An exciting opportunity has arisen at Narrowcliff Surgery at for an accomplished, highly motivated Practice Nurse to join our friendly and forward thinking clinical team. The ideal candidate will be registered with the NMC and ideally have experience working within general practice.
To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
Narrowcliff Surgery prides itself in the development and well being of staff. We offer an Employment Assistant Programme which is open to immediate family members, The Cycle to Work Scheme, eye care vouchers and NHS pension scheme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Narrowcliff
Surgery Job
description for a Practice Nurse
Hours of duty: To be negotiated
Responsible to: Senior Practice Nurse
Job summary
The
post holder is responsible for the delivery of basic practice nursing services
care to the practice population. Supported by nurses within the practice, they
will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting
patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention
and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general
practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy
and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required.
Key responsibilities
Clinical practice
Assess, plan, develop, implement and
evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse
effects on health and well-being
Implement and evaluate individual
treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition
Identify, and manage as appropriate,
treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
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
using opportunities such as new-patient medicals
Provide information and advice on
prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side effects
and interactions
Support patients to adopt health
promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and encourage
principles of self-care
Assess and care for patients presenting
with uncomplicated wounds
Support and advise women requesting
information relating to family planning needs
Support and manage health needs of
women presenting for cervical cytology consultations
Recognise, assess and refer patients
presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework
(NSF) for Mental Health
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 care
for patients presenting with aural conditions
Assist senior practitioners in
providing minor-surgery sessions
Communication
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication
styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
Communicate with and support patients
who are receiving bad news
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 (NMC)
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 NSF and
the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) 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 a structured framework (eg root-cause analysis)
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
Team working
Understand own role and scope in the
organisation and identify how this may develop over time
Work as an effective and responsible
team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways
of working
Delegate clearly and appropriately,
adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those
taking on delegated duties
Ensure clear understanding and
utilisation of referral mechanisms within the practice
Accept delegation from other nurses,
prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are
embedded in own practice
Work effectively with others to clearly
define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery Participate
in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
Participate in and support local
projects as agreed with the practice management team
Management of risk
Manage and assess risk within the areas
of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and
patients
Monitor work areas and practices to
ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and
security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
Ensure safe storage, rotation and
disposal of vaccines and drugs is undertaken. Where appropriate, oversee the
monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according
to legal requirements
Undertake mandatory and statutory
training
Apply infection control measures within
the practice according to local and national guidelines
Apply policies that reduce
environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to
health care for all
Participate in the local implementation
strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
Utilising information
Use technology as an aid to management
in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating
information
Review and process data using accurate
Read codes about patients in order to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for
monitoring and audit processes
Manage information searches using the
internet and local library databases, for example, the retrieval of relevant
information for patients on their condition
Understand own and others
responsibility to the individual organisation regarding the Freedom of
Information Act
Collate, analyse and present clinical
data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to
enhance care
Learning and development
Act as mentor to students, assessing
competence against set standards as requested and if appropriately qualified
Disseminate learning and information
gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others
about current and future developments
Assess own learning needs and undertake
learning as appropriate
Make effective use of learning
opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness
and feeding back relevant information
Provide an educational role to patients,
carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
Equality and diversity
Identify patterns of discrimination,
take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity
Enable others to promote equality and
diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
Support people who need assistance in
exercising their rights
Monitor and evaluate adherence to local
chaperoning policies
Act as a role model in good practice
relating to equality and diversity
Accept the rights of individuals to
choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care.
Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care