Job responsibilities
To provide basic and higher levels of
nursing care as needed for patients.
To provide care for minor injuries,
dressings, including pressure bandaging and higher level wound care, liaising
directly, where appropriate with community and secondary care counter-parts,
escalating to a GP as necessary and also provide supervision for less qualified
nursing colleagues in the practice.
To do cervical cytology sampling,
immunisations as outlined by national programmes and local guidelines, working
closely with the nursing, clinical and admin team to create systems to identify
patients who are in need of such services and promoting the service hard to
reach patients.
To support the annual flu campaign and
other mass population vaccination programmes as needed in line with national
guidance.
To conduct, blood pressure, spirometry,
urinalysis, microbiology samples, ECG, peak flow and other practice based tests
as needed in the course of the care of patients.
To carry out health checks in
conjunction with national, local and practice initiatives.
To provide patient health promotion/ disease
prevention education and counselling focusing on health behaviour change.
To provide support to the GPs in the
management of chronic diseases such as Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, Hypertension
etc. by providing specifically defined clinical sessions, working closely with
the GP to manage a patients overall care.
To promote the health and well-being of
patients by counselling patients on the nature of their conditions, the use of
their medications, diet, exercise and other health behaviours.
Assist with consultations via the
telephone using practical decision making with the support of the Doctors.
Assist when necessary in the provision
of minor surgery.To maintain accurate patient
records, entering onto the practice system the appropriate agreed codes, using
agree standards of data entry, templates and protocols, completing all
documentation, computerised and paper-based, as is required for good patient
care.
To maintain in cooperation with other
nursing and admin colleagues a system of clinical stock and equipment
maintenance, calibration, and supply; working closely with the practice manager
to ensure cost efficient purchasing of perishable and expensive items.
To maintain all documentation needed to
carry out your clinical duties including PGDs.
To participate in Infection Control
procedure and protocols and their implementation within the practice.
To maintain your own annual
registration with the NMC and adhere to its Code of Professional Conduct.
Maintain any other required
registrations and certifications necessary to fulfil your role.
To promote a professional approach at
all times by dress and attitude to patients and staff, both in and out of the
Practice, setting an example for those under your direct authority and to the
team as a whole.
To maintain you own continuous CPD and
ensure a PDP is kept up to date in line with the practice and nursing team
development plans.
To
participate in and attend practice meetings and in-house training.
You may be required to perform
other duties from time to time to meet the needs of patients and the practice.