Job responsibilities
Care Management
Communicates confidential and sensitive information to patients, relatives and carers in relation to their condition.
Provide highly specialised care advice beyond the scope of normal Nursing practice e.g. care treatment plans, making referrals as appropriate (including fast track referrals).
Contribute to local and national practice targets clinical remit e.g. QOF, prescribing incentive scheme, National benchmarking.
To monitor and meet care outcomes against standards and recommend or initiate changes as necessary.
Health Improvement
Management of health screening programmes and ensures other team members are aware of health priorities and screening objectives and programmes.
Innovation in practice to meet ongoing demands on the practices delivery of care.
Improve health outcomes for patients by introducing new developments, and can demonstrate them as reports and presentations where appropriate.
Supports practitioners in reporting the practice population to promote health improvement and disease prevention.
Administration and professional responsibilities
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.
Accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes.
Ensure clinical systems kept up to date, recording and/or amending accurate details.
Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the practice administrator.
Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.
Attend and participate in practice and clinical meetings.
Training and personal development
Maintain up to date skills and knowledge, maintaining awareness of professional issues at an advanced level.
Training needs will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the practice.
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self-reflection and peer review, as well as benchmarking and formal evaluation Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the introduction of all members of the practice staff where appropriate Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work and ensure own educational commitment is at least sufficient to maintain revalidation requirements. Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan. Regularlyparticipate in clinical supervision.
Leadership personal and people developmentSupport staff development in order to maximise potential.Contribute to a supportive environment in the interest of staff morale.Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice. Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work. Work with practice management to ensure sufficient staffing to provide a safe service, and that staff have the appropriate ability, quality and skill-mix to meet current and future service delivery. Take part in recruitment processes where appropriate. Maintaineffective communication and active involvement in the planning and processes of practice-based commissioning or similar initiatives Promote the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in general practice.
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust practice staff with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters.
Comply with Legislation with regards to data protection act and ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times. The post-holder must regard all information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers (as well as information relating to the practice as a business organisation) 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, data protection legislation and the protection of personal and sensitive data, as well as other related healthcare legislation (e.g. the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice) .
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will comply with practice policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others. This includes (but not limited to):Identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised. Identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business. Awarenessof national standards of infection control and cleanliness, as well as ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols and implementing them across the practice.Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate. Identifying the risks involved in work activities, raising them with appropriate management and managing those risks across clinical and patient processes.
Safe management of sharps procedures, including training, use, storage and disposal Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other managers.
Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards;
Waste management, including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
Spillage control procedures, management and training
Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Recognise and ensure a balance between professional and personal life that meets work commitments, maintains ones own health, promotes well-being and builds resilience.
Demonstrate insight into any personal health issues and take effective steps to address any health issue or habit that is impacting on own performance.