Job responsibilities
SIDLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE PRACTICE NURSE
Job Title: Practice Nurse/Specialist Nurse/Community Matron
Brief Description:
Responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and
effective nursing care including treatment, preventative care, screening, assessments, home visits and
patient education to the whole practice population. The post holder is
accountable for nursing service delivery and will work closely with the Lead Nurse and GPs to deliver the practice priorities.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for meeting the nursing needs and
providing nursing care to patients, including the provision of general and
specific health assessment and screening to the practice population
independently and in consultation with the general practitioners.
To demonstrate the rationale and evidence
behind various methods chosen to meet health care needs.
To be involved with practice policy development
and to provide nursing input to decisions affecting the care of
patients. Keeping up to date clinical management
protocols, continuing audit cycles and liaising with the Lead Nurse and Practice Manager regarding deadline achievements.
To participate in the administrative and
professional responsibilities of the practice team.
To review and implement infection control
measures and updating clinicians at clinical meetings.
To participate in education, training, teaching
and support of students and staff of all disciplines within the practice.
To maintain professional development by
attending courses and study days as agreed with the employer.
To maintain accurate patient records and
statistics on the computer system and in the patients notes. Developing
on-going IT skills to compliment good standards for dissemination to all
clinicians.
Control and maintain medical supplies and
equipment used to agreed standards, including the sterilisation of instruments.
Keeping inventories for all clinical areas to facilitate stock control
methodology. Calibration and care of equipment whilst maintaining records of
maintenance, shelf life and replacement need.
To advise patients on general health care and
minor ailments, referring to the general practitioners as necessary.
To provide a woman's health service, to include
cervical screening and advice and information regarding breast screening;
Chlamydia testing, contraceptive pill checks, administration of Depo Provera
contraception injections and sign-post for contraception consultation/changes.
To assess, diagnose and prescribe appropriately
within your capability and nursing grade.
To care and educate patients living with
chronic disease, in particular diabetes and hypertension in
line with NICE guidelines and the quality outcomes framework. This includes
home visits for housebound patients with chronic disease for their annual
reviews and annual immunisations.
Assessment and care of wounds, removals of
sutures/clips, administration of injections, venepuncture, Receiving and
interpreting microbiology results, following up those who need treatment.
Compression bandaging and hosiery Doppler and
Monofilament assessments Wound Care plans including the completion of wound
assessment documentation/templates and referrals to TVN
Taking of cervical smears, maintaining records,
issuing results and following up those patients who need referral.
Contributing to the cytology recall system for the health authority and the
practice.
To lead on the delivery of the national
childhood immunisations programme
according to current schedules and any catch up programme The accurate
recording of the information in the child health records and to participate in measures (such as education sessions) to
improve the uptake of childhood immunisations, especially the Measles Mumps
and Rubella vaccine.
To deal with telephone enquiries/EMIS tasks and
provide advice for nursing related queries. This is to include the booking of
appointments and ensuring any additional paperwork such as preparation of
blood or specimen forms for investigation by the pathology laboratory are
completed prior to appointments etc.
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the
patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of
effective emergency care
EMIS alerts completed when in consultation with
patients.
To chaperone patients where necessary
The undertaking of basic observations, smoking
data/smoking cessation advice/signposting, alcohol intake, body mass index,
blood glucose monitoring, ECGs, Frailty scoring.
Home visits and assessments.
Ear assessments, hearing checks and ear
irrigation if clinically indicated.
NHS Health Checks Health Promotion Disease
Prevention Management/Intervention Review HbA1c and Cholesterol blood
results
EMIS templates to be completed holistically
with individualised information free texted into the consultation and correct
READ codes, plans of care completed and saved to EMIS with review/follow up
details and shared with the patient/carers for continuity of care.
Any other duties appropriate to the role