Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION -PRACTICE NURSE

Responsible to: GP Partners

Under the supervision of: The Clinical Nursing Lead and Senior Practice Nurse

Main purpose of post: To provide quality nursing services to patients within the Practice.

Hours of work: Full or Part time available.

Type of Contract: Permanent subject to a satisfactory six month probationary period

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of basic practice nursing services care to the practice population. Supported by senior nurses within the practice, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required.

PROFESSIONAL (the duties listed below are not exhaustive and may be subject to change/amendment as guidance changes)

To assess and treat patients with chronic conditions and ensure the smooth running of clinics within agreed protocols, and to ensure targets are met

Running well person clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise.

Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness.

Able to document consultations according to NMC guidelines

Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of abuse.

Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear tests.

Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines

Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines, including Doppler.

Suture removal.

Carry out ECGs

Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.

Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.

Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.

Assist in the provision of minor surgery.

Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).

Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.

Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration and emergency equipment.

Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times.

Chaperoning as required.

On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits and to undertake chronic disease management sessions on other sites within the practice boundary

DELIVERING A QUALITY SERVICE

Contribute to the assessment of service needs.

Assist patients to identify their health needs.

Contribute a nursing perspective to the practice development plan.

Manage and organise individual patient consultations.

Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards.

To attend staff meetings.

Ensure effective relationships and communications with other organisations and agencies.

Support the practice clinical governance agenda.

Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines.

To be able to facilitate change and work with the Practice Manager and GP Partners to develop the nursing role in line with practice requirements

Ensure that all patient contacts are recorded onto the patient database in strict accordance with practice protocols

EDUCATIONAL

Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with their line manager.

Participate in clinical supervision.

Support others with their training and development needs.

To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills.

PERSONNEL

Maintain good working relationships

Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission.

Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules.

Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning.

Facilitates a learning environment within the team.

Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues.

Awareness of own limitations and experience

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Every employee is personally responsible for the quality of the work, which they individually perform. It is their duty to seek to attain the highest standards achievable both individually and collectively within their knowledge, skills and resources available to them to deliver the Practices philosophy of pursuing quality in all its services.

UTILISING INFORMATION

• Use technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information
• Review and process data using accurate Read codes about patients in order to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
• Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases, for example, the retrieval of relevant information for patients on their condition
• Understand own and others responsibility to the individual organisation regarding the Freedom of Information Act

FLEXIBILITY

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive description of every duty performed by the Practice Nurse, but rather a guide to the type and nature of the duties. In this environment flexibility in the duties undertaken and the hours worked are essential to achieve the objectives of a smooth running practice.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

All professional staff must be registered with their professional body as appropriate e.g. NMC or HCPC, and must adhere to that bodys rules, regulations, and codes of professional conduct. Should you not have valid registration, this will normally be regarded as reason to terminate your contact of employment.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Practice attaches the greatest importance to the health and safety of its employees, bank workers, patients, visitors and contractors. You have a statutory duty to observe all health and safety rules and to take all reasonable care to promote the health and safety of yourself and others. It is important you make yourself aware of, and observe at all times, the Practice health and safety policies. The policies themselves do not form part of this agreement and may be amended at the Practice discretion. Copies are available on the Intranets. Protective clothing, where provided, should be worn as necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Good standards of education with excellent literacy and numeracy skills

Desirable

• Minimum 2 years experience post registration

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
• Interest and basic knowledge of long term conditions
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS

Desirable

• General Practice experience
• SystmOne (TPP) clinical system knowledge

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

Bradford on Avon & Melksham Health Partnership

Address

Health Centre

Station Approach

Bradford on Avon

Wiltshire

BA15 1DQ

Employer's website

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