Practice Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
Practice Nurse essentially improving patient outcomes by delivering preventative care, early intervention, and ongoing support for chronic diseases. To help reduce hospital admissions by ensuring patients receive appropriate monitoring and education within the community. Through their clinical knowledge, communication skills, and compassionate approach, Practice Nurse contribute significantly to the efficient running of GP practices and the overall health of the population.
Main duties of the job
Deliver a high standard of patient care using high level autonomous clinical skills and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base
Deal with presenting patients needs in a primary care setting.Responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.
Promote healthy lifestyles and participate in national immunisation and screening programmes.
Enable patients to manage their long-term health care needs and to achieve their full potential in terms of independent living.
Carry out all duties in accordance with the NMC Code of professional conduct and with regard to the various local and national policies, guidelines and protocols.
About us
The organisation operates through teamwork and collaboration. Regular meetings, shared care planning, and effective communication between clinical and administrative staff help ensure that patients receive coordinated and high-quality care. We also work closely with hospitals, community services, social care providers, pharmacies, and voluntary organisations to meet patients' healthcare needs.
Our practice has a relatively small patient list size; however, it is a busy and dynamic environment with a high demand for services. Despite having a small team, we work collaboratively to provide high-quality, patient-centred care. The team is supportive, approachable, and committed to maintaining a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for both patients and colleagues. Strong teamwork and effective communication enable us to deliver efficient and responsive healthcare services to our local community. The practice is located in the Croydon area.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Undertake clinical duties with relevant training in some or all of the areas:
Cervical Cytology
Immunisations
Ear Care
Minor Injuries
Phlebotomy
Wound Care
Travel Health Immunisations and Advice
Actively encourage and facilitate choices for patients by providing health promotion during routine screening procedures e.g. new patient health checks, cervical cytology and long-term conditions management.
Communicate complex information to patients and relatives where needed with a variety of diverse needs, using negotiation and persuasive skills to motivate.
Plan, implement and evaluate clinical packages of care, including physical, psychological and social needs.
Develop packages of care in collaboration with patients and other health and social care professionals.
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 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.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training 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 development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
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.
This job description is designed to reflect duties currently incorporated in this post. These may change in light of a change in the service provided by the Practice, but any such change will be fully discussed with the post holder. This job description is subject to an annual review
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (Currently registered with the NMC)
- Understanding of own accountability arising from the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Understanding of relevant legal issues e.g. data protection and confidentiality
- Understanding of equal opportunity and diversity issues.
- Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to build effective working relationships at all levels.
- IT skills and Time management skills
- Able to work within a clear set of guidelines.
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Ability to work without direct supervision
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
- Pleasant and articulate
- Able to work under pressure and remain calm
- Able to work in a changing environment
- Able to use own initiative and is Flexible and adaptable
Desirable
- Qualification in cytology and or family planning
- Diploma in one or more chronic disease management
- Assessor/mentor qualification
- Experience of EMIS Clinical system
- Experience in travel/child immunisations
- Experience of working in community/primary care
- Chronic disease management
- An understanding of the structure of primary care within the wider NHS.
- Negotiating skills
- Able to demonstrate innovative practice.
- Ability to undertake audits.
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 ...
