Job responsibilities
Job Summary
To be part of the primary healthcare team providing
high quality and forward thinking nursing care to meet the holistic healthcare
needs of the practice population. The
post holder will provide clinical care as directed by the practice nurse and/or
GP. Working under the supervision of
a practice nurse responsibilities will vary, involving the implementation of
clinical care packages, phlebotomy and assessment, treatment and the evaluation
of patients care.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Overview of responsibilities
- Establish and
maintain communication with a range of people on a range of matters in a
form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
- Monitor and
maintain health, safety and security of self and others.
- Contribute to the
improvement of services.
- Maintain quality in
own work and encourage others to do the same.
- Support equality
and value diversity, identifying when own or others behaviour undermines
equality and diversity.
- Plan, develop,
implement and assess approaches to promote health and well-being
- Recognise and report situations where there might
be a need for protection
Specific Responsibilities
Clinical Skills
- Undertake record and
follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate
training.
- Venepuncture.
- Urinalysis
and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology
laboratory.
- Measuring and recording:-
- blood pressure
- pulse rate and rhythm
- temperature
- height and weight
- body mass index
- peak flow
- ECGs
- Blood
glucose monitoring.
- Prepare
and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient
care interventions.
- Ensure GPs rooms and clinical
treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Give
accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own
competence.
- Support
clinicians in providing minor surgery.
- Plan,
develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health
and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
- Provide
support and encouragement to patients to self-manage their conditions as
appropriate.
- Act as a chaperone, when
requested.
- Record information and activities undertaken
with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or
computer systems and Read codes.
Clinical Governance
- Contribute
to the development and maintenance of sound clinical governance and risk
management.
- Support
the development/implementation on any new ways of working/policies that
need to be introduced across the SAH.
- Support
SAHC in operating a quality assurance but no blame culture that adheres to
best practice around incident reporting and whistle blowing.
Engagement
with Patients, Internal and External Stakeholders
- Initiate,
develop and maintain excellent third party relationships e.g. with CCGs,
NHSE Area Teams, sub-contractor providers, patient groups, local community
health teams and other stakeholders to grow, maintain and support service
and performance delivery.
- To
ensure patient surveys are undertaken, analysed and action plans are
developed and acted upon
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.
All
such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Equality
and Diversity
The
postholder 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-judgemental and
respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional
Development
The
postholder 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.
Health and Safety
The
postholder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others
health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety
policy, the practice health & safety manual and the practice infection
control policy and published procedures.
Appraisal/ Objective setting
The post
holder will participate in an annual review of their performance during the
previous year and agree objectives to be met in the next year. These will be reviewed
at agreed points during the year. The annual appraisal will be undertaken by
the Planned Care Matron and a designated GP Partner may be present.
Communication
The
postholder 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.
Quality
The postholder 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 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.
Contribution
to the implementation of services
The postholder will:
Apply
practice policies, standards and guidance.
Discuss
with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will
affect own work.
Participate
in audit where appropriate
Working hours will be between 8am and
8pm Monday to Friday and will involve some weekend working (especially
Saturdays) at the agreed standard rate. Thirty minutes unpaid break must be
taken at lunchtime.
The details contained in this Job
Description are not exhaustive and may change as the post develops.
