Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
To lead and
supervise the practice nursing team, in collaboration with the General
Practitioners and practice manager, in order to develop an effective, quality
driven nursing service.
To ensure
that the skills and capacity of the whole practice nursing team are deployed to
best effect to meet the needs of the practices patients.
To provide
clinical care for practice patients. Diabetes, COPD, IUD and Implanon fitting
experience preferred but clinical caseload according to current skills and
future ambitions, within the context of the whole nursing team.
To implement
new clinical services after agreement by the practice.
To act as
the practice lead for better working with other nursing services providing care
for our patients.
Leadership/Management
Responsibilities:
General:
Attend
practice/primary care meetings updating the partners and management with
relevant information.
Have regular
meetings with the nursing team to understand any clinical or organisation
problems.
Work closely
with the practice manager to manage staff within the nursing team.
Recruitment:
Participate
in the recruitment of new staff when the need arises and ensure that they are
inducted fully into the practice.
Training:
Work with management
to ensure, through the appraisal process, that all staff have a training plan
and keep themselves professionally updated.
Ensure that
all staff have refresher training in core work activities such as health and safety,
manual handling, resuscitation etc.
Identify
training needs of the nursing team and actively promote life-long learning, and
continuous improvement.
Absence:
Support the practice
manager where necessary so that all staff who have been absent have a return to
work interview and are supported appropriately when they return to work.
Clinical
Practice:
Practice
independently in accordance with UKCC code of conduct and with reference to practice
guidelines, appropriately referring to GPs and other professionals.
The work of
the team includes:
Chronic
Disease Management:
Working with
other health care professionals and in line with policy, to diagnose, monitor
and manage patients with:
Diabetes
COPD
Hypertension
CHD
Asthma
Obesity
The post holder
will have a leading role in ensuring high standards of care including achieving
QOF targets in all disease areas.
Wound Care
and Management:
Assessing
routine wounds including trauma.
Assessing to
support good wound management in complex situations.
Prevention
and Health Promotion:
Working with
patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health
problems are identified.
Identifying
health trends and public health issues and working with the team and others to combat
these and promote increased physical activity, healthy eating, smoking
cessation, safe alcohol drinking and sexual health.
Risk
Assessment:
Recognising
issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (eg drugs;
domestic violence; child protection; vulnerable adults; social problems).
Health
Screening:
Ensure the
Practice delivers on its role as part of the national screening program.
Travel
Health:
Provision of
specialist and evidence-based support to the team.
Immunisation
(Adult and Child):
Working with
public health initiatives ensuring the work of the team is up to date.
Leading the
team in achieving the immunisation guidelines and targets.
Minor
Surgical and Nursing Procedures:
Leading the
development of the nurses role in the delivery of the service.
Mental
Health; Learning Difficulties; Physical Disability:
Ensuring
that appropriate systems are in place for effective patient care and
monitoring.
Implement
new clinical services and continually improve quality of existing services:
Implement
new clinical services after agreement by the practice.
Lead on the
development of the nursing team (as the service needs change and evolve).
Attend meetings and disseminating to the practice.
Advance
clinical nursing practice in the wider nursing team through the development of
shared, evidence-based practice guidelines.
Lead the
development and monitoring of key quality markers for clinical practice.
Plan,
develop, implement, and evaluate new health promotion and chronic disease
management services.
Actively
participate in educational programmes for whole Primary Health Care Team,
including medical students and GP Registrars, in relation to areas of clinical
and practice nursing expertise.
Provide
professional advice to the partners on practice developments, recommending
changes to working practices in line with evidence based knowledge.
Develop
links with other local organisations that deliver health improvement programmes
and/or work on the improving the wider determinants of health to ensure that
Practice services are synergistic with those wider services as far as possible
Other
duties:
To read and
follow all standard operating procedures, including CQC
protocols, at all times,
maintaining the highest levels of service delivery to patients, doctors, staff
and external providers.
To read and
follow the approved Information Governance policy, at all times maintaining the
highest levels of confidentiality regarding patient, colleague and commercial
information and to report any breach or suspected breach immediately.
At all
times, to maintain the highest standards of behaviour, to comply with and
follow practice policies, protocols and procedures e.g. health & safety,
equality & diversity and to report any breach or suspected breach
immediately.
To provide
cover for members of the nursing team during periods of sickness and annual
leave.
To undertake
regular mandatory training and personal development, to keep PDP and
professional registration up to date and to attend staff meetings. To achieve
Level 2 in safeguarding children training within 6 weeks of being in post.
To undertake
any other activities that may from time to time be reasonably requested by the management
team or the Partners.