AddressPOST: Practice Nurse and/or Nurse Practitioner (Depending on skill and experience) RESPONSIBLE TO: Practice Manager ACCOUNTABLE TO: GP Partners HOURS: 25-37.5 hours per week BASED AT: Burvill House Surgery, Hatfield, Herts Main job responsibilities: Provide general and specific health screenings to the Practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary. To include health screening assessments and health education to patients and their families. Chronic disease management. Undertake nurse led clinics asthma, COPD and diabetic.
Ear irrigation Dressings and wound management, including suture/clip removal and leg ulcer management. To undertake investigation procedures including ECG/ Urinalysis and routine observations when required. Childhood and adult immunisations in accordance with national guidelines including childhood vaccines, travel and flu, Vitamin B12 and Zoladex/decapeptyl and nebido injections. Womens health including cervical screening, contraception, administering Depo injections and menopause advice.
Completing both Pill checks and HRT checks. Aiding the completion of Post Natal checks also. Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness: Organise and coordinate the provision of nursing services for the Practice to include the delegation of duties to other members of the Practice nurse team as appropriate. Attend meetings and training at Practice and PCN level.
Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations. Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including blood glucose and ketone measurements and swabs etc. Perform investigatory procedures requested by the GPs. Administration and professional responsibilities: Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team.
Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes. Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded and amended. Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the Practice Manager. Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit.
Be an active participant in auditing clinical practice and assisting with the safe running of the practice. To partake in Nurse meetings and practice regular self-reflection, ensuring further training needs and development are addressed. Support and help supervise when required, less experienced members of the clinical team. Supplies and equipment: Ensure equipment is used and stored as per manufacturers recommendations.
Liaise with HCA and other Practice Nurses on ordering of stock. Ensure all stock is stored correctly in accordance with COSHH regulations. Complete daily safety checks of the clinical spaces, including ensuring the cold chain is maintained at all times. Report any equipment that does not fulfil manufacturers operating criteria to Practice Manager Training and personal development: Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with Practice requirements.
Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the Practice. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments. Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the introduction of all members of the Practice staff where appropriate. Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development.
If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given. Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan Liaison: Maintain effective liaison with other health care teams concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the Practice. 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 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 assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines Identifying the risks involved in work 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, maintaining 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, diversity 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-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Communication: The post-holder should 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.
