Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
Post
Practice Nurse
Reporting to
Nursing Services Manager
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To work as a Practice Nurse within the organisation taking responsibility for assessing the nursing needs of patients attending surgery with a broad range of long term illnesses.
All duties and responsibilities to be carried out in accordance with protocols developed by the Nursing Team and in agreement with the Nurse Clinical lead.
To provide a high quality, evidence based easily accessible service for patients. To be able to time manage during clinics to ensure a seamless service that is delivered on time, as far is reasonably practical, to the patients.
To work with the Senior Nurses in liaisons with the site Team Leaders on a day to day basis and particularly with regard to arrangements for patient recall and review, holidays and rotas, and as a member of the surgery team.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To provide treatment room nursing care. To include wound management, venepuncture, ECG, routine injection and urinalysis.
- To assess and treat minor illness and injury in accordance with protocols. To discharge or refer patients as appropriate.
- To provide a triage service for patients, including by telephone, offering advice if appropriate in accordance with protocols.
- To organise medication and wound dressings with a GP / Non Medical Prescriber as part of a plan of care for an individual patient as needed.
- To assess those patients wishing to travel. To offer basic vaccination, malaria prophylaxis and advice about where to seek more specialist advice.
- To provide contraceptive, sexual health, coil check and menopause advice and administer depo-provera injections according to protocol. To ensure patients are monitored appropriately depending on their chosen method of contraception or menopause treatment.
- To provide a cervical screening service in accordance with the National Policy and local NHS recall system.
- To be able to carry out routine swabs as part of a request by GP / ACP as required.
- To provide childhood and adult immunisations in accordance with the British Vaccination Schedule.
- To provide screening examinations e.g. new patient health check, elderly screening and lifestyle advice as requested by GP colleagues or as part of a recall system.
- To visit patients in their homes to undertake work on behalf of the Practice as requested by the GP / Nursing Services Manager / Lead Practice Nurse.
- To assist in the provision of care to those with long term conditions such as Coronary heart disease, hypertension, Diabetes, COPD, Asthma. Taking responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol.
- In cases of co-morbidity, to work closely with the lead GP, Nursing services manager and Lead Practice Nurse, as appropriate in accordance with protocol and personal competencies.
- Aside from any provision of chronic disease management care, to perform general medication reviews with patients.
- To be responsible for the maintenance of accurate records, reflecting consultations and communications with patients. To ensure the careful labelling of specimens and printing of prescriptions.
- To ensure nursing care is evidence based and evaluated appropriately. To undertake a role in research and audit, independently or in conjunction with other members of the team.
- To act as a representative for Belvoir Health Group at PCN and ICB level, as delegated by Nursing Services Manager.
- To take responsibility for the teaching and supervising of the Health Care Assistant, phlebotomists and Nursing students as required.
- To attend designated meetings and relevant training courses keeping professionally up-to-date.
- To be fully conversant with the in house complaints procedure. To be responsible for ensuring that patient queries and complaints are dealt with according to the procedures laid down by the Practice, adhering to the NHS Executive guidelines and requirements.
- To make sure that the clinical room is kept tidy, and instruments are sterilised as required. To participate actively in Infection Control and Health and Safety audit.
- Any other duties within the range and scope of this Job Specification as deemed necessary and appropriate to skill by the Nursing Services Manager as the organisation and structure of the Nursing Team moves forward.
Cultural
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
Ensure continuing education, training and development is undertaken to meet role specific and governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development.
Continue to develop soft skills and emotional intelligence in line with the requirements and culture and to uphold the values and culture of PartnersHealth.
BEHAVIOURS
Belvoir Health Group staff should strive towards the following behaviours to support their professional development and working life
o Communicate appropriately and clearly and also know when to listen
o Polite and professional at all times
o Self- starting, inquisitive and determined
o Organised, Structured and Purposeful
o Diplomatic, Tactful, Emotionally Aware
o Determined, Focused and Resilient
o Self -Aware as an individual or part of a team
o Happy to Contribute, Respectful, Adaptable
o Eager to learn and seek the highest outcomes
o Patient and outcome focused
o Respectfully challenging and decisive
o Know when to ask for help
o Work Safely
o Visible leadership and consistent management
ADMINISTRATION & GENERAL
As an employee of Belvoir Health Group it is expected that you will take due diligence and care in regard to any information collected, recorded, processed or handled by you during the course of your work and that such information is collected, recorded, processed and handled in compliance with Practice requirements and instructions.
The post holder will be required to travel as part of their duties across all 3 sites at Belvoir Health Group and occasional travel to other sites in the PCN.
To work to the agreed standards, policies and procedures, values and beliefs of the organisation.
The duties of this post are a guide to the range of responsibilities that may be required. These may change from time to time to meet the needs of the service and/or the development needs of the post holder. This job description will be revised regularly to take account of changes within the organisational structure and the practice business plan.
