Practice Nurse

Job responsibilities

Clinical duties and responsibilities

Support the Practice Nursing Team, the Partners and Doctors in delivering a high standard of medical care to patients including but not limited to:

• Experience in Long Term Conditions is essential
• Leg ulcer management and compression (very desirable)
• Undertaking phlebotomy procedures
• Blood pressure recording
• Recording of ECG
• Administering IM, SC, and ID injections
• Specimen collection (e.g. MSSU, EMU, nasal, throat and wound swabs)
• Dressing of wounds, including post-operative wounds.
• Removal of sutures, clips and staples
• Treatment of minor injuries
• Giving appropriate and predetermined advice and guidance to patients on healthy eating and living
• Childhood immunisations
• Influenza/covid clinics (October)
• The Practice Nurse may also be required to assist in other procedures under the supervision of a Doctor and in accordance with the NMC guidelines.
• To report any problems/changes/complaints concerning the practice and the quality of medical care provided to patients to the Practice Manager
• Input and code patient clinical information on to the practice clinical system
• Ensure relevant prompts for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) are coded and recorded appropriately.
• Maintain your personal development profile

Non clinical roles

• Monitoring of stock levels and supplies, liaising with the Practice Nurse Manager and ordering stock as appropriate
• Monitoring of clinical equipment, organising repairs and routine maintenance schedules
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
• Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols and implementation of those protocols across the practice
• Attend and contribute to Practice Whole Team Meetings
• Attend and contribute to Practice Nursing Team Meetings
• Attending training and supervision sessions on at least 4 occasions per year to maintain safe standards of practice

Communication

The post holder will communicate regularly with colleagues, the Partners and Doctors within the surgery, the Practice Nursing Team, attached staff, patients, members of the general public and a range of external agencies

Communication will take place by way of face to face contact, meetings, phone calls and written communication

Provide and receive routine, sensitive, confidential, contentious, and complex, information. This will require tact, reassurance, persuasive, and negotiation skills. Empathy is required during communication with patients, service providers and staff over sensitive issues

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates an environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons it improves operational effectiveness; it is morally the right thing to do and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that they treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

The Blackmore Vale Partnership is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, well-being and safety.

The post holder is to manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team and others and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

• Use appropriate infection control procedures and maintain clinical work areas so that they are clean, safe and free from hazards. Report any potential risks identified including:
• hand washing.
• universal hygiene procedures.
• collection and handling of laboratory specimens.
• segregation and disposal of waste materials.
• reporting and treatment of sharps injuries.
• dealing with ...