Job responsibilities
Main Purpose of the Role
To maintain a safe and effective level of practice and to bring any deficits in training to the attention of the nursing team leader so these can be addressed.
To act in a professional manner at all times and adhere to practice policies, protocols and guidelines.
To work as an effective team player
To provide continuing care to patients across the whole practice population.
To provide health maintenance and health promotional services to the well, offering educational supportive setting for patients to explore their health problems.
General nursing duties:
Chronic Disease management
Childhood immunisations
Cytology
To provide treatment of minor cuts/bruises, dressing of wounds. Removal of sutures/clips.
To provide immunisations and health advice to patients travelling abroad.
To provide telephone advice to patients
To keep up to date with Level 2 basic life support and anaphylaxis.
To ensure emergency drugs are kept up to date and to operate a system for checking expiry date of drugs and vaccines.
To maintain the nursing and treatment rooms in good order
Contraception Advise
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 patients newly registering to the practice.
To provide other general and specific advice in line with national and local health priorities.
Participate in Annual Influenza campaigns.
Risk assessment
Recognise issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs, domestic violence, child protection, vulnerable adults, senior patients, social problems).
Supplies and equipment
In participation with other members of nursing team, ensure the maintenance of equipment and stock levels relating to the patient care in the Treatment room and other clinical areas.
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 practice.
Attend and participate in practice meetings/protected learning time sessions, in-house and externally as required.
Professional development Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development and re-validation.
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment. Patients entrust us with, ort allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and wellbeing. They do so in confidence and have a 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 and 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 and Safety:
The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health and safety and security as defined in the Health and safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
Identifying risks involving in the work place activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintain work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity
The post holder will support the equality 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, which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development.
The post holder will participate in any training implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participating 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 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 of 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.
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 policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
Participate in audit where appropriate