Job summary
The post holder must be registered paediatric nurse with post graduate qualifications, relevant to the position. They must act within their professional boundaries, providing care for the presenting patient, working within their competencies.
The post holder will work as part of the urgent care team within the Acute Care Hub, as well as providing flexibility to carry out necessary home visits, allocated daily, under the guidance and support of the GP.
Although there will be an emphasis on paediatric care the role will involve some exposure to adult patients in the acute setting.
Main duties of the job
This role will involve telephone triage/consultation, history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the practice. They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients, abiding by local policy and procedures.
With training, there may be the opportunity for the post holder to extend their role to include some routine paediatric work such as performing 8-week baby checks and some routine childhood immunisations. Maternal postnatal reviews would be part of this process.
About us
St Austell Healthcare
is a large general practice in the town of St Austell, Cornwall. We
are fortunate to be based in a beautiful part of the country with the Cornish
coast on our doorstep allowing the combination of professional satisfaction
with a wonderful lifestyle environment.
We are committed to transforming and improving primary care services across a population
of 38,000 patients and extending the hours of access to unplanned primary
care.
A Primary Care Acute Hub is established to deliver all general medical
unplanned care initially within the hours of 0800 – 2000 Monday to Friday with
a view to extending to weekends over time. Routine planned care takes place
across our other sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Care
·
Act as an expert practitioner, demonstrating clinical
competence and a sound knowledge base.
·
Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and
social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
·
Provide clinical advice to reception staff where
required.
·
Ensure that patients receive high quality
clinical care, delivered in a timely manner.
·
Ensure complete and accurate documentation of
each and every patient contact.
·
Work as an independent practitioner and as part
of the multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, in order to ensure patient’s
needs are met.
·
Ensure that professional standards are
maintained and within the guidance of the Department of Health and the Nursing
and Midwifery Council.
Professional
·
Adhere to own professional body requirements and
always work within the scope of professional practice.
·
Ensure that professional practice adheres to
organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
·
Maintain a professional manner and act as a role
model and mentor for junior staff; including trainees and student nurses.
·
Maintain confidentiality with regard to
information pertaining to patients and staff.
Ensure that the service interfaces with all
other departments in a professional and productive manner, providing an
effective service to partner organisations and other service providers
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Care
·
Act as an expert practitioner, demonstrating clinical
competence and a sound knowledge base.
·
Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and
social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
·
Provide clinical advice to reception staff where
required.
·
Ensure that patients receive high quality
clinical care, delivered in a timely manner.
·
Ensure complete and accurate documentation of
each and every patient contact.
·
Work as an independent practitioner and as part
of the multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, in order to ensure patient’s
needs are met.
·
Ensure that professional standards are
maintained and within the guidance of the Department of Health and the Nursing
and Midwifery Council.
Professional
·
Adhere to own professional body requirements and
always work within the scope of professional practice.
·
Ensure that professional practice adheres to
organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
·
Maintain a professional manner and act as a role
model and mentor for junior staff; including trainees and student nurses.
·
Maintain confidentiality with regard to
information pertaining to patients and staff.
Ensure that the service interfaces with all
other departments in a professional and productive manner, providing an
effective service to partner organisations and other service providers
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Knowledge of unscheduled care practice.
- Excellent clinical skills.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- IT skills.
- Knowledge and experience of undertaking audits
-
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to evidence in writing, verbally and through listening skills, personal understanding and use of the English language
- Ability to use initiative and to work autonomously.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Childrens Nurse
- Current registration on the NMC register
- Experience of working to protocols or guidelines.
Desirable
- Minor Illness/injuries Clinical skills qualification
- Post registration experience of which several years in primary care, A&E unscheduled care or related field.
Other
Essential
- Willingness to undergo additional training, education and mentoring to develop and maintain clinical skills.
- Flexibility to work either evenings, weekends and bank holidays or daytime shifts.
- Ability to undertake training during office and own hours.
- Ability to work under pressure whilst delivering high quality care.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Knowledge of unscheduled care practice.
- Excellent clinical skills.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- IT skills.
- Knowledge and experience of undertaking audits
-
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to evidence in writing, verbally and through listening skills, personal understanding and use of the English language
- Ability to use initiative and to work autonomously.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Childrens Nurse
- Current registration on the NMC register
- Experience of working to protocols or guidelines.
Desirable
- Minor Illness/injuries Clinical skills qualification
- Post registration experience of which several years in primary care, A&E unscheduled care or related field.
Other
Essential
- Willingness to undergo additional training, education and mentoring to develop and maintain clinical skills.
- Flexibility to work either evenings, weekends and bank holidays or daytime shifts.
- Ability to undertake training during office and own hours.
- Ability to work under pressure whilst delivering high quality care.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
