Job responsibilities
Clinical
Practice
- Work as an
autonomous practitioner within nurse led, drop in clinics and outreach
sessions using evidence based nursing practice and client care.
- Provide
individual health assessments involving holistic consideration for an
individuals physical, mental and emotional health.
- Produce patient
specific care plans including: assessing, planning, implementing and
evaluating, with the client and other professionals as appropriate.
- Management of
complex wounds including those requiring compression bandaging
- Perform doppler
measurements as part of assessment of patients with leg ulceration
- Perform urine
pregnancy testing and sexual health screening
- Identify, manage
and refer appropriately, service users at risk of potentially
life-threatening conditions including sepsis, acute alcohol withdrawal,
suicide
- Provide
emergency care to patients on and off-site including liaising with
emergency medical services
- Safe
Administration of PGD medication including IM Naloxone as required
- Administer
appropriate immunisations in line with PGDs (Patient Group Directions)
- Keep accurate,
confidential and contemporaneous records of interventions.
- Ensure prompt
referrals to appropriate services e.g. GP, Walk in Centre, A&E,
Mental health assessment team, Blood Borne Virus (BBV) Nurse
- Participate in
partnership working with statutory and voluntary staff e.g. BBV team,
Outreach Team, One25,
- Effective
liaison and communication with clients, carers, primary and secondary
health services and other agencies.
- Attend clinical,
team and other meetings as appropriate to services.
- Maintain clinics
and other work places and ensure adequate stocks are available at all
times.
Education
and Health Promotion
- Act as a
facilitator to student nurses and medical students who spend time with
the team.
- Develop and
participate in health promotion initiatives with team members and other
agencies as appropriate.
- Help to educate
local and statutory organisations to the needs of the homeless and to
facilitate the assimilation of clients who are homeless into mainstream
services.
- Give appropriate
health advice for clients to non-clinical staff and external agencies
Professional
development
- Act at all times
within the NMC code of professional conduct.
- Base practice
upon guidelines outlined by NMC in the scope of professional practice.
- Receive
appropriate clinical supervision for clinical practice.
- Maintain
knowledge of current research, literature and other developments
relevant to area of practice and ensure continuous professional
development in accordance with NMC revalidation requirements.
- Attend performance and development reviews with your line
manager.
General Responsibilities
At all times the post holder must
act in a manner consistent with the code of conduct and appearance
representing BrisDoc and the NHS.
Maintaining regular consistent
attendance, punctuality, personal appearance and adherence to relevant health
and safety procedures.
To attend all statutory and
mandatory training courses and any courses specific to this role.
To be available for staff
meetings and group supervision
Establish and maintain effective
working relationships with co-workers and the general public.
Preserve and promote patient
dignity and confidentiality
To be able to identify and
escalate Safeguarding concerns appropriately
Flexibility
This
role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main
responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing
the role and in initial and ongoing discussions with the designated manager.
Confidentiality
Under
the Data Protection Act 2018 (alongside the EU General Data Protection Regulations),
the postholder must maintain the confidentiality of information about
patients and staff. The work is of a confidential nature and information
gained must not be communicated to other persons except in the recognized
course of duty. Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information will
result in disciplinary action and may lead to your dismissal.
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 BrisDocs
policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal
and sensitive data.
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 BrisDocs
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
Employees
must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and
Safety at Work Act (1974) to ensure that the agreed procedures are carried
out to maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.
Infection Prevention and Control
It
is the responsibility of all members of staff to provide a high standard of
care to patients they are involved with. This includes good infection
prevention practice.
All
staff have a responsibility to comply with Infection Prevention and Control
policies and procedures, this includes:
Completing mandatory infection prevention training.
Challenging poor infection prevention and control practices.
Ensuring their own compliance with BrisDocs Infection Prevention and
Control policy and procedures for example, standard precautions, hand
hygiene, prevention & management of inoculation incidents.
Safeguarding
To
be fully aware of and understand the duties and responsibilities arising from
the Childrens Act 2004 and Working Together in relation to child protection
and safeguarding children and young people as this applies to the workers
role within the organisation.
To
also be fully aware of the principles of safeguarding as they apply to
vulnerable adults in relation to the workers role, which will include
recognising the types and signs of abuse and neglect and ensuring that the
workers line manager is made aware and kept fully informed of any concerns
which the worker may have in relation to safeguarding adults and/or child
protection.
Everyone within BrisDoc has a responsibility for, and is committed
to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and
young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. BrisDoc ensures that local
Child Protection and Safeguarding Adult policies and procedures are adhered
to by all members of staff.
Environment
The
postholder needs to be aware of BrisDocs impact on the environment and be
vigilant and pro-active in ensuring they adhere to the management strategy i.e.
recycling, waste management, use of vehicles etc.
Smoking
Smoking will not be tolerated inside any BrisDoc
building and vehicle.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
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.
