Job responsibilities
In addition to the main responsibilities listed:-
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant
PCN and practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data
protection, health and safety
A commitment to life-long learning and audit to
ensure evidence-based best practice.
As requested, supporting/contributing to
evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting
Contributing to the development of
computer-based patient records
Contributing to the summarising of patient
records and read-coding patient data.
Attending training and events organised by the
PCN, practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
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 employees will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in
this job description, you may have access to confidential information relating
to patients and their carers, PCN and practice employees and other healthcare
workers. You may also have access to information relating to the PCN and
practices 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 PCN or the
practices may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the
policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of
personal and sensitive data.
Health & safety
You will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and
management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as
defined in the PCN and practices health & safety policy/manual, and the
infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will
not be limited to):
Using personal security systems within the
workplace according to guidelines
Awareness of national standards of infection
control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional
requirements, and good practice guidelines
Providing advice on the correct and safe
management of the specimen process, including collection, labelling, handling,
use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
Correct personal use of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on
appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, employees and patients.
Management of the full range of infection
control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g.
pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)
Hand hygiene standards for self and others
Managing directly all incidents of accidental
exposure
Management and advice relating to infection
control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of
those protocols across the PCN and practices
Active observation of current working practices
across the PCN and practices in relation to infection control, cleanliness and
related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed, and
weaknesses/training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to
the responsible person Identifying the risks involved in work activities and
undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical
and patient process
Making effective use of training to update
knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the
full range of infection control and patient processes
Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in
relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of
hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are sufficient to ensure
a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as
appropriate to the responsible manager
Safe management of sharps use, storage and
disposal
Maintenance of own clean working environment
Using appropriate infection control procedures,
maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from
hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation
to responsible management
Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting
health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas
generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards/risks in relation to
other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the
maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in
consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers
Undertaking periodic infection control training
(minimum twice annually)
Correct waste and instrument management,
including handling, segregation, and container use
Maintenance of sterile environments
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and Diversity
You will support the equality, diversity and rights of
patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance
of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with PCN and
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
professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will
participate in any training programme implemented by the PCN as part of this
employment, with 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
Participation in an annual appraisal and
revalidation.
Taking responsibility for own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who
are undertaking similar work.
Quality
You will strive to maintain quality within the PCN and
practice, and will:
Alert other team members both at the PCN and the
practices 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.
Positively completing and participating in
Significant Event Audits.
Communication
Recognise the importance of effective communication within
the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods
of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
You will:
Apply PCN and 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.
Problem Solving and Decision Making
You will have the ability to make judgement calls on patient
care within the standard guidelines and will escalate as needed.
Supervision & Management You will be managed by
Dr Hywel Furn-Davies (PCN Clinical Director) who will oversee activities.
Activity will also be monitored by Marie Tew PCN Business Manager.
Substantial parts of the post will be undertaken without direct supervision.