Job responsibilities
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 and chronic disease management.
To
undertake diagnostic tests including blood glucose monitoring, PEFR and urine
analysis.
To
take and despatch safely laboratory specimens including urine, swabs and
smears.
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 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 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.
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 team, ensure the maintenance of
equipment
and stock levels relating to patient care.
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
monthly,
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.
Professional development
Maintain
continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or
necessary
for professional development.
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 members of the practice, patients and carers
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.