Practice Nurse, Drayton Medical Practice

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

The post holder is an experienced nurse, who acting within their professional boundaries, will provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures in line with local and national guidance.

Key responsibilities

Clinical practice

Prioritise health problems and to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations.

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care

Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning, cervical cytology or sexual health consultation

Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children

Advise, support and administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad, where appropriate

Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions

Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care

Provide a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise.

Manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines and perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.

Communication

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating

Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication

Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders

Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues

Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate

Delivering a quality service

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the 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

Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation

Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities

Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required

In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate

Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care

Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation

Use a structured framework (eg root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events

Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery

Monitor and develop the performance of the GPN team in accordance with local policies

Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration
• Experience in General Practice, community or acute setting

Desirable

• Degree
• Experience as a Diabetes Nurse Specialist in General Practice, community or acute setting
• Diabetes Diploma

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 3 years post registration experience
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines

Desirable

• Recent experience in primary care nursing
• Experience in nurse-led management of long term conditions in primary care

Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Understanding and adherence to Information Governance requirements
• Ability to use own judgment and decision making skills
• Adopt a flexible approach to work including providing cover during annual leave and or sickness when able
• Excellent communication skills
• Flexibility
• Team player

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

Drayton Medical Practice

Address

8 Manor Farm Close

Drayton

Norwich

NR8 6EE

Employer's website

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