CRGPA - Practice Nurse - Extended Access

Job responsibilities

Clinical

To work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.

To participate in long term condition management for patients according to explicit protocols

To provide family planning advice

To administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol

To administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule

Monitoring of ongoing treatments.

To provide health education and cancer screening advice.

Perform cervical cytology screening.

To provide ear assessment and irrigation in accordance with protocols

To provide opportunistic screening and advice on mens health..

To assist with planning and evaluating patient care.

Clinical Measurements such as blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs

The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular injections

Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.

To provide Health Promotion in areas such as weight, smoking and alcohol.

Teaching patients and their family self-care where appropriate.

Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.

To work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness ofevidence based and current best practice.

To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.

To participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personal professionaldevelopment.

To participate in clinical supervision

To advise, support and contribute to the education of other members of the multidisciplinary

team.

Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection control standards

To participate in the maintenance of medical equipment, ensuring appropriate interim checksare carried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated and faults are reported in line withpolicy.

To support the maintenance of appropriate stock items in fridges and clinical areas and toadhere to cold chain policies

Other

Essential

• Self-directed practitioner
• Highly motivated
• Flexibility
• Enthusiastic
• Team player

Qualifications

Essential

• - Relevant nursing/health degree
• - Registered first level nurse

Desirable

• Mentor/teaching qualification
• Clinical supervision training

Experience

Essential

• Post-registration nursing experience
• Experience of working in community / primary
• care
• Management of long-term conditions
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols
• and clinical guidelines
• Experience of audit

Desirable

• Participation in quality initiatives
• such as clinical benchmarking

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term
• conditions
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Aware of accountability of own role and other
• roles in a nurse-led service
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary
• care
• Knowledge of patient group directions and
• associated policy
• Knowledge and understanding of NMC Code of
• Conduct and other guidance.
• Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and
• vaccination and ear care
• Change-management skills and ability to support
• patients to change lifestyle
• Excellent communication skills, both written and
• verbal
• Ability to communicate difficult messages to
• patients and families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• IT skills

Desirable

• Awareness of local and national
• health policy
• Awareness of issues within the
• wider health economy
• Diabetic management knowledge
• and experience
• Family planning knowledge and
• experience
• Respiratory care knowledge and
• experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).