Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
PRACTICE NURSE
Sandgate Road Surgery
LINE MANAGEMENT
For all
clinical matters you will report to the Practice Matron Lead Nurse /Practice
Partner.
For all
Administrative matters you will report to the Practice Matron Lead Nurse or Practice
Manager as appropriate.
Accountable to: NMC
Total Hours per
week: as agreed and in contract
Normal hours of
employment each week are: as agreed and in contract
The above
working days and times may be reviewed and altered from time to time by mutual
agreement. The salary for a Whole Time
Equivalent (37.5hrs per wk) is as agreed and in contract. Actual salary calculated on a pro rata basis
in relation to working hour.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Nursing
General: To assist medical personnel in the care of
patients in the surgery and set up preventive care programmes including the
running of various screening procedures and patient education sessions.
1) To carry out
general nursing procedures as and when required.
2) Care of equipment and stocking of vaccines, consumables and laboratory
items. Maintaining a supply of sterile treatment packs. Stock-keeping to be
done in liaison with the practice manager.
3) Collection
of pathological specimens ,including intravenous blood samples; and performing
certain investigations at the request of GPs for example; ECG, Peak flow, spirometry,
audiometry
4) Supervision of patients with chronic illnesses. This will include setting up
and running various screening and treatment protocols as and when required and
maintaining an appointment and recall system for patients.
5) Prevention
work such as immunizations, cervical cytology, family planning, weight
reduction, smoking cessation, cardiovascular risk reduction, fitness promotion
and any other designated Health Promotion areas.
6) Assisting
and/or chaperoning GPs performing surgical or family planning procedures or
examinations.
7) To attend patients in their homes when requested by a general practitioner.
8) To have regard for the emotional and social needs of patients and
communicate these perceptions to the relevant member(s) of the PHCT.
9) To be aware and take responsibility for personal safety in performing
procedures and to identify and recommend safe procedures to be adopted in the
practice.
Administrative
1) Keeping full and accurate notes in the patient's records and/or in any other
from used in the practice, of all consultations
and treatments.
2) Co-operation with any practice research projects.
3) The collection and collation of any relevant data far compiling practice reports.
4) Identification (in conjunction with the practice nurse manager/practice manager if necessary) of any
deficiency in the practices target for 100% success in preventive and surveillance
protocols and anticipate the measures needed to rectify the deficit.
5) Attending
practice meetings as required.
6) Maintaining
equipment in GP rooms and treatment rooms.
7) Maintaining stocks of sterile supplies for use by GP's and nurses.
8) Ensure payments for private treatments are paid by the patients before
treatment is given. Also, ensure all activity relating to NHS claims and
reimbursement are properly coded and recorded.
9) Identifying
care needs within the practice population by undertaking a practice profile or
similar exercise and organising work to best meet the needs identified.
10) Ability to demonstrate the rationale behind the various methods chosen to
meet care needs of patients, to evaluate those methods and change them as
necessary.
Educational
1) To participate in any further education/training deemed useful or necessary.
2) To use opportunities to educate patients in their
abilities to help themselves and to reinforce education from other health
sources.
3) To be involved as required in the teaching and training of other health care
personnel attached to or visiting the Practice.
Personal
1) Being accountable professionally for your individual actions.
2) Maintaining self respect and the respect of others with a conscientious
professional attitude.
Other staff:
1) Effective liaison and interaction with other staff concerned with the
Patient's care, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.
2) Maintaining effective lines of communication with all other practice staff
to reduce the risk of confusion and increase
the efficiency of our provision of primary health care services.
3) Pro-actively promoting good relations with all other practice staff through
friendliness good humour encouragement and respect.
4) To avoid significant deviation from normal practice clinical or
administrative procedures without first having discussed and agreed proposed
changes with your colleagues and subsequently obtaining approval from the
Doctors or the Practice Manager.
5) Remember that care of patients ultimately rests with the general practitioner with whom they are
registered and that patient care can only be undertaken with the certain
knowledge that the GP concerned has requested this either directly or as part
of the practice policy.