Pcn Nursing Associate

**About Us**:
The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC works with General Practice and other healthcare providers to deliver its vision for Hillingdon to deliver the best primary care outcomes for patients in the whole of London. We are a not-for-profit community interest company. The Confederation works to develop and support individual GP practices, PCNs and Neighbourhoods and their changing needs. We deliver excellent clinical services ourselves both at scale and complementary to General Practice. We are the Hillingdon provider representative voice for local General Practice into the wider NHS and other Partners. We are of the NHS but independent, innovative and transformational.

The Confederation determines to develop as an attractive place to work, providing rewarding roles and opportunities to grow in order to attract and retain great staff that in turn delivers our vision.

**Our Values**:
**Job Summary**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Primary Care to work as a Nurse Associate at The Confederation, Hillingdon.

You will need a caring and compassionate nature, excellent organisational skills and to enjoy working with people. The world of General Practice is busy and ever changing so an ability to learn quickly and be adaptable to rapid change is essential. The role will require an ability to organise and prioritise your own workload, and so you should be comfortable working independently and as a committed member of a multi-disciplinary team.

We recognise the value that a PCN Nurse Associate can bring to our practices and our aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best outcomes to our patients. We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking PCN Nurse Associate to join the ever growing team.

This job description is not a definitive or exhaustive list of responsibilities but identifies the key responsibilities and tasks that a Nursing Associate MAY perform. The actual duties of the post holder will be negotiated with the relevant practices depending on the practices needs, contractual obligations and the Nursing Associates knowledge, expertise and experience.

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Carry out Chronic Disease Management annual reviews delegated by a supervising Nurse or senior colleague.
- Monitor and support the lead nurse with the management of patients with long-term conditions / chronic diseases, using a holistic patient centred approach.
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs.
- Be able to take vital signs and observations and identify signs of improvement, report any deteriorations or concerns, e.g. pulse, blood pressure, respirations, oxygen saturations, peak flow, blood glucose levels, ECG, assessing nutrition and hydration.
- Undertake wound care and management, as require.
- Administer medications as prescribed and in accordance with NMC Standards, e.g. via nebuliser or injections using sub-cutaneous or intramuscular route under Patient Specific Directions.
- Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate assist in the assessment, planning, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes to promote health and well-being and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals and NHS Health Checks.
- Document Consultations accurately and appropriately, according to NMC guidelines.
- Ensure awareness of statutory and local clinical adult and children safeguarding protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect.
- Ensure all mandatory training is completed on an annual basis including; safeguarding, confidentiality, Equality + Diversity etc.
- Recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
- Be able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
- Obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written), as required.
- Ensure infection prevention and control guidelines are maintained.
- Chaperone and assist patients, where appropriate, who are being examined by another clinician.
- Assist GPs, e.g. with minor surgery and family planning clinics.
- Undertake pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs.
- Ensure confidentially of information gained at work is preserved at all times.
- Assist in practice audits, CQC compliance evidence and QOF recalls.

Participate and contribute towards any local incentive project relevant to the role. Additional tasks following training and support may include:

- Cytology
- Childhood Immunisations & Vaccinations
- Vaccinations (e.g. travel, influenza etc.) Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice.
- Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or Senior Nurse to agreed