PCN Nursing Associate

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Professional:

• Provide continuing care to patients across the practice population.
• Treatment room duties in line with competency e.g. Suture/clip removal, Basic wound care, ECG, Phlebotomy, Urinalysis
• Assessment and planning of delegated care
• Monitoring of long-term conditions and well-being of service users including escalation of interventions when necessary
• Administering of Medication in accordance within regulatory guidelines for Nursing Associates
• Assist with the implementation and monitoring of clinical care and monitor outcomes
• Contribute to ongoing assessment recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment
• Be able to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
• Communicate effectively with other members of the primary health care team.
• Preserve confidentiality.
• Empathise with, and support people to improve and maintain their mental and physical health and wellbeing
• Pro-actively prevent and protect against disease and ill health and act in the best interests of service users, carers, families and communities cared for
• Use knowledge and experience to make evidence based decisions and solve problems
• Recognise and work within the limits of their competence
• Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers given
• Participate in Quality Improvement activities
• Be responsible for own actions
• Act professionally at all times.
• Any other duties considered relevant to the post.

Managerial:

• Assist patients to identify their health needs.
• Maintain accurate records in line with practice policy and NMC Guidelines using appropriate computer software.
• Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
• Responsible for the maintenance of equipment and stock control
• Attend staff meetings.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
• Preserve confidentiality of information gained at all times.

Educational:

• Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the Joint Nurse Leads
• Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and or professional development.
• Participate fully in practice audit and quality development programmes.
• Participate in formal tutorials and informal training of student nurses and GP trainees in the practice.

Management of Chronic Disease:

• To develop knowledge base and support the management of Chronic Disease patients within the primary care setting
• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic patient cantered approach.
• Recognising abnormalities.

Research projects:

• Co-operate and participate as required in any research projects within the practice.

Health and Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
• Reporting potential risks identified.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner that is welcoming of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Confidentiality:

The post holder must maintain confidentiality of information in accordance with professional and practice policy. The post holder may access information only on a need to know basis in the direct discharge of duties and divulge information only in the proper course of duties.

Safeguarding:

• To recognise that promoting the welfare and safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyones business and access training and supervision as appropriate to the role.
• To support the organisation in ensuring service users are protected from abuse or the risk of abuse and their human rights are respected and upheld.
• To ensure concerns are responded to appropriately in line with the organisations Safeguarding Adults Policy and the Child Protection Policy and interagency safeguarding procedures.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

The main duties and responsibilities shown above are not exhaustive but should merely be regarded as a guide. The post-holder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the practice needs at that time. These will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the challenging needs of the practice. The post-holder will be expected to participate in this process and the practice would aim to reach agreement to changes.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nursing Associate with the NMC.
• Completion of Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Detailed knowledge and understanding of appropriate procedures and treatment plans
• Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
• Ability to recognise own limitations in the context of the nursing associate role
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to Quality Improvement.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a Primary Care Setting.
• Experience of working with patients with long term conditions.
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate trainees, other learners and care support workers as required within clinical settings.
• Able to work with patients and staff in emotional circumstances e.g. terminal illness or bereavement
• Experience using Emis Web
• Significant experience within a health/care setting relevant to the role.
• GCP / Research Experience

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Manage the boundaries of the patient / associate nurse relationship effectively, and to behave professionally at all times
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
• Understands the importance of team working
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Able to meet deadlines
• Good IT skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ongoing training and commitment to development
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication with patients, relatives, carers and all members of multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to work with patients from a diverse range of religious, cultural and social backgrounds to meet their needs.
• Flexible and adaptable to change

Desirable

• Able to work weekends on a rota basis

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).