Job responsibilities
PRACTICE NURSE JOB DESCRIPTION
1. Post Requirements
The requirements of this post are
Membership of the Nursing &
Midwifery Council and as a registered practitioner you are professionally and
legally accountable under the NMC code of professional practice.
Registration qualifications
appropriate for tasks and responsibilities.
Commitment to maintain a high
professional standard of nursing care and keep up to date with all aspects of
nursing care relevant to the post.
Be aware of own limitations and
experience.
2. Summary of Role
To provide Nursing care and
treatment to patients in participation with General Practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.
To ensure that all nursing care
delivered is relevant, of a high standard and is clinically effective and to
deliver sensitive information, advice and support regarding illness, treatments
and care plans for patients and their careers.
To provide appropriate care and
follow up to patients and carers within the surgery.
To advise patients on general
health care and minor ailments with referral to the General Practitioners as
necessary.
Responsible for nurse management of
patients with chronic disease and for developing, implementing, and evaluating
care to ensure the appropriate care is delivered.
Provide womens health and family
planning services to all patients.
Offer advice about childhood and
adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group
directions.
Work collaboratively with
colleagues, networks, secondary care, CCG, and local community services and
ensure that there is a multi-agency approach to planning and organising care
through a multi-disciplinary approach.
3. Accountability
Accountable to the Partners and the
Management Team
4. Responsibilities
Access the nursing needs of patients
in the surgery, the community and housebound.
Provide appropriate care and
treatment in conjunction with the General Practitioners, or
independently,as appropriate with and according to practice policies and
protocols.
Maintain effective liaison with
other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with
otherdisciplines within the practice with appropriate regards to
confidentiality.
To assist in the formulation of
practice philosophy, strategy and policy.
General Nursing Care of the patients
in the surgery
Have a range of clinical skills
developed through experience and be competent to deal with the general nursing care according to practice policy and protocols and to
refer to a general practitioner as appropriate.
These duties will include
- Wound Care Assessment and
Management
- Removal of Sutures
- Ear Syringing
- Venepuncture
- Hypertension Management
- Immunisations, routine, and
childhood
- Travel Health advice and
immunisations
- Screening e.g., Cervical Cytology
- Advise on general health care of
minor ailments with referral to GP as necessary
- Telephone advice and support as
appropriate
- Therapeutic monitoring
-wound care and management
-Infection control and Audit
-Emergency Management- to ensure all
mandatory annual training is completed.
Assist in the provision of nursing
care both in practice and within the patients home to those patients with
chronic disease, participating in specific clinic sessions according to the
practice policy and protocols
General Treatment room duties
- Ensure that infection control
procedures are adhered to.
- Treatment rooms are kept clean, tidy,
and adequately stocked.
- Maintain and clean equipment used
by nursing team.
- Stock, maintain and rotate supplies
and equipment in conjunction with the Health Care Assistants.
- Equipment is properly cared for,
regularly serviced and any faults reported as soon as possible.
Record Keeping
- Document the assessment of need,
the delivery of care, the evaluation of the outcome of care and make
changes to the care plan for the patient and modify his/her practice with the
patient.
Ensure that or each patient
- Appropriate forms are completed
correctly
- An appropriate entry is made in the
patients medical notes (computerised)
Infection Control
- All staff have a responsibility to
appraise themselves of how the protection of the spread of
infection relates to their role. You have a responsibility to be aware of
infection control and ensure that statutory regulations are implemented and
adhered to.
Information Governance
- All staff are required to comply
with the information governance related standards and polices when dealing
with confidential information, which includes any information relating to the
business, its service users and its employees.
Education & Training
- Continuing education is essential
to ensure that the nurse is aware of up-to-date research-based evidence to
support nursing care and to ensure clinical effectiveness.
- Participate in the education and
training of students of all disciplines and the induction of all
new members of staff.
- Be responsible for teaching
learners about care delivery from the perspective of an experienced nurse.
- Undertake and cooperate with annual
appraisal and appraisal meetings and be responsible formaintaining a
record of personal and/or professional development.
Equality & 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 the practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity,
needs and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues.
- Behaving in a manner which is
welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their
circumstances, feeling, priorities and rights.
Communication
The post holder should recognise the
importance of effective communication within the teams and will strive to
- Communicate effectively with other
team members.
- Communicate effectively with
patients and carers.
Contribution to the Implementation of
Services
The post-holder will
- Apply practice policies, standards,
and guidance.
- Discuss with other members of the
team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
- Participate in audit where
appropriate.
This job description may be subject
to periodic review and amendment in consultation with the post holder.