Lead Practice Nurse

Job responsibilities

Job Summary :

To ensure the delivery of an effective Practice Nurse service to the practice population, delivering care appropriately according to practice policy, protocols, guidelines and procedures.

To provide guidance and support for the nursing team as Lead Nurse and liaise with GPs and Practice Manager.

Essential Qualifications:

1st level registration

Hold a current PIN issued by the NMC

Trained to undertake cervical cytology

Trained in all aspects of Chronic Disease Management

Desirable:

Family Planning Certificate

Management of patient with Minor Illness Module

Non-medical Prescribing Module

Job Responsibilities :

Clinical

To help in the development and maintenance of Chronic Disease Registers and autonomously provide clinical nursing interventions that will support the management of both National and Local Programmes e.g. Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease as appropriately trained

To actively encourage, develop and provide general and specific health screening/health promotion to the practice population, with referral to the doctors as necessary.

To participate in the cervical screening programme by raising patient awareness, competently carrying out cervical sampling, and ensuring results are delivered and acted upon appropriately. To keep an audit of results for competency

To work with due regard for Health and Safety standards within the practice, including infection control procedures

To document care given and report back as appropriate

Managerial

To work closely with the practice team and all other members of the PCN team concerned with patient care

To manage the nursing team and phlebotomist with regard to annual leave and study leave ensuring adequate clinic cover.

To perform annual appraisals for nursing team and phlebotomist

To oversee staff training, ensuring all mandatory training is completed and encouraging and supporting further training to benefit the team and the surgery needs.

To plan clinics and co-ordinate with Practice Manager and other members of the Primary Care Team to meet the needs of the surgery

To continually monitor standards and evaluate care by audit, providing reports and adapting practice to facilitate improvements to outcomes

To participate in the development of protocols/guidelines and procedures

To adhere to Manor Medical Practice policies and procedures

To report any risks to the Practice Manager

To ensure staff are maintaining stock levels of treatment/clinical room items whilst being cost effective

To document clearly all consultations and treatments provided on computer

To complete all necessary paperwork and computer entries required for practice administration e.g. patient recall systems, QOF coding

To undertake any other reasonable duties within the skills of the post holder as required by the practice.

To arrange and lead Practice Nurse meetings in-house

To attend Practice meetings as appropriate

To lead on Practice Infection Control

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

To assist in maintaining effective communication systems with all practice team members, other agencies and the voluntary sector

Educational

To be willing to undertake educational programmes as appropriate to post.

To identify areas of improvement of practice and review competencies

Work Environment

The post holder is required to work frequently with bodily fluids

The post holder will regularly be required to carry out nursing care, which includes the moving and handling of patients with varying disabilities, and the handling of equipment

Professional

To be responsible for own professional practice and accountability according to NMC Code of Conduct and to maintain NMC registration through revalidation

To acknowledge clinical limitations and not undertake any procedure for which the nurse is not adequately trained

Other

To undertake any other reasonable duties within the skills of the post holder as required by the practice

To provide holiday or sickness cover if the need arises

To organise and prioritise own workload on a day to day basis and observe strict rules about patient confidentiality at all times

To know when to seek direction from the Doctors or Practice Manager

To work with due regard for Health and Safety and infection control procedures

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 ...