Practice Nurse

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Practice:

• Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.

• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition.

• Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.

• Assist in the development of programmes to improve health and well-being and meet the specific needs of communities, groups and individuals.

• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care.

• Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals.

• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication in relation to long term conditions

• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and encourage principles of self-care.

• Assess and care for patients presenting with leg ulcerations and general wound care, advising prescribing clinicians regarding wound care products based on clinical assessment and local formularies.

• Support and advise women requesting information relating to Contraception and Sexual Health issues.

• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations.

• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.

• Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions.

• To assist in the supervision and support NHS Health checks.

Communication:

• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.

• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.

• Utilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens.

• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.

• Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment external stakeholders.

• Act as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues viewpoints to others.

Delivery Quality Service:

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008).

• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.

• Deliver care according to National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, local guidelines and evidence-based care.

• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.

• Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.

• Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.

• In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.

• Evaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.

• Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.

• Participate in the management, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework.

• Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.

• Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance.

• Work within policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate.

Team Working:

• Understand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over time.

• Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms ...