Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Practice Nurse

Salary Level: Negotiable, dependent upon experience (based on band 6)

Hours of duty: 16-30hrs

Responsible to: GP Partners

Accountable to: GP Partners

Line Management Responsibilities: Practice Manager

Job summary:

The post holder will work towards carrying out the full range of duties below, with appropriate training and support to develop competence and build the required skills.

The role is to provide a practice nursing service to patients, including chronic disease management and other specialist areas whilst taking appropriate initiative and working independently.

The post holder works as part of the clinical team to meet the needs of patients.

The Practice has a commitment to excellent patient care, quality improvement and teaching. It is expected that all of our clinicians are actively committed to supporting these aims and participate in relevant activities when appropriate.

Job responsibilities:

Following Practice policies, protocols and guidelines, duties will include:

Responsibilities for patient care

Assess the needs of patients, providing appropriate care/treatment in conjunction with the GP, or independently as appropriate.

Refer to colleagues or other agencies as appropriate.

Provide the full range of nursing services, including venepuncture, ECG measurement, blood pressure measurement, urinalysis, vaccinations and immunisations (children and adults including travel), baby clinic, injections, cervical smears, swabs, travel services, health checks, assessment of risk factors, lifestyle advice, weight management, smoking cessation, suture removal, family planning, etc.

Manage the care of patients with long term conditions. This may include organisational responsibility for specific disease areas.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment plans for patients with long term conditions (or at risk of developing one) that meet identified needs and promote health and well-being.

Select appropriate tests for patients, and interpret and act on results where appropriate.

Support effective treatment and prescribing by working with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments, reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, and providing information and advice (including over-the-counter medication) on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.

Educate and support patients as needed, including adopting healthy lifestyles, appropriate self-care for minor illness and following care plans for long term conditions.

Assist in minor surgery procedures and IUD/implant fitting when required. (Training will be provided)

Priorities health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

Organise and/or run initiatives, including contacting patients, to improve uptake of screening, vaccinations or other services and support the achievement of targets (e.g. under the Quality and Outcomes Framework).

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records to relevant professional standards/guidelines.

Delivery of the patient service may require visiting patients at home or occasional weekend working. In particular the postholder will be expected to take part in annual flu vaccinations outside normal hours

Teaching and Training

Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and training as necessary to update skills and knowledge and maintaining a record of own personal development.

Receive review and appraisal within the Practice.

Participate in the educational and training events of the Practice.

Organisation and delivery of the appropriate parts of educational programmes for medical and nursing students, GP Registrars and other learners, taking the lead and/or directly supervising as required.

Participate in the induction of new staff, students and other attached professionals as necessary.

Contribute to and deliver in-house training sessions for clinical and non-clinical staff.

Provide training to other staff where relevant to the post.

Feed back training or other information to team where appropriate.

Provide mentorship of staff in appropriate circumstances.

Ensure clear understanding of and appropriate utilisation of services and referral

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, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will 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

Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role

Undertaking periodic infection control training annually

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

Personal/professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with 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 recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members, 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
• Participate in audit where appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Current NMC Registration
• Registered Smear Taker

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of Chronic Disease Management
• Qualified to administer childhood immunisations

Experience

Essential

• Health promotion and education
• Understanding of clinical audit
• Experience working in a primary care setting as a practice nurse
• Current EMIS user

Desirable

• Understanding the principles of clinical governance
• Understanding of different community sectors eg primarycare/ nursing home/ hospice etc
• Awareness of public health issues

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

New Islington Medical Practice

Address

Old Mill Street

Manchester

M4 6EE

Employer's website

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