Job responsibilities
Mission statement
Llanfyllin Group Practice aims to be a leading local provider of clinical care and a wide range of health care services to the community and practice area; meeting national standards on best clinical practice
Generic responsibilities
All staff at Llanfyllin Group Practice have a duty to conform to the following:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A good attitude and positive action towardsEquality Diversity & Inclusion(ED&I) creates an environment where all individuals can achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons it improves operational effectiveness; it is morally the right thing to do and it is required by law.
Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.
Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that they treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.
Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)
This organisation is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing, and safety.
The post holder is to manage and assess risk within their areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients, and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team, and others and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.
All personnel are to comply with the:
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Environment Act 1995
Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999
Coronavirus Act 2020
Other statutory legislation which may be brought to the post holders attention
Confidentiality
The organisation is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality.
It is essential that, if the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained, all staff must protect patient information and provide a confidential service.
Quality and Continuous Improvement (CI)
To preserve and improve the quality of this organisations output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work.
The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the organisation, to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice, and to discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.
Llanfyllin Group Practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.
Staff should interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice.
All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.
Induction
At Llanfyllin Group Practice, you will be required to complete the induction programme and the practice management team will support you throughout the process.
Learning and development
The effective use of training and development is fundamental to ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude, and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake in and complete mandatory training as directed by their line manager. It is an expectation for this post holder to assess their own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
The post holder will undertake mentorship for team members, and disseminate learning and information gained to other team members, to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences).
The post holder will provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.
Managing information
All staff should use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in the planning, implementation and monitoring of care, and presenting and communicating information.
Data should be reviewed and processed using accurate SNOMED/read codes to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.
Primary responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
a. Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
b. Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients
c. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
d. Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
e. Provide wound care
f. Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
g. Request pathology services as necessary
h. Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
i. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
j. Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
k. Maintain chronic disease registers
l. Chaperone patients where necessary
m. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
n. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
o. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
p. Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
q. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
r. Contribute to practice targets (QIF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
s. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
t. Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
u. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
v. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
w. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
x. To participate in and support an effective care management programme for the frail and housebound patients registered at the practice
Secondary responsibilities
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Advanced Nurse Practitioner may be requested to:
a. Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
b. To act as a mentor to students and newly qualified staff
c. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
d. Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
e. Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the organisation
f.Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
g.Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)