Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: TREATMENT ROOM CLINICIAN
(Nurse/Nurse Associate or Healthcare Assistant)
REPORTS TO: NURSE MANAGER
ACCOUNTABLE TO: PARTNERS (Clinically) PRACTICE MANAGERS (Administration)
HOURS: Negotiable
Job Summary:
The Treatment Room clinician will work as part of the healthcare team providing care and treatment to the patients of The Crescent Surgery and Cleveleys Group Practice.
Working as a member of the nursing team to provide integrated care in a primary care clinic setting to all patients registered with Cleveleys Group Practice and The Crescent Surgery.
Working closely with other members of the clinical team to meet agreed targets in line with QOF and National Guidelines.
To take charge of the Treatment Room when required and be responsible on those occasions for lower grades of staff and staff training.
The team sees patients with a wide range of wounds including leg ulcers, post-surgical wounds, burns and supports patients with a range of treatments including suture removal and compression.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs.
- Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler
- Removal of Sutures
- Urinalysis
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Routine Injections e.g. Zoladex, Vitamin B12 etc
- Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician.
- Processing/requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs.
- Participate in programmes for the management of long-term conditions, e.g diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease and Respiratory Disease and other relevant conditions.
- Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
- Being available and flexible to ensure the needs of emergency patients are met e.g. ECG, and bloods.
Administrative Responsibilities:
- Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs relating to needs and wellbeing.
- Inputting data on to computer and updating clinical records.
- Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs.
- Maintaining, ordering of stock and rotating items as required
- Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of the treatment room area.
- Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
- At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
- A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks.
- Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
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.
- All patients diagnosis and treatments must be held in the strictest confidence at all times.
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 recognizes 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:
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.
- The post holder is responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of a child or adult he/she is responsible for or comes into contact with
- 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.
- 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.
Additional Duties:
Undertake additional duties as may from time to time be deemed necessary.
To provide cover for other members of the nursing team due to sickness/training/annual leave/ emergency situations.
