Job description

Job responsibility:

The main duties and responsibilities are as follows.

1. Meeting patients nursing care needs as identified, or where care has been transferred to the nurse by a GP or other senior clinician. This will usually be in the surgery but occasional home visits will also be required for Chronic Disease Management etc.

2. Initiating and maintaining health screening and promotion clinics for identified areas of the practice population, recognising where modification of systems or referral is necessary.

3. Managing the ongoing care of patients with chronic disease (as per skillset), employing personal recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data for contract purposes is also required.

4. Deliver specialist chronic disease clinics (as per skillset), including ongoing management, annual review and MDT discussion/presentation. Escalating to CD Lead and/or GP when necessary.

5. Deliver nurse led clinics including:

Baby and Child Immunisation

Cervical Smears

Travel Vaccination

Flu and Covid Vaccination

Family Planning & Sexual Health

Leg Ulcer and dressings management including dopplers

Teen Health Checks

Amending or adding to services as needs are identified

6. Maintaining efficient liaison with all areas of the CCG team and other agencies to assure continuity of care where necessary.

7. Provide leadership, training and supervision for nursing staff within the Treatment Room.

8. Represent the Practice at relevant and appropriate forums and feedback key messages and learning.

9. Act as named Lead for the Practice for defined areas of responsibility, e.g. Immunisations, Resuscitation, Infection Prevention & Control etc. Participating in audit / research when required.

10. Routine treatment in general clinics, including:

Supply and administer medications under PGD

Warfarin monitoring

Maintaining Thyroxine register

Wound management

and other general Treatment Room skills

Confidentiality:

• 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 the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice 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

• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

• Reporting potential risks identified

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 recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice 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.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

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 via the use of interpreters, Language Empire, Google translate as appropriate

• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

This role is designed to change and adapt to the needs of the practice, therefore this job description is a guide and as such is not exhaustive.