Job responsibilities
Job description
Main purpose of post:-
To provide nursing services to
patients of the practice including assessment, advice within the professional
competence of the post holder, screening and treatment. The post holder will
work in accordance with the NMC code of conduct.
1 TO PROVIDE ASSESSMENT,
SCREENING, TREATMENT SERVICES AND HEALTH EDUCATION ADVICE
- Provides nursing treatments to patients in
participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed
protocols and pgds. To also assist in the treatment of iucd insertions and
removals and the administration of gonderalins.
- Provides general and specific health
screenings to the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with
referral to general practitioners as necessary e.g. Well woman,
hypertensive, diabetic, asthmatic clinics, chd clinics, weight management,
nursing home assessments, heart failure monitoring, impaired glucose tolerance
monitoring, smoking cessation advice and treatment, provision of level 4
INR service and chronic kidney disease.
- Advises patients in general health care and
minor ailments with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
- Complete re-auths on a daily basis as
required.
- Administer and offer advice with regards to
travel vaccinations and immunizations for adults and children.
- Carry out blood taking.
- Operation of nurse triaging system
including passing on referrals to appropriate members of the primary
health care team and liaising with LHB.
2 ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITES
Participates in the administrative and professional
responsibilities of the practice team especially in relation to the new GMS
Contract April 2004 which works within the specification of QOF and protocols
where available/enhanced services.
- Ensures accurate notes of all consultations
and treatments are recorded in the patients computerized notes and that
recalls for monitoring are adhered to, Also to provide high quality
summarized data in relation to awarding priority codes.
- Ensures accurate completion of all
necessary documentation associated with patient health care.
- Ensures collection and maintenance of
statistical information required for regular and ad-hoc reports.
- Attends and participates in all practice
and practice nurse meetings as required.
- Assists in the formulation of practice
philosophy, strategy and policy.
- To assist with prescription requests and to
help with doctors administrative queries.
3 TREATMENT ROOM SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
- In participation with the practice manager,
ensures the maintenance of equipment and stock levels relating to patient
care and undertakes necessary training in latest technology.
4 OPPORTINISTIC SCREENING
- Provides opportunistic screening e.g.,
immunizations including tetanus, typhoid, Flus etc.
5 PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND INVESTIGATORY
PROCEDURES
- Undertakes the collection of pathology
specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, cervical smears etc.
- Performs any investigatory procedures
requested by the general practitioners e.g. MSU, Dipstick urines and
undergoes checks with patients who use nebulisers.
- Carry out ecg, Spiro testing when required.
6 RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Co-operates and participates as required in
any research projects within the practice.
7 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF STUDENTS AND PRACTICE
STAFF
- Participates in education, training and the
provision of mentorship to students in all disciplines and provides an
induction for practice staff and in particular nursing staff.
- Supervise Health Care Assistants in
clinical and administrative responsibilities.
8 LIAISON WORK
- Liaises with other agencies and staff
concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the
practice, with appropriate regard for confidentiality.
9 PRACTICE DISPENSARY
- Provides medical advice where necessary and
initiates medication to dispensed patients with the approval of the GP.
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Attends courses and study days in line with
professional development needs.