
Identify, initiate and conduct nursing/midwifery audit and research relevant to the area of practice and take part in MDT audit and research.
Identify, critically analyse, disseminate and integrate into practice, best evidence relating to care in Ultrasound.
Contribute to nursing research in Ultrasound.
Use the outcomes of audit to improve nursing/midwifery service provision and advocate, when appropriate, for improvement of non-nursing services
Contribute to service planning and budgetary processes through use of audit data and specialist knowledge
Monitor, access, utilise and disseminate current relevant research to advise and ensure the provision of informed evidence-based nursing/midwifery practice
Audit expected outcomes including
Collate relevant data which will provide a baseline audit of expected outcomes and demonstrate evidence of the effectiveness of the cCMS interventions undertaken and refer to the National KPIs associated with the specialty. They should have a clinical nursing/midwifery focus as well as a breakdown of activity - service user seen and treated.
Evaluate nursing/midwifery audit results and research findings to identify areas for quality improvement in collaboration with nursing/midwifery management and MDT colleagues (Primary and Secondary Care).
Consultant (including leadership in clinical practice)
Throughout the agreed pathway, the cCMS will be enabled to develop the specific knowledge, skills and competencies to:
Understand leadership in clinical practice with the aim of acting as a resource and role model for Midwifery UltrasoundPractice.
Contribute the expanding nursing/midwifery knowledge/expertise to the development of clinical standards and guidelines and support implementation
Use growing specialist knowledge to support and enhance own nursing/midwifery practice and practice of colleagues
Develop collaborative working relationships with local CMS Registered Advanced Nurse/MDT colleagues as appropriate, contributing to person centred care pathways to promote the integrated model of care delivery.
With the support of the DOM/line manager, attend integrated care planning meetings as required
Where appropriate, develop and maintain relationships with specialist services in voluntary organisations which support service users in the community.
Understand the requirement to liaise with other health service providers in the development and on-going delivery of the National Clinical and Integrated Programme model of care.
Understand the requirement to network with other cCMS’s and CMS’s in related clinical and professional areas of practice.
The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.
University Hospital Waterford is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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