Practice Nurse Job at Redhill Full Time NEW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Practice Nurse

Grade: According to experience

Accountable
to: GP Partners, reporting to Practice Manager

JOB PURPOSE

To
promote the mental, physical and emotional health of the Practice population

To
assess the health needs of the Practice population

To
provide and maintain a high standard of care for the Practice population

To
be an effective member of the Primary Healthcare Team and to link with other
organisations and disciplines in the development of services

DIMENSIONS

Service development

Clinical Practice development

Clinical practice

1.
Service development

To
work collaboratively with other members of the nursing team to influence and
implement policy and change in the Practice

To
maintain an awareness of changing services needs within the scope of services
in Primary Care, the Trust and Social Services

2.
Management

To
be responsible for the effective use of resources within the sphere of
responsibility

To
ensure the maintenance of accurate and up to date manual and electronic
records, as well as collecting and recording activity monitoring data, care
aims and other contractual requirements

3.
Clinical

To
adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice

To
further develop practice through continuing education which will benefit
service delivery and meet educational requirements

To
provide nursing advice and to be a resource of best practice for the team

To
assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate clinical work carried out to
ensure effective care delivery in the partnership with clients and
families/carers

To
promote and advise on healthy lifestyles

To
provide treatment
room duties in line with competency e.g. Suture/clip removal, Basic & complex
wound care, ECG. Phlebotomy, Urinalysis

To
give vaccination as appropriate under patient group directions and to be
responsible for the ordering of vaccines and their correct storage

To
assist with monitoring and support of the management of patients with long-term
conditions / to chronic diseases, using a holistic patient centred approach

To
assist with the cervical screening programme

To
administer prescribed drug therapy and ensure safe custody of drugs

To
assist with Warfarin monitoring

To
assist in the provision of minor surgery, coil and implant fittings

To
assist with the co-ordination of Infection Control policy and audit.

To
Chaperone patients when required

To
provide training and supervision to junior members of nursing staff

To
ensure confidentiality on all matters relating to patients and information
obtained during the course of employment

To
participate in the Practice/Trust/s staff development and performance
management and supervision systems

OTHER DUTIES

To
undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time as
are consistent with the responsibility and scale of the post

To
have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others in
the working environment, to follow safe working practice and to comply at all
times with the Trust/Practice health and safety policy and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration
• Experience in travel vaccine management and advice

Experience

Desirable

• Phlebotomy
• Complex Woundcare
• Travel vaccinations
• Diabetes care
• Prescribing
• Respiratory care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The House Partnership

Address

Greystone House Practice

99 Station Road

Redhill

RH1 1EB

United Kingdom

Employer’s website

https://www.greystonesurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)