Nurse Manager

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE: Nurse Manager

REPORTS TO: The Partners (Clinically)

The Practice Manager (Administratively)

Job summary:

Supervise and support the nursing team, ensuring optimal performance and patient care.

Job responsibilities:

Leadership and Staff Management:

Recruit, train, and evaluate nurses, nursing assistants, HCAs and Phelebotomists.

Conduct regular staff meetings to ensure clear communication and address concerns

Mentor and guide nursing staff in professional development and adherence to best practices

Act as a key link between nursing staff and the GP Partners/ Practice Management team

Ensure effective communication within the nursing team across departments

Foster a positive and collaborative working environment

Ensure adherence to CQC (Care Quality Commission) standards and other regulatory requirements

Support audits, policy reviews, and quality improvement initiatives

Implement evidence- based best practices in patient care

Essential general treatment room duties to include:

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care

Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler

Immunisations

Chronic diseases

Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician

Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs

Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior staff or GPs as appropriate

Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms

Experience in any of the following would be desirable but training can be arranged:

Cytology

Travel Clinic

Asthma/COPD

Venepuncture

Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations

Diabetes

Cardiovascular disease

Contraception

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 confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons, in accordance with practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines

Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage, and transport arrangements

Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability, and ongoing correct usage by staff

Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice

Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice

Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness, and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed, and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.

Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage, and disposal

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean, and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible ...