Nursing Associate (General Practice)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities of the post:

The Nursing Associate is to undertake the following key responsibilities in delivering health services:

a. Delivery of high quality, compassionate care whilst undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a registered nurse (or other registered care professional dependent) with a focus on promoting good health and independence

b. To provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to individuals

c. To provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

d. To provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required

e. To work as part of the organisations MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision

f. To improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity

g. To contribute to the delivery of integrated care

h. To work with the organisations MDT to ensure delivery of nursing associate duties to complement existing workforce

i. To work with a supervisorto take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace

j. To provide support and supervision to training nursing associates, healthcare assistants, apprentices and those on learning assignments/placements as required

k. To support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care.

l. To develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care and mental health

m. To perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse

n. After undertaking additional training, to provide flu vaccinations, ECGs and venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required by the organisation in line with the competencies of the role

o. To promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check

p. To care for individuals with dementia, mental health conditions and learning disabilities

q. To provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients

r. To provide support during minor operations as required

s. To advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services

t. To communicate proactively and effectively with all MDT colleagues attending and contributing to meetings as required

u. To maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED CT codes

v. To process pathology results as required

w. To enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service

x. To work with your line manager to access regular clinical supervision to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present

y. To contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance

z. To attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed

aa. To contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care

bb. To support and deliver health promotion and wellbeing programmes including any opportunistic delivery

cc. Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a Primary Care (GP) setting or similar
• Experience of working autonomously with indirect supervision

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC Registration as a Nursing Associate
• Experience of working in a Primary Care (GP) setting or similar
• Competent in undertaking dressings and wound care
• Competent in phlebotomy
• Competent in IM injections and/or IM vaccine administration

Desirable

• Competent in cervical cytology
• Competent in immunisation administration
• Competent in diabetic foot assessments

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

Topsham Surgery

Address

Holman Way

Topsham

Exeter

EX3 0EN

Employer's website

https://topshamsurgery.gpsurgery.net/ (Opens in a new tab)