Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: Practice
Nurse
REPORTS TO General
Practitioner
HOURS: 10 sessions
per week
Job summary:
Provide healthcare services to patients under
the guidance of the Doctors.
Provide general assistance to the practice team
and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors. Must
be able to work well with other members of staff.
Job responsibilities:
The ideal
candidate would be able to provide the following services:
- Diabetic Check
- Medication Review
- Child Immunisation & Travel immunisation
- Cervical Smear
- COPD review
- Spirometry
- Ear syringing
- Flu/Pnuemo/B12/Covid injections, Zoladex/Prostap
- Complex Dressings
Computer
- Knowledge of Emis system an
advantage
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:
The
post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others
health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety
policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection
control policy and published procedures. This will include:
- 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
- Demonstrate
due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
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 recognises 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 that 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, with 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 practice
policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other
members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect
own work
- Participate in
audit where appropriate