Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities once appropriately certified and trained:
Phlebotomy/ Venepuncture
Blood
Pressure & Pulse Monitoring
Assisting
in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
including: Height, Weight, BMI, Smoking Status, Alcohol Status
Lifestyle
Advice and raising awareness of health and well-being and how it can be
promoted
NHS Health
Checks
Urinalysis
Requesting pathology tests: eg urine culture
ECG
recording
24 hour BP
& 24 Hour ECG Monitoring
Wound
& Ulcer Care: Dressings including Compression Bandaging & Stocking
Measurements
Clip &
Suture Removal
Dopplers
Patient
Health & Chronic Disease Checks as per Clinical Protocols & Training
Diabetic
Foot Checks
INR
Monitoring Clinics
Injections
& Immunisations as per Patient Specific Directives
Ear Checks
and Wax Removal
Peak Flow readings & Spirometry
Preparing
and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient
care interventions, including assisting GPs during the performance of minor
operations & womens health clinics
Sexual
Health C-Card Duties
Re-stocking
and stock rotation
Undertake housekeeping duties including, general
tidiness and cleanliness of clinical rooms
Sterilising,
cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
Vaccine/cold
chain storage, monitoring and recording when required
Maintaining & Ordering of Health Promotion
Literature, Medical Stock, Consumables and vaccinations if required
Undertaking
specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and
taught specifically in relation to that individual
Advise Senior Nurse Manager or GPs of potential problems or errors within the
range of assigned tasks
Attend and participate in any practice meetings
when required.
Participation in administrative systems in the
practice
Any other duties as required and trained
appropriately to provide
Special Requirements of the Post
At all times there will be a need to maintain
accurate records
An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the
need for strict confidentiality
A commitment to maintain a high professional
standard of care and keep training and professional development plan up to date
at all times
A commitment to ensure all Health and Safety
requirements and Infection Control measures are met and to report any problems
to the Practice Nurses
A commitment to the effective use of Practice and
NHS resources
An awareness of own limitations and experience
Cooperate with annual appraisal meetings
Assisting with the training new members of staff
and trainee students
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 implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management
of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in
the Practice Health & Safety policy, Staff Handbook, and the Practice
Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will
not be limited to):
Using personal security systems within
the workplace according to practice guidelines
Awareness of national standards of
infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional
requirements, and good practice guidelines
Responsible for the correct and safe
management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling,
use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
Management and maintenance of Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice, including provision, ordering,
availability and ongoing correct usage by staff
Responsible for hand hygiene across the
practice
Ownership of infection control and
clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols
across the practice
Active observation of current working
practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and
related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses /
training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
Identifying the risks involved in work
activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
across clinical and patient process
Making effective use of training to
update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others
across the full range of infection control and patient processes
Monitoring practice facilities and
equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand
cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical
working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
Safe management of sharps procedures
including training, use, storage and disposal
Using appropriate infection control
procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way,
free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or
escalation to responsible management
Actively identifying, reporting, and
correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when
recognised
Keeping own work areas and general /
patient areas generally clean, sterile, 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 sector managers
Undertaking periodic infection control
training (minimum annually)
Routine management of own team / team
areas, and maintenance of work space standards
Waste management including collection,
handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
Spillage control procedures, management
and training
Decontamination control procedures,
management and training, and equipment maintenance
Maintenance of sterile environments
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding
and promoting the welfare of children.
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 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 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
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
