Job responsibilities
Job Title: Practice
Nurse
Band: 6a
Purpose of post: Experienced
Practice Nurse to assist medical personnel in the care of patients including
treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education.
Responsible to: Practice Manager
Accountable to: Practice Manager
Major duties and responsibilities
1. To
arrange and supervise programmes of assessment, screening and treatment
together with general health education advice:
a) The provision of nursing services
for the Practice, including working with doctors and other practice
professionals as appropriate.
b) Provide nursing treatments to
patients in conjunction with the general practitioners or independently to
agreed laid down protocols.
c) To arrange for general and specific
health screening to practice patients - subject to agreed protocols - and with
referrals to general practitioners as necessary.
d) To arrange for patients to be
advised on general health care and minor ailments with onward reference to
general practitioners if necessary.
e) To administer childhood/ adult
vaccinations in accordance with national standards.
2. Treatment
room - supplies and equipment:
a) In conjunction with the senior
Practice Nurse, make sure consulting/treatment rooms are fully stocked with
equipment and clinical consumables relating to patient care.
b) To clean all medical equipment in an
appropriate manner.
3. Pathological
specimens and investigatory procedures:
a) To collect pathological specimens
including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears, etc. for investigatory
procedures requested by the general practitioners.
b) To hold and store all specimens
correctly for collection by the laboratory messengers. Ensure
they are collected and stored in accordance with laid down clinical
procedures. Special regard must be paid
to COSSH regulations.
4. Infection Control:
a)
To take on the Infection
Control champion responsibilities if needed.
b) To perform and participate in Infection
Control Audit at both sites.
c) To comply with infection control
standards and policies.
5. Professional responsibilities:
To ensure communication between the
practice nurses and the rest of the medical centre team by:
a) Ensuring that details of all
consultations and presentations by patients are properly recorded on the SystmOne
computer system.
b) Complete all necessary health authority
and other documentation as required by the practice, such as child vaccine
returns
c) To attend and participate in
appropriate meetings.
d) To assist the senior Practice Nurse
carrying out practice philosophy, strategy, procedures and general policy.
e) To assist fully in the clinical
governance procedures of the medical centre to ensure safe practice and a
continuous review of quality standards.
f)
To
participate in the team philosophy of the medical centre.
6. Audit and
research:
To participate with the partners
and other clinical staff as required in any audit or research projects within
the practice.
7. Education
and training of practice staff:
a) Participate in the education and
training of students of all disciplines.
b) Maintain awareness of current clinical
developments and trends by reading and researching current articles to maintain
up to date clinical standards.
8. Professional
education/development:
a) To take part in the practice annual
appraisal scheme and to develop a personal development plan.
b) To review personal training needs at
least annually.
c) To attend appropriate courses and
continuing education to maintain the above
9. Other
Any other reasonable duties that are
appropriate to the post of practice nurse as required by the medical centre.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST
a) Registered general nurse
b) Membership of a professional nursing
body
c) To work in accordance with the NMC code
of conduct
d) Ability to self-motivate, organise and
prioritise the workloads of the practice nursing team
e) Excellent communication skills with
other disciplines with the practice.