Job summary
The post holder will offer general
assistance to the Practice clinical
team, working as part of the Practice Nurse
Team.
You will support the assessment of patient care needs and provide continuing care for patients, working within the professional boundaries
Main duties of the job
The post holder
will offer general assistance to the
Practice clinical team,
working as part of the Practice Nurse Team.
The NA
will be involved primarily in:
l Provision of a phlebotomy service
l The management of laboratory samples for the Practice
l Undertaking well person checks
l Height,
weight & BMI checks.
l Urinalysis
l ECG recording
l Blood
pressure checks.
l Record
clinical observations Pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations
l Measure
& interpret blood glucose levels.
l Diabetic foot checks
l Lifestyle advice
l Effectively
share information and check understanding about long term conditions
develop skill to undertake long term condition reviews
l Dressings including compression and leg ulcer management
l Suture / staple & clip removal
l Provide sexual health / contraception advice
l Undertake cervical smears
l Administer vaccinations under a PSD
l Chaperoning Patients
l Cleaning and sterilising instruments and equipment
l
Maintenance of
equipment, including keeping records of when
external checks are due, e.g., calibration
l The daily recording of refrigerator temperatures
l Daily / Monthly Emergency and Kit checks
l Ordering of stock and re-stocking clinical rooms
About us
Guiseley
and Yeadon Medical Practice delivers care out of Yeadon Health Centre, Yeadon
and Netherfield Road Surgery, Guiseley.
It
serves a population of 11500 patients and has a multidisciplinary team
comprising GPs, Advanced nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and the nursing
team. They are supported by a team of receptionists and admin assistants.
Job description
Job responsibilities
l
To always act in
such a manner as to support Patients and be mindful of the
need to reduce anxiety for patients
l To provide, a phlebotomy (blood sampling) service
for patients
l
Be responsible for processing and management of laboratory samples
requested by clinicians with specific responsibility to ensure that the
samples are correctly labelled, sent to the laboratory promptly and that data is entered onto the Patient's notes
l Undertaking
well person checks including Height, weight & BMI
checks.
l Undertake Urinalysis, record results and
send samples to the lab when required
l ECG recording
l Blood pressure checks.
l Record clinical
observations Pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations
l Measure & interpret
blood glucose levels.
l Undertake Diabetic foot checks
l Provide Lifestyle advice
l Effectively share
information and check understanding about long term conditions develop skill
to undertake long term condition reviews
l Undertake Dressings including compression and
leg ulcer management
l Undertake suture / staple & clip
removal
l Provide sexual health / contraception
advice
l Undertake cervical smears on completion of
appropriate training
l Administer vaccinations under a PSD
following appropriate training
l Chaperoning Patients
Maintenance of equipment, including keeping records of when external
checks are due, e.g., calibration
l Be responsible for the daily / monthly Emergency
drug and kit checks
l Be responsible for the correct
maintenance and cleaning
of equipment
l
Be responsible for restocking of all clinical
areas and maintaining a stock rotation system
l
To maintain an adequate number of clinical
supplies and health
promotion materials as agreed with the clinical team
l To obtain, process
and/or use information in line with the GDPR requirements
l Ensure that drug/vaccine refrigerators are at the correct temperature daily and maintain
the Vaccine Cold Chain documented record according to Practice Guidelines
l
To maintain health
information notice board
in line with
national/local health promotion campaigns
l To attend relevant meetings as required
l To immediately
report any safeguarding or compliance concerns
Working with others:
l
To undertake nursing
duties within your scope of professional
practice with the supervision of the Practice
Nursing Team,
l To act as a chaperone as requested by clinicians
l To function
as an integral part of theGuiseley and Yeadon medical practice team
Job description
Job responsibilities
l
To always act in
such a manner as to support Patients and be mindful of the
need to reduce anxiety for patients
l To provide, a phlebotomy (blood sampling) service
for patients
l
Be responsible for processing and management of laboratory samples
requested by clinicians with specific responsibility to ensure that the
samples are correctly labelled, sent to the laboratory promptly and that data is entered onto the Patient's notes
l Undertaking
well person checks including Height, weight & BMI
checks.
l Undertake Urinalysis, record results and
send samples to the lab when required
l ECG recording
l Blood pressure checks.
l Record clinical
observations Pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations
l Measure & interpret
blood glucose levels.
l Undertake Diabetic foot checks
l Provide Lifestyle advice
l Effectively share
information and check understanding about long term conditions develop skill
to undertake long term condition reviews
l Undertake Dressings including compression and
leg ulcer management
l Undertake suture / staple & clip
removal
l Provide sexual health / contraception
advice
l Undertake cervical smears on completion of
appropriate training
l Administer vaccinations under a PSD
following appropriate training
l Chaperoning Patients
Maintenance of equipment, including keeping records of when external
checks are due, e.g., calibration
l Be responsible for the daily / monthly Emergency
drug and kit checks
l Be responsible for the correct
maintenance and cleaning
of equipment
l
Be responsible for restocking of all clinical
areas and maintaining a stock rotation system
l
To maintain an adequate number of clinical
supplies and health
promotion materials as agreed with the clinical team
l To obtain, process
and/or use information in line with the GDPR requirements
l Ensure that drug/vaccine refrigerators are at the correct temperature daily and maintain
the Vaccine Cold Chain documented record according to Practice Guidelines
l
To maintain health
information notice board
in line with
national/local health promotion campaigns
l To attend relevant meetings as required
l To immediately
report any safeguarding or compliance concerns
Working with others:
l
To undertake nursing
duties within your scope of professional
practice with the supervision of the Practice
Nursing Team,
l To act as a chaperone as requested by clinicians
l To function
as an integral part of theGuiseley and Yeadon medical practice team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- Registered with NMC
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working within the service area.
- Experience of organising and prioritising own delegated workload
- Experience in ECG; post-operative wound care; cervical cytology; long term conditions management; phlebotomy (advanced); B12 injection; shingles/flu vaccinations
Desirable
- Experience of working within a primary care setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- Registered with NMC
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working within the service area.
- Experience of organising and prioritising own delegated workload
- Experience in ECG; post-operative wound care; cervical cytology; long term conditions management; phlebotomy (advanced); B12 injection; shingles/flu vaccinations
Desirable
- Experience of working within a primary care setting
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).
Additional information
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).
