Practice Nurse/ Treatment room Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Practice Nurse.

Job title

Practice Nurse/Treatment room Nurse

Line manager

Practice Manager

Accountable to

Partners

Hours per week

16

Job summary

Working as a member of the Practice Nurse team, the post holder will ensure nursing services are delivered effectively to the entitled patient population

Primary key responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

a. To support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and to work to the IPC Policy providing] audits, training, support and evidence of compliance to the practice manager.

b. To assess the needs of patients ensuring the provision of healthcare is appropriate, incorporating evidence-based practice.

c. To develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes.

d. To provide routine nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

E. To request pathology services and process pathology results as required

F. To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

G. To ensure read codes are used effectively by all members of the nursing team.

H. To ensure compliance with the practice chaperone policy

I. To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.

J. To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.

K. To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

L. To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.

M To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Secondary responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Practice Nurse may be requested to:

a. Develop, review and implement nursing protocols in conjunction with the partners.

b. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.

c. Support and participate in shared learning within the practice in order to improve patient care.

d. Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate

e. Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)

Desirable

• Family planning qualification
• Chronic Disease Management

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs

Desirable

• Travel medicine
• Spirometry
• Contraception
• Chronic Disease

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West Walk Surgery

Address

21 West Walk

Yate

Bristol

BS37 4AX

Employer's website

https://www.westwalksurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)