Nursing Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose

Supporting the delivery of specialist clinics, evidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions, management and preventative interventions to all patients.

Referrals to community based services

Participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for adults and children with support from a GPN.

Administer B12 injections under a PSD within GPS SOP.

Review patient data to work with the nursing team, to achieve focused patient healthcare

Active participation in achieving QOF, IIF and Enhanced Services targets and recall demands

To maintain mandatory training and remain current in practice

Support and encourage development of the nursing team within GPS Healthcare

Attend GPS Nurse Team meetings

Liaise with Operational Support Team for Recalls, QOF and Enhanced Services inclusive of NHS Healthchecks

Liaise with Operations team regarding new services that NAs can be involved with and how this may be implemented

To have regular communications with the Lead Nurse and nursing team

To attend regular team meetings at site/ Big conversation days

To have regular communications with the Lead Nurse and nursing team at site.

Attend external meetings as appropriate to role and development

To support lead nurse with training and development of SNAs, student nurses and junior staff.

To assist with day to day running of nurse clinics, to include stock rotation and ordering.

To ensure infection control measures and protocols adhered to within role.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Practice

The post holder will make professionally decisions, providing safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care. To include;

Health Checks

Blood Pressure, Height, Weight, BMI

NHS Health Checks including referrals

Referrals to community based services

Health and Well-being

Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies and encourage principles of self-care

Offer holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care

Weight Management & Advice

Minor Surgery

Assist GP in providing minor-surgery sessions, coil fits and implanon fittings and support the clinical team where appropriate. Ensuring samples and documentation are sent in a safe and timely manner. Complete audits and ensure stock ordering and stock rotation is completed.

Chronic Disease management

Support GPN with chronic disease management within role

Assist in the delivery of specialist clinics, evidence based practice for patients with long term conditions. Provide clinical observations and interventions following agreed guidelines for patients with chronic diseases, ie: Asthma, COPD and Diabetes. Refer as appropriate.

To be aware of QOF , IIF and UO requirements.

Emergency Care

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care. Assist with the safe transfer of patients to ambulance services or secondary care.

Wound Management

Removal of stiches and clips

Deliver wound care plan as implemented by GPN, liaise with GPN re wound changes and progress, complete documentation in patient record.

Mental health, adult and child safeguarding

Recognise patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework (NSF) for Mental Health. Raise relevant information with the duty GP.

Recognise adult and child safeguarding situations and report appropriately

Cytology

Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations, once completed the cytology course and competencies have been completed

Vaccination programmes

Provide vaccination and immunisation programmes for Adults under a PSD, once course has been successfully completed and competencies achieved.

Complete child and adult 2-day immunisation training course once received PIN from NMC. Complete competencies and once confident then offer this service.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a nursing team
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
• Management and treatment of Long Term Conditions,
• Works autonomously within clinical capacity
• Ability to utilise clinical information as an aid to planning, implementation and monitoring of patient care
• Develops audits

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nursing Associate, currently active on the NMC for Adult Nursing. Works within the NMC Code of Conduct. Fundamentals of General Practice Nursing course for NA cytology and adult and child immunization.
• Qualification and experience in a long-term condition, Asthma, COPD, Diabetes

Desirable

• As a Nursing Associate ideally one or more of the following completed qualifications, at diploma level
• Asthma
• COPD
• Diabetes

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

GPS Healthcare

Address

One Of Our GPS Healthcare Sites

GPS Healthcare

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2RA

Employer's website

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