Practice Nurse
4 days ago
Job Title: Practice Nurse - Primary Care
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Practice Nurse to join our team at Upwell Health Centre. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality nursing care to our patients, working closely with our doctors and other healthcare professionals to deliver excellent patient outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver effective management of patients with chronic diseases, implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Work with patients to support compliance with, and adherence to, prescribed treatments.
- Provide wound care, ulcer care, and removal of sutures.
- Conduct health promotion activities.
- Perform urinalysis, ECGs, venepuncture, and blood pressure/hypertension reviews.
- Administer routine adult and child injections and immunisations, including travel immunisations.
- Initiate, perform, and interpret diagnostic procedures as appropriate for chronic disease management.
- Provide women's health checks, including contraception, sexual health, and cervical cytology.
- Support recall procedures, appropriate literature, and health promotion, and audit.
- Adhere to infection control policies.
- Monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment, including refrigeration, single-use equipment, and general treatment room equipment.
- Maximise Quality Outcomes Framework income.
- Take responsibility for own professional development and undertake training for specific clinical tasks.
- Attend mandatory training courses and updates, and any study days as appropriate to the post.
- Participate in yearly appraisal, personal development plan, and revalidation.
- Support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in conjunction with the practice nursing team.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC.
- Produce accurate and complete records of patient consultations, consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
- Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Maintain and control injectable and oral drug stocks in the treatment rooms.
- Undertake opportunistic screening when required.
- Assess problems presented opportunistically by patients.
- Chaperone and assist patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician.
- Recognise the signs of child abuse, addictive behaviours, suicidal tendencies, and be aware of local referral procedures.
- Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling laboratory specimens, disposing of waste materials, dealing with blood and body fluids spillages, and report and treat sharps injuries.
- Undertake first aid and management of emergencies, including burns, haemorrhage, hypo/hyperglycaemic emergencies, and asthma attacks.
- Undertake annual training and demonstrate competency in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques.
- Take part in audit work as and when required.
- Attend and participate in any practice meetings when required.
- Apply practice policies, standards, and guidance.
General Responsibilities:
- All staff at Upwell Health Centre have a duty to conform to the following:
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I):
- A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I create an environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential.
- Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care.
- Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression.
- Safety, Health, Environment and Fire:
- This practice is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities to for staff to maintain their health, well-being, and safety.
- Staff have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team, and others.
- Confidentiality:
- This practice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service.
- Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care.
- Quality & Continuous Improvement (CI):
- To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it.
- By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work.
- Training:
- On arrival at the practice, all personnel are to complete a practice induction programme.
- Mandatory attendance at practice governance and training sessions is required.
- Learning and Development:
- The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude, and competences to perform their role.
- All staff will be required to partake and complete mandatory training as directed by the training coordinator.
- Collaborative Working:
- All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working.
- Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments.
- Service Delivery:
- Staff at Upwell Health Centre must adhere to the information contained within practice policies and regional directives.
- Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.
- Security:
- The security of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel.
- Staff must ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager.
- Professional Conduct:
- At Upwell Health Centre, staff are required to dress appropriately for their role.
- Administrative staff will be provided with a uniform, whilst clinical staff must dress in accordance with their role.
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