Enhanced General Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description Enhanced General Practice Nurse

Job summary

The post holder will provide and maintain a high standard of chronic disease management for patients with chronic diseases (especially respiratory and diabetes), which includes the diagnosis, monitoring and development of patients individual management plans and agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals.

Main duties of the job

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, through the management of chronic diseases.

The focus of the role is both the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with a long-term condition, and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population.

Job responsibilities

Main duties:

Management of long-term conditions: involvement, implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines

Work with patients to support compliance with, and adherence to, prescribed treatments

Wound care / ulcer care / removal of sutures

Health promotion and NHS health checks

Urinalysis

ECGs

Venepuncture according to local guidelines

Blood pressure / hypertension reviews / Ischaemic Heart Disease reviews

Routine adult and child injections and immunisations / travel immunisations

Initiate, perform and interpret diagnostic procedures as appropriate for chronic disease management

Womens health checks including contraception, sexual health and cervical cytology

Support recall procedures, appropriate literature and health promotion, and audit

Adherence to infection control policies

Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, single use equipment and general treatment room equipment

Maximise Quality Outcomes Framework income

Experience of audit and research

To take responsibility for own professional development and undertaking training for specific clinical tasks

Attend mandatory training courses and updates and any study days as appropriate to post

Participate in yearly appraisal, personal development plan and revalidation

You may be requested to undertake other duties/tasks that have not been identified in this job description and these will be discussed prior to undertaking them.

Other Responsibilities within the Practice:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies / guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

A commitment to life-long learning, evaluation and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.

Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.

Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality:

While 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:

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 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/Professional Development:

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, 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.

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

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

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

• NMC registration
• Primary care experience
• Experience in chronic disease / long term conditions

Desirable

• We are keen to work with the right candidate.
• We would welcome a conversation to discuss the role if training will be required in certain aspects, to establish full competency.

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

Almondsbury Surgery (Hanham Health)

Address

Almondsbury Surgery

Sundays Hill

Almondsbury

Bristol

BS32 4DS

Employer's website

https://www.almondsburysurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)