Practice Nurse

3 months ago

Whitby, United Kingdom Sleights and Sandsend Medical Practice Full time

Job summary

To be responsible for the delivery of evidence-based nursingservices, working as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team, deliveringcare within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.

Working autonomously, responsible for a number of clinical areassuch as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, wellwomen and well man clinics, as well as supporting the management team in thereviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

Main duties of the job

Develop,implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for acute and non-acuteconditions

Supportthe clinical team in the development of individual treatment plans for chronicdisease patients

Provideroutine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical basedevidence, NICE and the NSF

Prescribemedication in accordance with PGD and within own scope of practice

Supportpatients to ensure compliance with prescribed medications

Providewound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.) to patients

Providetravel medicine services

Requestpathology services as necessary, processing and interpreting results asrequired

Referpatients directly to other services as appropriate

Providechronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referringpatients to secondary/specialist care as required

Maintainaccurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

EnsureSNOMED codes are used effectively

Maintainchronic disease registers

Chaperonepatients where necessary

AssistGPs with minor surgery when required

Prioritisehealth issues and intervene appropriately

Supportthe team in dealing with clinical emergencies

Implementvaccination programmes for adults and children

Liaisewith external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supportedappropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

About us

Sleights andSandsend Medical Practice is a General Medical Services Practice, located nearWhitby, North Yorkshire. It has a current list size of 5,200 patients.

The Practiceprovides services to residents of Sleights, Whitby and the surroundingvillages. It has a branch surgery at Sandsend, approximately 5 miles from themain Surgery in Sleights, along the coast. Both surgeries are purpose built,have a dispensary and parking. The Practice dispenses to 65% ofpatients.

The Practice has a dedicated team which workstogether to deliver high quality, accessible care within a supportive, friendlylearning environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities.There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will bedependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Develop,implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes

Develop,implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for acute and non-acuteconditions

Supportthe clinical team in the development of individual treatment plans for chronicdisease patients

Identify,manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions,preventing adverse effects on the patients health

Provideroutine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical basedevidence, NICE and the NSF

Prescribemedication in accordance with PGD and within own scope of practice

Reviewmedication for effectiveness, need and national guidance

Supportpatients to ensure compliance with prescribed medications

Providewound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.) to patients

Providetravel medicine services

Requestpathology services as necessary, processing and interpreting results asrequired

Referpatients directly to other services as appropriate

Providechronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referringpatients to secondary/specialist care as required

Maintainaccurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

EnsureSNOMED codes are used effectively

Maintainchronic disease registers

Develop,implement and embed well woman clinics

Develop,implement and embed well man clinics

Chaperonepatients where necessary

AssistGPs with minor surgery when required

Prioritisehealth issues and intervene appropriately

Supportthe team in dealing with clinical emergencies

Recognise,assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

Recognise,assess and refer patients with community health needs, developing strategiesfor effective care pathways

Implementvaccination programmes for adults and children

Liaisewith external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supportedappropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

Supportthe clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local andnational policies

Understandorganisation and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour,referring patients appropriately

Inaddition to the primary responsibilities, the medical administrator may berequested to:

Actas the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle including infectionprevention and control

Monitorand ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments

Contributeto the implementation of an effective training programme for staff and studentswithin the organisation

Provideclinical mentoring for the HCA team

Participatein local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care

Supportand participate in shared learning within the organisation

Continuallyreview clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiativeswhere appropriate

Beaware of and contribute to the planning and implementation of Integrated Care System (ICS) (formerly CCG) patient pathwayinitiatives

Participatein the review of significant and near miss events applying a structuredapproach , root cause analysis (RCA)

Maintainprofessional registration and adhere to revalidation requirements

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Working in a primary care setting Chronic disease management Working autonomously

Desirable

Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse

Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Desirable

Non medical prescriber

Clinical Knowledge

Essential

Clinical knowledge in the following: Wound care/removal of sutures and staples ECGs Venepuncture New patient medicals Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel) Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.) Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly Travel medicine Chronic disease management awareness for: Diabetes Hypertension CHD Asthma Spirometry Chaperone procedure Understand the importance of evidence-based practice Broad knowledge of clinical governance Ability to record accurate clinical notes Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs

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