Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title:Nurse Practitioner

Location:Glastonbury Surgery

Salary:£48,200 - £51,200 per annum (depending on experience)

Hours:37 hours per week - part-time job shared considered

Accountable to:GP Partners

Job Purpose

Work as part of a team to offer a high standard of evidence-based care to patients, including health promotion, treatment, screening, and disease management.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Undertake structured surgeries working in an autonomous role including the management of patients presenting with new problems or exacerbation of chronic disorders.
• Engage in the planning an delivery of patient home visits, including both acute visits and the management of chronic medical problems in the house-bound.
• Undertake the supervision of triage by admin staff and taking responsibility for quality and training.
• Liaise with and advise the nurse lead to ensure most appropriate use of resources.
• Be a training and mentoring resource for peers and hosted trainees.
• Responsible for the collection and presentation of data that will lead to development of the service.
• Promote the appointment system within the Practice, working towards a nurse delivered same day service supported by a Doctor for guidance and consultation.

Clinical Governance and Professional Responsibilities

• Take appropriate action to the significance of the risk and consistent with protection procedures, applying protection procedures, following lone worker procedures.
• Report all accidents / incidents, and all ill health, failings in equipment and / or environment to line managers.
• Contribute towards audit and data collection as required.
• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
• Ensure that all patient information following consultations, registration, and/or including telephone encounters are recorded accurately on the computer, using EMIS and SNOMED codes as appropriate.
• Processing clinical and administrative tasks/results/paperwork.
• Attend and participate in practice meetings, including practice nurse meetings.
• Assist in the continual review of practice philosophy, strategy and policy.
• To participate in the formulation of practice protocols in conjunction with NHS England and local commissioners.

Personal and Profession Development

• Maintain lifelong learning by attending formal and informal educational courses and study days. Undertake a personal commitment to support lifelong learning by updating through relevant books and journals and the retainment of a reflective diary/professional portfolio.
• Maintain a record of Continuing Professional Development for Mandatory re-validation purposes.
• To have either successfully complete the Extended Nurse Prescribing course or demonstrate an intention of doing so.

Delivering a quality service

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the 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 NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
• Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes.
• Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.

Equality and Diversity

• Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity.
• Behave in a manner that promotes equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
• Support patients, carers and colleagueswho need assistance in exercising their rights.
• Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies.
• Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice.
• 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.

Confidentiality

• Adhere to a strict code of confidentiality in all aspects of the work.
• 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 carer(s), 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.

Research

• Co-operate and support research undertaken by the Practice including the referral of suitable patients who may benefit as participants in research programmes.

Education and Training of Students and Practice Staff

Participate in the induction, education and training of all new members of practice staff including medical students and GP registrars.

Liaison

Maintain effective liaison with other health care teams concerned with patient care as appropriate and with all other disciplines within the practice, always exercising regard for patient confidentiality.

Health & Safety

It is the responsibility of all employees to ensure that the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act are complied with, safe working practices are adhered to and that any hazards are reported to the appropriate officer immediately

All post holders are expected to:

• Adhere to practice policies and procedures (e.g. Health and safety)
• Familiarise themselves with the practice staff handbook.
• Adhere to the Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR.
• Respect and adhere to corporate and clinical governance principles.
• To work as an integral part of the whole practice team.
• Undertake a CRB / DBS - criminal records and barring list checks.
• Adapt to any changes made to the organisation structure / delivery of service.
• Work within the operating hours of the surgery.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 1 year minimum triage/minor illness work, A&E or as an Emergency Care Practitioner

Desirable

• Leadership experience
• 2 years minimum triage work or A&E
• Experience of telephone triage
• Previous Primary Care experience
• Family Planning Experience

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Customer focused.
• Autonomous working skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Good communications skills and computer literacy.
• Ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise workloads.
• An understanding, adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge to respond to the needs of patients.
• The ability to respond positively to changes both within the practice and the wider healthcare system.
• Excellent Communication Skills.
• Hold a current driving licence and have the use of a car.

Desirable

• Demonstrate leadership skills.
• Competent with the EMIS clinical system.

Qualifications

Essential

• Membership of a professional body with unrestricted registration e.g. RCN or equivalent
• BSc (Hons) or equivalent: Nurse Practitioner Degree (2year programme) or BSc in Emergency Care
• Completed a minor ailment and injury module at BSc/Msc level
• Evidence of PREP
• Independent Nurse Prescriber

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 .

Employer details

Employer name

Glastonbury Surgery

Address

Glastonbury Surgery

Feversham Lane

Glastonbury

Somerset

BA6 9LP