Job responsibilities
Parklands Medical Practice
JOB DESCRIPTION
POST
TITLE: Practice Nurse (GP practice)
DEPARTMENT: Nursing
LOCATION: Buttershaw Lane / Park Road
Surgeries
BAND: Band 6 equivalent
HOURS: Full
time is 37.5 hours per week but post holders will have the option for working
their hours in a flexible way to balance
their needs and the needs of the practice
ACCOUNTABLE
TO: Practice Nurse Manager
RESPONSIBLE
TO: Practice
Nurse Manager and Business Manager
JOB PURPOSE
To lead and develop high
quality patient care to meet the holistic health care needs of a practice
population.
PRIMARY
DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
KEY ROLE CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE
The Practice Nurse works
independently using own initiative and is accountable for their own
professional actions. Provides support and leadership for other members of the
Primary Health Care Team and leads towards the co-ordination of team
activities.
Administers adult and child immunisations and
vaccinations in accordance with national and local programmes. Is competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation
techniques. Ensures safe storage,
rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs and adequate stock levels are
maintained.
Offers comprehensive travel health advice for
patients prior to travel to include malaria prophylaxis, safe sex, food
hygiene, sun protection, first aid and emergency medication, health insurance
and vaccinations.
Undertakes procedures to include, venepuncture,
glucose tolerance tests, BP management, urinalysis, peak flow, spirometry, new
patient health checks, pregnancy testing, stitch/clip removal, ear syringing
and cytology, wound management.
Works within all relevant practice and ICB
policies and national guidelines.
KEY ROLE CARE AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
Takes a lead in long term conditions management,
undertakes the establishment and running of disease management clinics and
provides specialist nursing care for the patients or communities that the
practice serves.
Initiates the process of diagnosis with patients
suspected to have a chronic disease e.g. diabetes, COPD, asthma, CHD referring
to other clinicians as appropriate.
Manages programmes of care for patients with
chronic diseases by planning, providing and evaluating care under agreed
local/national guidelines, protocols and patient group directions.
Maintains disease registers.
Audits outcomes of care against standards and
initiates changes as necessary.
Undertakes annual review of patients
understanding and ability to self manage.
Refers to other members of the extended primary
health care team including district nurse, chiropodist, dietician, specialist
nurses.
KEY ROLE HEALTH PROMOTION
Initiates and carries out programmes of health
screening.
Contributes to profiling of the practice
population.
Enables, encourages and supports individuals,
families and groups to address issues which affect their health and social
well-being.
Provides healthy lifestyle and smoking cessation
advice to individuals and groups.
Develops and maintains the health promotion
material within the practice.
Makes referrals to statutory and voluntary
agencies as appropriate.
KEY ROLE INFECTION CONTROL
Leads and supports infection control measures, this
includes universal hygiene precautions, appropriate use of personal protective
equipment, collection and handling of laboratory specimens, segregation and
disposal of waste materials, decontamination of instruments and clinical
equipment, reporting and treatment of sharps injuries, dealing with blood and
body fluid spillage and infection prevention audits.
KEY ROLE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Is competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation
techniques
KEY ROLE WOMANS HEALTH
Advises
patients on the national and local cervical cytology and mammography screening
programmes
Undertakes
a programme of cervical cytology sampling under supervision
Advises
on breast self awareness and provides supporting literature
Advises
on the increased risk of peri- and post-menopausal risk of osteoporosis and
heart disease
KEY ROLE FAMILY PLANNING
Advises patients on basic methods of contraception
Teaches patients in correct condom use
Advises patients on reducing risk of sexually
transmitted diseases
Refers as appropriate
KEY ROLE MENS HEALTH
Basic advice and appropriate referral on testicular
and prostate cancer, family planning and sexual health
KEY ROLE MENTAL HEALTH
Identifies patients within routine consultations
who may have undiagnosed depression and / or symptoms of stress
Refer as appropriate
KEY ROLE MANAGE/LEAD SELF/OTHERS
Promotes effective communication and
relationships within the team.
Works collaboratively as a team member to
achieve the objectives of the PMS contract and
aspirations of the team.
Provides expert clinical advice on educational
opportunities that will facilitate the development and support of their
specialist knowledge and skills to ensure the development of clinical practice.
Partakes in clinical supervision for own
development.
Recognises the development needs of others and
provides clinical supervision.
Actively participates in clinical and practice
meetings.
Develops own knowledge and practice to meet
objectives/changes in service.
KEY ROLE INFLUENCE AND DEVELOP POLICY
Create and capitalise upon opportunities to
influence the setting of policies which will affect health and social well
being.
Develops clinical protocols for the surgery and the
team.
KEY ROLE MANAGE RESOURCES
Monitors and uses resources appropriately within
the team e.g. vaccines, stationary.
KEY ROLE MANAGE AND USE INFORMATION
Makes effective use of the clinical system by
ensuring the consistent and accurate entering of data and use of Read Codes.
Facilitates the use of up-to-date information
technology in order to collate accurate and timely information as and when
required by the practice.
Makes recommendations and initiates raising of
practice standards and service delivery.
Contributes to a satisfactory call and recall
system of patients
KEY ROLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Contributes to Practice Research activity as
appropriate.
Identifies, applies and disseminates research
findings relating to specialist practice.
KEY
ROLE - CLINCAL PRACTICE LEADERSHIP
Support clinical audit and standards monitoring
Support and teach others, including unqualified
staff
Act as an assessor / mentor to other staff
Work effectively in the team
KEY
ROLE - CLINICAL PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT
Uses current research approaches to patient care
Have an understanding of the ethical dilemmas in
general practice
KEY
ROLE - CLINICAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Support procedures in place for the smooth running
of the Practice
Contribute to the efficient utilisation of the nursing
resources
10.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Frequent
exposure to body fluids, blood, wounds, fleas and lice.
Occasional
exposure to aggressive behaviour.
Frequent
requirement to travel between sites.
Occasional
requirement to perform home visits.
Take
responsibility for the health and safety of themselves and others in the working environment
13. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
HOURS OF WORK:
SUPERANNUATION:
This post is
optionally superannuable.
TRAVEL : The
job holder must hold a full UK
driving license to work between the main and branch surgeries as required
REGISTRATION
: The job
holder must hold a current NMC registration
HEALTH
ASSESSMENT: This post is subject to a satisfactory pre-employment
health assessment.