Job responsibilities
Clinical
practice
Assess,
plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes that promote health
and well-being in line with evidence based practice.
Assess,
plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a
known chronic condition.
Proactively
identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of
developing a chronic condition as appropriate.
Work
with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments.
Prioritise
health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex,
urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency
care in line with scope of practice.
Support
patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live
healthily, and apply principles of self-care.
Support
and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical
cytology consultations.
Implement
and participate in immunisation and screening programmes for the practice
population.
Meet
the needs of patients presenting for wound care.
Provide
emergency resuscitation
Participate
in Improved Access and Extended Hours
Communication
The post-holder will communicate effectively with Nursing
colleagues and other members of the practice team regarding patients to
maintain the high standards within the practice.
Demonstrate
sensitive and appropriate communication styles to ensure patients are fully
informed and consent to treatment, using effective supportive literature where
appropriate.
Anticipate
barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
Maintain
effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice
environment and with external stakeholders.
Act
as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues.
Ensuring
that confidentiality is maintained at all times, including the storage of
records as well as the transfer of verbal and written information.
Professional
Practice
Recognise
and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by
the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Produce
accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation,
consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
Prioritise,
organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes
quality of care.
Utilise
the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and
the team, implementing improvements where required in line with re-validation
requirements.
Collaborate
on improving the quality of health care in partnership with other clinical
teams, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as
appropriate.
Support
and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
Participate
in the management and review of patient complaints, and identify learning from
clinical incidents and near-miss events using a structured framework (e.g.
significant event reporting)
Understand
and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and
abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult
health procedure and local guidance.
Take
responsibility for own development learning and performance including
Participation
in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model.
Team working
Understand
own role and scope, and identify how this may develop over time.
Work
as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring
the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
Delegate
clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice.
Prioritise
own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded
within the culture of the team.
Participate
in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care.
Remain
flexible in relation to the needs of the Practice.
Management
of risk
Manage
and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures
are in place to protect staff and patients.
Monitor
work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and
conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and
guidelines.
Ensure
safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and clinical stock.
The
post holder will take responsibility for ensuring they have undertaken
mandatory and statutory training requirements as per Practice policy.
Apply
infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national
guidelines.
Utilising
information technology
Use
accurate Read codes to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and
audit processes.
Use
templates where appropriate for coding clinical issues
Manage
information searches using the internet and local library databases, for
example, the retrieval of relevant information for patients on their condition.
Learning and
development
Disseminate
learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good
practice and inform others about current and future developments.
Actively
promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn
from each other and from external good practice.
Keep
up to date with the current developments in patient care and evidence based
practice and be able to demonstrate this during the appraisal process.
In
conjunction with your appraiser, form your own Personal Development Plan and
ensure your own training needs are regularly reviewed and updated.
Participate
in clinical supervision as per re-validation requirements.
Assess
own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
Equality and
diversity
Identify
patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity
and quality of opportunity.
Enable
others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture.
Support
people who need assistance in exercising their rights.
Monitor
and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies.
Act
as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity.
Accept
the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care
and refuse care. Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality
care.
NB: The job
description is not intended to be restrictive and may change as a result of
service requirements in consultation with the post-holder. The job description
will be formally reviewed as part of the Annual Appraisal process.