Job responsibilities
Job title: Practice
Nurse
Accountable to: Practice Manager and GP Partners
Hours: 30 hours
per week
Job summary:
This job
description is not exhaustive and is intended to provide an outline of the key
tasks and responsibilities only.
The post holder is responsible for the
delivery of basic nursing, examination and consultation skills to the whole
practice population.
As
an autonomous practitioner the post holder is responsible for the care
delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical
decision-making in the management of patients. In addition, they will work
collaboratively within the general practice team to meet the needs of patients,
support the delivery of policies and procedures, and provide nurse leadership
as required.
Key responsibilities:
Professional
Offer a holistic approach to travel
health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel
including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun
protection
Offer advice about childhood and
adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient
group directions
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 child 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
Suture removal
Take ECGs
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, sterilizer
and emergency equipment
Confidentially of information
gained at work must be preserved at all times
Managerial
Contribute to the assessment of
service needs
Assist patients to identify their
health needs
Contribute a nursing perspective to
the practice development plan
Aware of identification and
reporting procedures related to professional standards
To attend staff meetings
Support the Practice clinical
governance agenda
Identify changes to clinical
practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines
Educational
Identify personal development and
training needs in conjunction with the 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 industrial relations
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
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
Professional Practice
Recognise
and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by
the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Produce
accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation,
consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
Prioritise,
organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes
quality of care.
Utilise
the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and
the team, implementing improvements where required in line with re-validation
requirements.
Support
and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
Participate
in the management and review of patient complaints, and identify learning from
clinical incidents and near-miss events using a structured framework (e.g.
significant event reporting)
Understand
and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and
abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult
health procedure and local guidance.
Take
responsibility for own development learning and performance including participation
in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model.
Team working
Understand
own role and scope, and identify how this may develop over time.
Work
as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring
the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
Prioritise
own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded
within the culture of the team.
Participate
in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care.
Utilising information technology
Use
accurate Read codes to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and
audit processes.
Use
templates where appropriate for coding clinical issues
Manage
information searches using the internet and local library databases, for
example, the retrieval of relevant information for patients on their condition.
