Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

PRACTICE NURSE JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE

REPORTS TO: THE GP (Clinically)

HOURS: 15 hours

Job Summary:

Working in accordance with the UKCC Code of Conduct and Scope of Practice, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

The post-holder will work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available. A nurse with prescribing qualifications will use them appropriately.

REGISTERED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Maintain registration with NMC

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.

Liaison

Maintain effective liaison with staff in the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.

Management of Chronic Disease

• Identifying significant abnormalities
• Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals

Therapeutic Monitoring

• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using an holistic patient-centred approach
• Recognising abnormalities
• Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.

Wound Care and Management

• Assessing routine wounds including trauma
• Assessing [and prescribing where appropriate] to support good wound management in complex situations (e.g. use of Doppler technique)

Patient Health Checks

• Identifying significant abnormalities
• Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues
• Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified

Risk Assessment

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

Health Screening

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. womens and mens health, sexual health, older people)
• Undertaking monitoring tasks (e.g. smears) and providing advice as appropriate
• Providing in depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the post-holders specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans.

Travel Health

• Administering injections and providing guidance in accordance with guidelines
• Identifying problems
• Provision of specialist and evidence based support to the team.

Immunisation (Adult and Child)

• Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously
• Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.

First Contact

• Working independently or alongside the general practitioner and making decisions/ recommendations as appropriate.

Minor operations

• Assisting the general practitioner and/or undertaking some simple procedures

Ear Care

• Providing routine ear care
• Dealing with more complex problems and prescribing if appropriate.

Mental Health

• Communicating with key workers

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.

Supplies and equipment Treatment room and other areas

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

Administrative and professional responsibilities

• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.

• 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.

• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.

• Attend and participate in practice meetings as required.

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

  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.

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:

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that NMC professional development requirements for PREP are met, 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 team members
• Communicate effectively with 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.

FLEXIBILITY STATEMENT

The content of this Job Description represents an outline of the post only and is therefore not a precise catalogue of duties and responsibilities. The Job Description is therefore intended to be flexible and is subject to review and amendment in the light of changing circumstances, following consultation

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• experience of working in primary care care setting
• experience of working as a Practice Nurse
• Experience of Chronic disease management
• NMC registration

Desirable

• Experience of working in general practice

Knowledge and skils

Essential

• Ability to provide quality care
• god interpersonal skills

Desirable

• knowledge of EMIS clinical system
• basic IT skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered NURSE
• NMC membership

Desirable

• chronic disease management

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

Coseley Medical Centre

Address

32-34 Avenue Road

Coseley

Bilston

WV14 9DJ

Employer's website

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