Practice Nurse
| Posting date: | 05 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,407.00 to £37,350.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28407.00 - £37350.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 October 2024 |
| Location: | Redruth, TR15 1AU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A4754-24-0000 |
Summary
JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post holder with the position. The description will be open to regular review and may be amended to take into account development within the organisation. All members of staff should be prepared to take on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order to maintain the efficient running of the business. Purpose of the role To provide nursing treatments and chronic disease management to patients in participation with health care professionals and service users, working in collaboration with other members of the team or independently to agreed protocols, delivering quality patient services. You must be able to apply safe clinical decision making and expert care, whilst remaining within your professional boundary. Use your clinical skills to provide education to service users, promoting self-care and empower them to make informed choices about their care. Key responsibilities The following are the core responsibilities of a Practice Nurse. There may be occasions when there is a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload, staffing levels and direction of the Clinical Team or Manager: Independently assess, diagnose, treat, refer, signpost and discharge patients and service users Provide routine care to patients, as required, in accordance with clinical based evidence and NICE guidelines Ensure clinical treatment is safe, effective and conducted within the boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations Undertake telephone triage Ensure personal and professional clinical standards are maintained Adapt styles of communication in order to empower self-management and health education for patients Participate in vaccination programmes, vaccinating patients in the Practice, and/or on home visits Formally and informally, impart knowledge and skills to colleagues, promoting peer review and best practice within the working environment Communicate at all levels within the team, ensuring an effective service is delivered Ensure evidence based care is delivered at the highest standard, ensuring delivery of the highest quality patient care Work within Practice policies and procedures Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development, in order to meet the needs of the service Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team, and work colleagues Undertake the collection of pathology specimens, including blood samples, swabs, etc. Perform investigatory procedures as requested by colleagues Establish and maintain good liaison with other Practices, and the wider system, including secondary care Support the clinical team with safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies Refer safeguarding concerns, using established safeguarding referral pathways Use appropriate infection control procedures Be aware of safe storage of equipment, and drugs Delegate tasks clearly and appropriately, adopting the principals of safe practice and assessment of competence of those colleagues taking on the delegated duty Work within Practice policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate Administration and Professional responsibilities Participate in administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team Ensure accurate and legible notes, of all consultations and treatment, are recorded in the patients notes Ensure the clinical system is kept up to date with accurate coding Ensure the appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting issues to the relevant person Ensure Collect and maintain statistical information, required for regular and ad hoc reports and audits Attend and participate in Practice meetings, as required Professional development The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, 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 professional development, learning and performance, by attendance of courses and study days, to ensure registration requirements are met Maintain a Personal Development Plan Demonstrate skills and activities, to others who are undertaking similar work 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 each Practice Health & Safety Policy, the Practice Health & Safety Manual, and the Practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will 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 Actively report health and safety hazards and infection hazards, immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role Undertaking periodic infection control training 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 recognises 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 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 Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly