Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Cranes Park Road Surgery

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE

REPORTS TO: DOCTOR (Clinically) & THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS:5 hours, Wednesday (times negotiable)

Job Summary:

The practice nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the patients of the Practice. To assist medical personnel in the care of practice patients to include treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education.

Job Responsibilities:

General nursing duties

To provide nursing services to patients, including treatment, screening, advice and minor therapeutic procedures.

To run special clinics for patients including family planning, child health surveillance, vaccinations, cervical cytology, warfarin monitoring and chronic disease management.

To undertake diagnostic tests including blood glucose monitoring, PEFR and urine analysis.

To advise on and supervise patients use of devices including MDIs, PEFR meters, urinary diagnostic stix, blood glucose monitoring and nebulisers.

To take and despatch safely laboratory specimens including blood, urine, swabs and smears.

To provide ear syringing, treatment for cuts and bruises, dressings of wounds and leg ulcers and removal of sutures.

To provide immunisations for all ages and diseases and to know the contra-indications and side effects of vaccinations.

To provide immunisations and health advice to patients travelling abroad.

To provide telephone advice to patients and occasional home visits where appropriate and within levels of competence.

To keep up to date with resuscitation techniques.

To ensure emergency drugs are kept up to date and to operate a system for checking expiry dates of drugs and vaccines.

To maintain the nursing and treatment rooms in good order

Health promotion

To give lifestyle advice to patients including advice on smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and exercise.

To provide new registration health checks for all new patients registering with the practice.

To provide well-person advice such as breast and cervical screening and HRT.

To provide health advice to patients concerning risks of heart disease and cancer, including those with a personal and/or family history.

To provide other general and specific advice in line with national and local health priorities.

Practice lead for Sepsis pathway.

Management of Chronic Disease (this includes diabetes, asthma, Hypertension, COPD, CVA/ TIA, CHD, and CHD risk assessment and management).

Identifying significant abnormalities and monitoring and development of individual

management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals.

Participation in annual influenza campaign (which may include paid overtime at evenings / mornings / weekends).

Risk Assessment

Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domestic violence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems)

Supplies and equipment Treatment room and other areas

In participation with the nurse manager and nurse team, ensure the maintenance of equipment and stock levels relating to patient care.

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

Following appropriate training, undertake the collection, storage and despatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment so used. Perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.

Administrative and professional responsibilities

Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes on the clinical computer system as appropriate.

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.

Attend and participate in practice meetings as required, practice meetings are held quarterly, the nurse on duty is expected to attend. Clinical and significant event meetings are typically held monthly, the nurse on duty is expected to attend.

Assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy and develop appropriate protocols.

Research projects

Co-operate and participate as required in any research projects within the practice.

Liaison

Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.

Professional development

Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development.

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.

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 recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other members of the practice, patients and carers

Recognize 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified RGN/RN

NMC registered

Chronic disease management

Primary Care Experience

Desirable

Triage experience

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified RGN/RN
• NMC registered
• Chronic disease management
• Experience working in primary care

Desirable

• Triage experience

Knowledge and skills

Desirable

• Basic IT skills
• EMIS Web experience

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

Cranes Park Road Surgery

Address

25 Cranes Park Road

Sheldon

Birmingham

West Midlands

B26 3SE

Employer's website

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