Job responsibilities
Job Description
Position PRACTICE NURSE
Accountable to NURSE MANAGER, PRACTICE MANAGER AND PARTNERS
Hours 30 -37.5 HOURS PER WEEK
(over 4 or 5 days Monday, Wednesday and Friday being essential days)
Pay £31,414-£38,317 FTE per annum (Depending on Experience)
Job Summary
The Practice Nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as infection prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease management, as well as actively supporting the practice management team in the reviewing and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.
We are looking for a practice nurse with experience in chronic disease management specifically with an accredited Respiratory qualifications, including Asthma and COPD
The post holder will have access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the organisation to provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.
Main duties may include
Cervical Cytology
Immunisations including Childhood, Travel Vaccinations and administering injections under PGD/PSD requirements
Family planning
Chronic Disease Management specifically respiratory but also Diabetes, COPD Asthma
Wound care, Dressings, Compression Bandaging and Suture Removal
Patient monitoring i.e. Anti-coagulation
Phlebotomy
Assisting with Minor Surgery & Coil Clinics
Full understanding and compliance with all Infection Control principles
Managing day to day stock control
Provide Health Education to patients and their families
Administer medications and treatments according to Clinicians orders
Assist Clinicians with patient examinations and procedures.
Provide patient care in accordance with established standards and protocols
Any other duties delegated to the post
About us
The practice consists of six GP Partners, eight Salaried GPs, two ANPs and a Clinical Pharmacist, who benefit from a supportive and forward-thinking Management and Practice Team, who all assist with the day to day running of our GMS Practice. This is a popular Practice with a growing list size of 18,000+ patients.
Our primary premises was purpose-built in 2006, and offers superb, modern facilities within the heart of Worcester City. We also have a dispensing branch surgery in the nearby rural village of Kempsey. The practice benefits from EMIS WEB clinical software and is active in the education and training of both GP Registrars and Medical Students.
All members of the staff have to be flexible and willing and able to do each others jobs. Staff must be able to offer cover for absent colleagues where necessary. All staff should be prepared to carry out any reasonable request made by a partner, doctor or the Practice management. All staff are expected to be punctual and arrive at work in enough time so that they are ready to commence their role by their contracted start time.
Place of Work
The main place of work will be based at Haresfield Surgery, but there may be occasional times where travel is required to the practices branch Surgery in Kempsey.
Health & Safety
Working within a healthcare environment, the post-holder must take responsibility for their own and others health, safety and security. This will include (but will not be limited to):
All staff within the department adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management.
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the Practice.
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 across the Practice.
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills and initiate and manage the training of others in these areas.
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed.
Actively identifying, reporting on and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other staff.
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.
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 recognises 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 that is welcoming to the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training program 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 their own performance and take accountability for their own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on their own and the teams activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patient needs.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will
strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Notes
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. This is a role which requires flexibility and adaptability and it is expected that you will participate in a wide range of activities which are appropriate to your position, level of expertise and employment grade.
