Job responsibilities
Reports To: GP Partner (for clinical practice), Practice Manager (for admin)
Primary Purpose of Post:
To assist medical personnel in caring for practice patients, including treatment, preventative care, screening, and patient education.
Duties and Responsibilities of Post
- Provide assessment, screening treatment, services, and health education advice.
- Assist with the organisation and coordination of nursing services for the practice.
- Provide nursing treatment to patients in participation with general practitioners, using agreed protocols, including taking cervical smears.
- Provide general and specific health screening to the practice patients (within the agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
- Be competent in the administration of childhood immunisation and travel vaccination.
- Be competent and confident in managing people with long-term health conditions.
- Proactively manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
- Manage acute and chronic conditions, integrating drug- and nondrug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
- Support patients in adopting health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and applying principles of self-care.
- Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for adults and children.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC.
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete patient consultation records consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
- Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines, and evidence-based care.
- Maintain and control injectable and oral drug stocks in the treatment room and doctors' surgeries.
- Advise the manager regarding health and safety aspects. Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures
- Undertake the collection of pathological specimens, including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears, etc.
- Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the team's culture.
- Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded adequately on the computer.
- Assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategy, and policy.
- Maintain a notice board designated for patient health care and education in the waiting area.
Professional Development
- Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed helpful or necessary for professional development.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practices and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences)
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
General
- Staff must behave professionally and discreetly at all times.
- Patient and professional confidentiality is of prime importance. Any breach of privacy can result in immediate suspension/dismissal.
- Staff must demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.