Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice
Assess,
plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and
wellbeing, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.
Implement
and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients.
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 where possible.
Provide
information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on
medication regimens, side effects and interactions within your sphere of
competence.
Support
patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to
live healthily and encourage principles of self-care.
Deliver
patient centred, evidence based care for patients living with long term
conditions e.g. Asthma, COPD or diabetes.
Assess
and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds, leg ulcers and
complex wound presentation within your sphere of competence.
Support
and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs.
Support
and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations.
Implement
and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults
and children.
Advise,
support and, where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients
travelling abroad.
Promote
and deliver evidence-based ear care for patients.
Communication
Utilise
and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are
fully informed prior to consent to treatment.
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative
methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding,
cultural background, and preferred ways of communicating.
Utilise
communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment
regimens.
Anticipate
barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
Estimate
and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within
the practice environment external stakeholders.
Act
as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues viewpoints
to others.
Delivering a quality service
Recognise
and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as
regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Produce
accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation,
consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
Prioritise,
organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
Deliver
care according to the Practice protocols and the National Institute for
Clinical Excellence guidelines and evidence-based care.
Assess
effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking,
and formal evaluation
Participate
in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the
organisation and its activities.
Utilise
the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self
and the team, implementing improvements where required.
In
partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the
quality of health care, responding to local and national policies and
initiatives as appropriate.
Evaluate
the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.
Support
and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
Participate
in the management, review, and identify learning from patient complaints,
clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising Datix.
Participate
in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.
Understand
and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and
abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable
adult health procedure and local guidance.
Work
within policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults,
substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate.
Please find the full attached job description for further details.
