Nurse Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities:

Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness

• Triage and treat patients wishing to see a health care professional, both via telephone and face to face.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments, with referral to other members of the primary and secondary care health teams as necessary.
• Prescribe confidently for a range of areas commonly seen in primary care.
• Follow up investigations and actions from patient generated work.
• Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations.

The practice may also, on occasions, require you to undertake general nursing duties in accordance with your skill and competence level.Administration and professional responsibilities

• Maintain registration with the NMC and independent prescriber qualification.
• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
• Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately
• Ensure appropriate coded entries are made for reports and audit
• Attend and participate in practice meetings as required
• Restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms as required.
• Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients records
• Maintain CPD to ensure appropriate decision making in relation to local and national guidelines.

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 organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & 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

• 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 which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
• 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 which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal Development:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
• Attend all relevant updates.
• Inform the Practice Manager of any concerns regarding your role.
• Be aware of own boundaries and what to do when you have reached them.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Work to practice protocols.
• 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 recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members, clinical and non clinical.
• Be familiar in all mediums of communications such as email, tasks, telephone etc.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
• Communicate effectively to outside agencies.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Person Specification
• Experience
• Experience of consulting with patients and making independent decisions.
• Experience of a range of areas commonly seen in primary care.
• Confident prescriber.
• Previous experience of primary care.
• Experience of working with SystmOne would be desirable.
• Qualifications
• Registration with the NMC.
• Independent Prescriber Qualification.
• Skills & Abilities
• Be aware of own limitations and of relevant guidelines.
• Able to make decisions promptly
• Know when to ask for help and when to work independently
• Be a positive team player
• Be committed to the practice and improvement of services.
• Flexibility
• Ability to work flexibly to attend meetings and training
• Applicant Privacy Notice
• Job applications and adverts are retained after the closing date, depending on the relevant closing date for the advert, and then deleted. If you have applied for a position via an employment agency, such as Indeed, they will be able to provide you with their own privacy notice. We will retain all candidate applications for 12 months, in the event of another position arising that we wish to offer you. After such a time we will securely dispose of your information. Your personal data that we hold will be relevant to purposes relating to your application and our recruiting process and limited only to those purposes.
• Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
• Ability to commute/relocate:
• Wimborne, BH21 1NL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
• Licence/Certification:
• NMC Registration & Prescribing Qualification (required)
• Work Location: In person

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

Walford Mill Medical Centre

Address

Knobcrook Road

Wimborne

Dorset

BH21 1NL

Employer's website

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