Job responsibilities
To
work autonomously, the NP or ANP is responsible for consulting with patients who wish
to be seen by a health care professional; diagnosing and treating patients
presenting with minor illness; seeing and advising people in respect of their
continuing medical and nursing needs. All consultations will be recorded on SystmOne,
the clinical IT system. NP or ANP is required to conduct both telephone and F2F appointments
at ten-minute intervals. Intermittently there is a requirement to see extra or
emergency patients and carry out home visits for an agreed cohort of patients. The nurse practitioner will need to
prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly, making any necessary
referrals for investigations in a timely appropriate manner. Patients with
conditions requiring referral to secondary
care are discussed with the registered GP before making such a referral.
Croft Medical Centre is part of the North Solihull PCN
and we are working together at scale in order to provide extended access.
Diagnosing
and treating patients
Triage and
treat patients presenting with minor illnesses to see a health care
professional, making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary
health care team.
Ensure
clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of
competence and to acknowledge individual limitations.
Advise
patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to other
members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.
Undertake
the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples,
swabs etc. Perform appropriate investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.
Administration and
profession responsibilities
Participate
in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.
All patient
activities are completed daily.
Ensure
accurate and legible notes of all consultations and management plans are
recorded in the patients notes on the clinical system, SystmOne.
Ensure
accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient
health care and registration with the practice.
Ensure
collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and
ad hoc reports and audit.
Attend and
participate in practice meetings and mandatory training sessions.
Undertake
the on line training and other training pertinent to the role of NP or ANP as agreed
with the Practice Manager/Partners.
Training - 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.
Maintain
continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or
necessary for professional development, ensure PREP requirements are met.
If it is
necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full
training will be given.
Liaison
As well as
the nursing team, there is a need to work closely with reception and admin
staff to ensure the smooth running of the practice, reporting any problems
encountered to the relevant person and ensuring everyone is aware of the
different roles within the nursing team.
There is
also the need to establish and maintain good liaison with other surgeries and
agencies, including secondary care.
Meetings
It will be necessary to attend and contribute
to relevant practice meetings as requested.
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment, patients
entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to
their health and other matters. They do
so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their
privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in
this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential
information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other
healthcare workers. They may also have
access to information relating to the practice as a business organization. All such information from any source is to be
regarded as strictly confidential.
Health & Safety:
The
post-holder will participate in a full range of promotion and management of
their own and others health and safety and infection control, as defined in
the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety
manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published
procedures. This will include (but will
not be limited to):
Using
personal security systems within the workplace according to practice
guidelines.
Awareness of
national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory /
contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.
Responsible
for correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection,
labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport
arrangements.
Management
and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including
provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff.
Ownership of
infection control and clinically based patient care protocols and
implementation of those protocols across the practice.
Active
observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to
infection control, cleanliness and related activities ensuring that procedures
are followed and weakness / training needs are identified, escalating issues as
appropriate.
Identifying
the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way
that manages those risks across clinical and patient process.
Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and
manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and
patient processes.
Monitoring
practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control along with
other members of the nursing team, ensuring that provision of hand-cleansing
facilities, wipes etc. are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working
environment. Lack of facilities to be
escalated as appropriate.
Safe
management of sharps procedures, including training, use, storage and disposal.
Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy,
clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action
where needed or escalation to responsible management.
Actively identifying, reporting, and correction
of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognized.
Keeping own work areas and general / patient
areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in
relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility
in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in
consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers.
Undertaking periodic infection control
training.
Routine management of own areas, and
maintenance of work space standards.
Waste Management, including collection, handling,
segregation, container management, storage and collection.
Spillage control procedures management.
Decontamination control procedures, management
and training, and equipment maintenance.
Maintenance of sterile environments.
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children.
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 recognizes 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 to and
of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances,
feelings, priorities and rights.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality
within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality
and risk.
Assess own performance and take accountability
for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve
and enhance the teams performance.
Work effectively with individuals in other
agencies to meet patients needs.
Effectively manage own time, workload and
resources.
Communication:
The
post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within
the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team
members.
Communicate effectively with patients and
carers.
Recognize peoples needs for alternative
methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the implementation of services:
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.
