Job responsibilities
Job Title: Practice Nurse Band
5 - 6 Equivalent
Reports to Clinically: Nurse
Manager
Reports to Administratively: Practice Manager
Job Summary
The post holder is responsible
for the delivery of Practice Nursing services to the practice population.
Supported by senior nurses within the practice, they will deliver care within
the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy,
monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities.
They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs
of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing
nurse leadership as required.
Job
Responsibilities
Providing assessment, screening and treatment
services and health education advice
Provide nursing treatments to patients in
participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols
Provide general and specific health screenings
to the Practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general
practitioners as necessary
Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate
programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on
health and well-being
Implement and evaluate individual treatment
plans for patients with a known long-term condition
Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment
plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
Prioritise health problems and intervene
appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations,
including initiation of effective emergency care
Support patients to adopt health promotion
strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of
self-care
Deliver opportunistic health promotion
Support and advise women requesting
information relating to family planning needs
Support and manage health needs of women
presenting for cervical cytology consultations
Recognise, assess and refer patients
presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework
(NSF) for Mental Health
Implement and participate in vaccination and
immunisation programmes for both adults and children
Advise, support and, where appropriate,
administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad
Supplies and
equipment Treatment room and other areas
In
participation with the Nurse Manager, ensure the maintenance of equipment and
stock levels relating
to patient care
Pathological
specimens and investigatory procedures
Following
appropriate training, undertake the collection, storage and despatch of
pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc
and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment so used. Perform any investigatory procedures
requested by the GPs
Administrative and
professional responsibilities
Ensure
accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the
patients notes on the clinical computer system as appropriate
Ensure
accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient
health care and registration with the Practice
Ensure
collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and
ad hoc reports
Attend
and participate in Practice meetings as required
Assist
in the formulation of Practice philosophy, strategy and policy and develop
appropriate protocols
Mentor
and training of Health Care Assistants
Research projects
Co-operate
and participate as required in any research projects within the Practice
Student/staff
education and training
Participate
in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the induction
of all members of Practice staff with special responsibility for nursing staff
Liaison
Maintain
effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and
with all other disciplines within the Practice, with appropriate regard to
confidentiality
Professional development
Maintain
continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or
necessary for professional development
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
To ensure that safe
systems of work are practiced and that the agreed health and safety policies
are carried out. To be aware of the
responsibility of every employee to have regard for safety for him or herself
and others at work in the health and safety at work act
Using
personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
Identifying
the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way
that manages those risks
Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and
safe way and free from hazards
Actively
reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when
recognised
Keeping
own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the
maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of
the job holders role
Undertaking
periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
Reporting
potential risks identified
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 peoples 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 teams performance
Work
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources
Communication
The
post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within
the team and will strive to:
Communicate
effectively with other team members
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers
Recognize
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
The post-holder will:
Apply
and work within the guidelines and policies of the practice
Discuss
with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will
affect own work
Participate
in audit where appropriate
Any other delegated duties considered
appropriate to the post
