Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• In accordance with the services needs the post-holder will make him or her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including cervical smear tests, post-operative and basic dressings, HRT reviews, Pill Checks, Immunisations (Baby (& Travel if trained)), BP checks, Asthma and COPD checks, setting up intravenous drugs, diabetic reviews, Spirometry and Warfarin Monitoring if trained.
• Assessing the health needs of patients with chronic health needs and using your own judgment to assess whether further input is needed.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Contributing to coding requirements and recording data appropriately.
• Contributing to PCN requirements and recording data appropriately.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health-related illnesses.
• Screening patients for health education.
• Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a practice nurse working within primary care, as set by Royal College Nursing and the Nursing and Midwifery Council and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.

Additional Responsibilities

The responsibilities listed below are not essential for the role but are desirable although dependent on the qualifications you may or may not have.

• Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing to the practice audit programme as required.
• Take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: coordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
• Working in clinics to provide enhanced services for patients in the community.
• Attending multi-disciplinary meetings to interpret results and plan for patient care.

Personal & Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training program implemented by the Confederation as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Mandatory training such as basic life support and fire training
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Communication:

The post-holder will 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, including use of interpreters.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Confed, 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

Confidentiality:

• While 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 postholder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, staff, and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the 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 Confederation may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Able to demonstrate ongoing work towards your professional development and revalidation requirements.
• Well-developed IT skills and an enthusiasm for new applications and software
• Good time management and highly organised
• Ability to use initiative, judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

Desirable

• Interest in quality improvement work
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors when appropriate
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible to work in the UK
• Full registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Certificates for Practice Nurse Training and cervical Smears Training with relevant registration numbers.

Desirable

• Experience working within the NHS or Primary Care
• Experience or training to work in Enhanced Services Clinics with any of the following specialisms
• Travel Vaccinations and Advice
• Warfarin Monitoring
• Spirometry and Reversibility
• FENO
• Cannulation and administering IV medications

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

The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC

Address

1A, Civic Centre, High Street

Uxbridge

Middlesex

UB8 1UW

Employer's website

https://www.theconfederationhillingdon.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)