Practice Nurse with specialist interest (Respiratory/Diabetes)

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE WITH SPECIALIST INTEREST

REPORTS TO: THE NURSE MANAGER (Clinically)

THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS: TBC

Job Summary:

Working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

The post-holder will work with reference to Practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

The post-holder will work within patient group directions where these are available. A nurse with prescribing qualifications will use them appropriately.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Management of Long Term Conditions

• Identifying significant abnormalities
• Diagnosis, monitoring, and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals

Therapeutic Monitoring

• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic patient-centred approach
• Recognising abnormalities
• Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate

Patient Health Checks

• Identifying significant abnormalities
• Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues
• Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified

Risk Assessment

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domestic violence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems)

Health Screening

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. womens and mens health, sexual health, older people)
• Undertaking monitoring tasks (e.g. cervical screening) and providing advice as appropriate
• Providing in depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the post-holders specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans.

First Contact

• Working independently or alongside the general practitioner and making decisions/ recommendations as appropriate.

Ear Care

• Providing routine ear care
• Dealing with more complex problems and prescribing if appropriate.

Mental Health

• Communicating with key workers
• Administering appropriate prescribed therapies and monitoring for side effects.

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 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 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:

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that NMC professional development requirements for revalidation are met, 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:

The post-holder 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.

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
• Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

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
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical
• guidelines

Desirable

• Previous experience in primary care & long term condition management

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical
• guidelines
• -Qualification in Respiratory or Diabetes management
• Practice nurse/treatment room nurse experience:
• -Venepuncture
• -Compression
• -Wound care
• -Cervical Screening

Desirable

• -

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills with both patients & colleagues
• IT skills & ability to learn new systems
• Work within own limitations & know when to ask for help
• Diabetic management
• Respiratory care & management
• Sexual health experience & management
• Cervical screening

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).

Employer details

Employer name

G DOC LTD

Address

Doctors Surgery

Millend

Blakeney

Gloucestershire

GL154ED

Employer's website

https://gdoc.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)