Practice Nurse - Parc Glas Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

Meddygfa Parc Glas Surgery

Job Description

Practice Nurse

Reports to: GP partners (Clinically);Sharon Williams, Practice Manager (Administratively)

Job Summary

Work as part of the primary healthcare team providing general medical services (see job description) to the patients of the practice. To assess and manage the care of practice patients to include treatment, preventative care, screening & patient education. Recognise own training needs and work within competencies. Work independently to make clinical judgements and decisions. Reporting direct to the GPs and Practice Manager

Practice Nurse

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by GPs

• Fully competent in all Health Care Assistant tasks e.g. venepuncture, ECGs, INR monitoring, BPs, urinalysis, new patient medicals, basic dressings, ABPM, chaperoning.

• Dressings/wound care/ ulcer care management

• Assist with minor surgery

• Assist with IUD insertions

• Minor injuries

• Removal of sutures

• BPs and lifestyle advice

• Cytology

• Basic family planning/contraception advice/sexual health

• Advice and refer STIs

• Breast Awareness

• Swabs

• IM & SC Injections, inc but not limited to Depo Provera, Gonadorelins, Denosumab

• Adult Immunisations eg. tetanus, flu, pneumococcal, covid etc

• Travel advice and vaccinations

• Lifestyle advice diet, smoking, exercise & alcohol intake

• Smoking Cessation advice

• Doppler Studies

• CHD reviews & self management advice

• Recognise signs of mental health problems & when to refer

• Childhood Immunisations

• Long term condition management of 2 specialist areas Diabetes and respiratory, provide advice, comprehensive review including the alteration of medication dosages as required and medication reviews, provide patients with their own self management plan

• Take a lead role in the practices programmes of care for patients with long term conditions, cytology, immunisations

Administrative

• Ordering treatment room stock/vaccinations, to maintain adequate stock levels with due regard to the practice drug budget, practice resources and reimbursement

• When and how to liaise with specialist nurses and outside agencies

• Maintaining effective recall systems in collaboration with administrative staff

Confidentiality

In the course of 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 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, 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 & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines

• Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements

• Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff

• Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice

• Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice

• Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate

• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process

• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes

• Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.

• Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal

• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management

• Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

• Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers

• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)

• Routine management of team areas, and maintenance of work space standards

• Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection

• Spillage control procedures, management and training

• Decontamination control procedures, management and training

• Clinical equipment maintenance

• Maintenance of sterile environments

• Maintaining the cold chain

• Equipment and in date emergency drugs to treat anaphylaxis

Team Working

Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working

Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care, support local projects as agreed with the practice team

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

• Attend practice meetings. Participate in audit where appropriate. Health promotion activities. Participate in the annual flu campaign and other Public Health campaigns

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes 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-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

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 & Continual Improvement

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC

• Produce accurate and contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultations, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures including clinical coding

• Contribute to evidence based practice

• 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

• Initiate and contribute to practice development to enhance the nursing contribution and quality of care

• Effectively contribute to the practices achievement of the Quality & Outcomes Framework and take a lead role in achieving long term conditions management targets

• To do your job well and improve it!

Communication

The post-holder should recognize 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

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration Nursing Diploma

Desirable

• Nursing Degree
• Diabetes Accredited Training - Initiation/Monitoring of Insulin and GLP1s

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within primary care
• Experience of chronic disease management

Desirable

• Experience of working in general practice

Additional

Desirable

• Welsh Speaking

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

Parc Glas Surgery

Bethel, Bodorgan,

Ynys Mon

Gwynedd

LL62 5NL

Employer's website

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