Job responsibilities
As a member of the wider LPC nursing team
and supporting the Blackburn with Darwen (BwD) PCNs, you will be responsible
for delivering high-quality care at scale
to the local population. Working autonomously and as part of a supportive
clinical team, the postholder will provide a wide range of services including
chronic disease management, wound care, immunisations, cervical screening, and
health promotion. The role involves contributing to the delivery of
population-level preventative care, supporting quality improvement initiatives,
and mentoring junior staff such as HCAs.
You will support the BwD wider team in
ensuring governance and safe care for our patients.
Primary
Duties and Areas of Responsibility
- General treatment duties including (but not
limited to):
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Wound and ulcer management
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Administration of injectable medicines for patients
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Contraception management
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Prostate cancer management
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Children and adult immunisations
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Seasonal vaccinations
-
Well woman clinics
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Participation in infection control audits and any
other assurance protocols
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Management of patients with long term conditions
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Cytology consultations
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Management of COPD, hypertension, asthma, diabetes
and dementia
Management
- Evaluate services to promote
quality improvement
- Manage available resources
effectively in line with local guidance
- Support the PCN teams as
requested
- Supervision of HCAs
Quality
- Manage personal time and
workload effectively and efficiently
- Meet deadlines and other
performance benchmarks and reporting for the PCN
- Use significant event
analysis to alert staff to areas of potential risk
Education,
Training and Development
- Engage with and participate fully in all mandatory training and
development
- Take personal ownership of the responsibility to keep up to date
with latest guidelines
- Undertake additional training and development to close potential
gaps in skills and knowledge
Governance and
Risk
- Ensure
the confidentiality and security of all information that is dealt with in
the course of performing duties
- Ensure
that all systems for Information Governance, GDPR, and confidentiality is
maintained at all times
Communication
The
post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within
the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team
members
- Communicate effectively with patients and
carers
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative
methods of communication and respond accordingly
Confidentiality
In the performance of the duties outlined
in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential
information relating to GP practices, patients and their careers, practice
staff, GP federation staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have
access to information relating to the federation as a business
organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as
strictly confidential
All members
of staff are bound by the requirements of the Data Protection Act
1998. Information relating to
patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of
the organisation may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance
with LPC policies and procedures, IG regulations and Data Protection Act
relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive
data
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
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 business 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.
Health & Safety
The post-holder will assist in
promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as
defined in both the federations and practices Health & Safety Policies.
This will include:
- Using
personal security systems within the workplace according to business
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
- 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 areas clean, assisting in the maintenance of
general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job
holders role
- Reporting
potential risks identified
Safeguarding
The organisation is committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It
expects all employees to share this commitment. All staff members are required
to undertake safeguarding training and follow safeguarding policies and
procedures
Smoke Free Policy
In line with the Department of Health
guidelines, the organisation operates a strict smoke-free policy. This includes
not permitting the use of E-cigarettes on the premises.
Notes &
Review
The Job Description
is not intended to be a fully comprehensive description of the duties of the
post-holder and may develop over time.
Therefore, these duties will be subject to regular review and may be
amended in consultation with the post-holder. All members of staff should be prepared to
take on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order to maintain
the efficient running of the organisation.
