Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by Senior Nursing Staff
• General treatment room duties
• Routine Childhood Immunisations
• New Patient checks
• Venepuncture
• ECGs
• Ear syringing and referral where necessary
• Wound Care and referral where necessary
• Removal of Sutures and Staples
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Urinalysis
• Basic path lab tests (Swabs/urine)
• Cervical Screening/smears

Duties and responsibilities:

According to relevant training and experience

• Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
• Work to agreed clinical protocols with referral to Nurse Practitioner or GP as appropriate
• At all times maintain accurate records and adhere to a strict code of confidentiality
• Assist and chaperone of patients where required by other health professionals
• Assist GPs with minor operations where necessary
• Advise Nurse Practitioner of potential problems or error with assigned tasks
• Undertake treatment room duties, including tidiness and cleanliness of Nurse’s treatment rooms
• Stocking, checking and ordering of treatment room stock, supplies and equipment
• Ordering of vaccines to maintain stock level
• Ordering of health promotion literature and displaying same
• Participate in the administrative systems of the practice
• Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician

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 staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice 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 practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will promote and manage their own and others’ health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

· Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.

· Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.

· Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements.

· Safe management of sharps procedures including use, storage and disposal.

· 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 correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.

· Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually).

· Maintenance of sterile environments.

Equality and diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with 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:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, 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
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members 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 team’s performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication:

The post-holder should 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 people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN

Desirable

• Previous experience in practice nurse role

Skills and knowlege

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to self motivate, organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to use own judgement

Desirable

• Womens health
• Travel health
• Child immunisations
• Smoking cessation
• Ear Syringing
• Assisting in minor injury

Experience

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to self motivate, organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to use own judgement

Desirable

• Experience of working in a GP practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

The Colliery Practice

Address

60 Hednesford Street

Cannock

Staffordshire

WS11 1DJ

Employer's website

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