Practice Nurse - Llanberis Surgery

Job description

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, o 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

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a nursing team

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working independently

Qualifications

Essential

• Practice Nurse qualifications

Desirable

• Practice Nurse qualifications

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

GP Practice in Wales

Address

Llanberis Surgery

Cae Heti

Llanberis

LL55 4SU

Employer's website

https://gpwales.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)