Triage/Minor Illness Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Munro Medical Centre

Job Description

Triage/Minor Illness Nurse

Supervised by: Nurse Lead

Responsible to: Clinical Governance/Team Manager, Practice Manager and Partners at Munro Medical Centre.

Main purpose of Post:

To work alongside medical personnel in the care of patients within the medical centre to include treatments, preventative care, screening and patient education.

To provide a high standard of patient care, making best use of clinical skills within the practice.

To liaise with clinical nurse lead and deputy nurse lead to provide a streamlined service within the medical centre.

To provide support to junior members of the team including Health Care Support Workers and junior nurses.

Good communication and relationships must be established and maintained with patients, colleagues and employers at all times.

Follow guidance and practice policies at all times.

Complete the Minor Illness Diploma and MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

Triage/Minor Illness Duties

To undertake independently face to face and telephone consultations for the assessment and treatments following nursing policy and prescribing formulary.

Refer patients to secondary care/other agencies where appropriate.

Advice related to patient care/treatment choices should be sought by senior members of the nursing team and/or duty clinician.

Issue appropriate treatments following nurse formulary and ensuring prescriptions are signed by GP on-call.

Undertaking face to face and telephone consultations using nursing formulary for drug treatment choices when required.

To undertake data collection for QOF during patient contacts.

To work within nurse prescribing formulary/practice protocol for minor illness as developed by clinical lead and partners.

To be cost effective

To support and facilitate learning to new and existing members of the nursing team.

Practice Nurse Duties:

To undertake the following procedures adhering to practice policy and guidance.

Training will be provided in this area if required and deemed necessary

Patient assessment/minor illness management

ECG recording

D-Dimer testing

Doppler

Blood pressure management including titration of medications within practice policy.

Wound care including traumatic wounds and chronic wound management.

Venepuncture

Injections within scope/practice requirements, not limited to but including for example Zoladex, Flu vaccines, B12, Pneumonia, covid

Contraceptive Advice including depot injection.

Travel Vaccinations and assessment

Child Immunisations and monitoring of immunisation schedules.

Cervical cytology

Spirometry/feno and interpretation.

Chronic Illness reviews

Ordering and stocking up of clinical areas where appropriate.

Undertaking policy reviews and amendments where required.

Swabs labelling and sending to the lab, actioning these results where appropriate.

Assisting when require the clinician in minor surgery in the absence of HCSW.

Other Nursing duties

Inclusion of extended roles and other nursing duties undertaken by senior members of the team.

Insulin Initiation.

Anticoagulation patient management and clinics.

Health Promotion and patient education responsibilities

To manage chronic disease as outlined within the QOF/Primary Care Network framework in accordance to practice policy and NICE guidance.

To help develop nursing policies and update templates for use with systmone computer software.

Diabetes patient education/management and annual reviews

Asthma patient education/management and annual reviews

COPD patient education/management and annual reviews

CHD patient education/management and annual reviews

Health promotion/education

Family planning advice

Pre conceptual advice

Courses will be available to manage these conditions at Diploma/Degree level

Administration and Professional responsibilities

Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are entered in patients electronic records according to practice policy.

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care within the practice.

Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular ad hoc reports and audit.

Develop practice protocols as required following clinical lead guidance and NICE recommendation including the development in computerised templates.

To undertake incident reports where appropriate.

To undertake safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies

With nursing colleagues undertake risk assessment where applicable.

Attend and participate in both practice and nursing meetings as required.

To undertake research studies independently or in conjunction with other health care professionals with the support and guidance from clinical nurse lead and GPs, with the objective to improve or re-evaluate nursing care and services.

Training and professional development

Training and development will be monitored by yearly appraisal and the formulation of a personal learning plan in conjunction to the practice learning plan .

Professional development will be encouraged and supported by the practice. It is the individuals responsibility to keep their CPD up to date and ensure they are registered with the NMC.

It is the responsibility of the nurse to ensure they develop and maintain a personal learning plan.

Participate with the education and training of students of all disciplines and introduction of all members of the practice staff where appropriate.

If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities appropriate training will be given.

To provide cover for colleagues in cases of absence this is including the late night nurse role and cover of some extended hours clinics where appropriate.

To provide additional duties as requested by clinical nurse lead/deputy, practice manager and GP partners.

Communication

As well as the nursing team there is a need to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, reception and administration staff to ensure the smooth running of the practice, reporting any problems encountered to the relevant person/persons.

There will also be a need to establish and maintain good liaison with other surgeries, agencies and secondary care.

Ensure that the practice manager is informed of any matters arising or problems/potential problems.

The job description and person specification may be amended following consultation with the post holder to facilitate the development of the role, the organisation and the individual.

All personnel should be prepared to accept additional, or surrender existing duties, to enable the efficient running of the organisation.

You must at all times be aware of and concerned with our health and safety at work and fire safety policies.

All practice employees should be familiar with the practice handbook and its contents.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a primary care setting or
• Experience with minor illness, A/E or similar role
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience in chronic disease management
• Experience of working in a team

Desirable

• Experience of managing all age groups
• Experience of working with Systmone

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a Qualified Nursing Qualification and be registered with the NMC

Desirable

• Minor Ilness qualification
• Chronic Disease Management qualification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
• Ability to work on own initiative, acknowledging own limitations and recognising when onward referral is needed.
• Effective organisational skills
• Ability to work in fast changing, demanding environment
• Excellent communications skills both written and verbal
• Friendly/Approachable
• Well Presented. Enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
• Self motivated, positive, committed
• Keeps abreast of changes

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

Munro Medical Centre

Address

West Elloe Avenue

Spalding

Lincolnshire

PE11 2BY

Employer's website

https://www.munromedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)