Beacon Medical Practice are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our dynamic team!
Responsible to: Practice Manager
| Job Summary |
| To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the Doctors and other members of the Primary Healthcare Team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition, any roles agreed between the Nurse and Doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training and the changing needs of the Practice.
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| Main Duties and Key Tasks |
Post-holder responsibilities:
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by GPs and to support other members of the Nursing Team.
- To undertake chronic disease management (ie asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension) within Practice protocols, including monitoring progress, response to treatment, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and promoting the preventative aspects of nursing practice
- Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
- Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel, including vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection.
- Provide health promotions programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise.
- Assess problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness, offer appropriate advice with referral to Senior Nursing colleagues and General Practitioners as appropriate.
- Ensure accurate notes all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients’ notes on the clinical computer system as appropriate, according to NMC guidelines.
- Ensure awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral.
- Able to recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
- Able to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
- Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).
- Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician.
- Following appropriate training, undertake the collection, storage and despatch of pathological specimens, including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment used. Perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.
- An awareness of own limitations and experience.
- A commitment to ensure all Health and Safety requirements measures/procedures are met and to report any problems to the Operations Manager.
- Lead on Infection Control
- Participate in clinical supervision.
- This list is not exhaustive and there may be additional duties you will be asked to undertake, as required by the Practice Manager
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| Attributes |
- As well as the above duties, the Practice also expects the following attributes from persons in this post:
- Communications skills: These skills help you to address and receive patients and individuals’ feedback and respond to them amicably.
- Emotional stability: This helps you to cope with traumatic or stressful situations that happen when working with patients or in the general workplace.
- Empathy: Having empathy will help you support patients, colleagues and other individuals you interact with.
- Physical wellbeing: An expectation to be able to fulfil the physical expectations of the role.
- Flexibility: A need to be flexible at work with the ability to adequately handle any changes to role and/or different responsibilities assigned to them.
- Attention to detail: A need to be alert and pay attention to details since healthcare matters are sensitive.
- Interpersonal skills: To earn the trust of patients, colleagues and individuals there is a need to be friendly and approachable.
- Physical endurance: A Paramedic Practitioner needs to be physically fit and healthy to be able to handle the rigours of the job.
- Problem-solving skills: A Paramedic Practitioner needs to have the ability to think quickly under pressure to address urgent situations that arise when dealing with patients or individuals.
- Courtesy: Paramedic Practitioner need to respect patients and individuals they engage with and handle their affairs with dignity.
- Team-oriented: Paramedic Practitioner work with different professionals which requires them to be collaborative to work with teams.
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| Confidentiality |
The post-holder will:
- In the course of seeking treatments, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
- In the performance of duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to Patients and their Carers, Practice staff and other Healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
- Information relating to Patients, Carers, Colleagues, other Healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice Policies and Procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
- Comply with GDPR regulations and Practice policy and procedures in line with General Data Protection Regulations.
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| Health and Safety |
The post-holder will:
- Ensure statutory requirements are met, including documentation, training and risk assessments.
- Assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others Health, safety and security, as defined in Practice Health and Safety policies and relevant legislation.
- Ensure full compliance of Health and Safety Legislation and Policies.
- Use personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.
- Identify any risks involved in work activities and undertake such activities in a way that manages those risks.
- Follow appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way, free from hazards, report any potential risks identified.
- Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
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| Equality and Diversity |
The post-holder will:
- Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Act in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice policies, procedures and current legislation.
- Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Behave in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual that is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
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| Personal and Professional Development |
The post-holder will:
- Participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of their employment, such training to include participation in an annual individual performance review (appraisal).
- Take responsibility for their own development, learning and performance, also demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
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| Quality Assurance |
The post-holder will:
- Strive to maintain quality within the Practice at all times.
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or through review/appraisal and make suggestions for improvement where appropriate
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patient needs.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
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| Communication |
The post-holder will:
- Recognise the importance of and use effective communication within the team.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
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| Contribution to Implementation of Services |
The post-holder will:
- Communicate effectively with other colleagues.
- Communicate effectively with Patients and Carers.
- Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
- Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance.
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect their own work.
- Participate in audits where appropriate.
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| Variation to Duties |
| You may be required to undertake other duties which may reasonably be asked of you and which are commensurate with your role within the Practice. |
| Disclaimer |
| This job description is by no means exhaustive and will be reviewed periodically with the post-holder to ensure that it relates to the job being performed and to incorporate any proposed change. It is hoped that mutual agreement can be reached to any reasonable changes, but if this is not possible, the Partners reserve the right to make changes to the job description in consultation with the post-holder. |
