Nursing Associate - GP Services

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Nursing Associate will undertake work in line with PCN directed priorities, work within their scope of practice. The successful applicant will:

1. Be an accountable professional

Act professionally at all times and use knowledge and experience to make evidence based decisions and solve problems.

Recognise and work within the limits of competence, working within professional boundaries and to be responsible for the actions taken.

Be proactive in seeking opportunities to develop own knowledge and skills, attending statutory/mandatory updates in accordance with organizational requirement.

Work as part of the PCNs multidisciplinary team to provide and monitor care under direct and indirect supervision.

2. Promote health and prevent ill health

Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing, demonstrated in such as:

Using behaviour change interventions to support health and wellness when undertaking health checks (physical and mental) which may include for example new patient checks, NHS Health Checks (Q risk), over 75s checks and referring to other services as needed including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services.

Chronic disease management contribute to the monitoring of patients with, for example, respiratory disease, diabetes, coronary heart disease, renal failure, hypertension.

Encourage patients to take part in health screening. The role may require, when appropriately trained, to perform cervical screening tests.

Care for individuals with complex conditions such as dementia, mental health conditions, and learning disabilities.

3. Provide and monitor care.

Carry out procedures safely and effectively within the PCN practices and in the patients home (including care homes), clinical tasks may include:

Clinical observations such as BP / Pulse / Temperature / Oxygen saturations / point of care blood glucose / BMI

Venepuncture

Spirometry

ECG

Diabetic foot checks

Sample processing and management

Cytology

Provide care and support with hygiene and maintenance of skin integrity including minor and complex wound care

Administration of medicines via oral, topical and inhalation routes and administer injections using subcutaneous and intra-muscular routes. This will include immunisations influenza / shingles / pneumonia, B12

Assist GP / ANP with minor surgery / invasive procedures for example coil fitting

Contribute to on-going assessment and recognise when it is necessary to refer patients onto others for reassessment

4. Work in teams

Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the registered nurses or other registered care professionals as appropriate.

Support, supervise and act as a role model to undergraduate student nurses (years one and two), trainee nurse associates, health care support workers and those new to care roles, review the quality of the care they provide, promoting reflection and providing constructive feedback.

Participate in team meetings, clinical supervision and where required, contribute to setting the agenda and recording minutes.

Contribute to team reflection activities, to promote improvements in practice and services.

5. Improve safety and quality of care

Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance.

Maintaining a safe work and care environment in particular:

Cleaning and restocking consulting rooms, stock control of consumables.

Adhering to infection control policies and procedures to include participation in regular audits, hand hygiene training, vaccine/cold chain storage awareness, spillage control procedures.

6. Contribute to integrated care

Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records and all communication is maintained in relation to care delivered adhering to local and national guidance.

Develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care, and mental health

Communicate effectively across a wide range of channels and with a wide range of individuals, public, health and social care professionals, maintaining the focus of communication on delivering and improving health and care services.

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process. Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals.

All staff have the responsibility to support all learners and to keep their knowledge of supporting learners in practice up to date, according to appropriate governing bodies regulations.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
• Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.

Desirable

• Experience in a Primary Care environment leading to good knowledge base about monitoring key long term conditions and Primary Care immunisation schedules
• Experience of using clinical systems e.g. System One, Emis, Ardens.

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Essential Skills & Knowledge include:
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
• Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
• Ability to use computerised clinical record systems and Microsoft office suite.

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 Leyland Primary Care Network

Address

Worden Medical Centre

West Paddock

Leyland

Lancashire

PR25 1HR

Employer's website

https://www.wordenmc.net/ (Opens in a new tab)