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Job role: Practice Nurse
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Health Care
Job reference: A1621-25-0001
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About the Job:
Professional responsibilities:
To assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by GPs. Subject to appropriate training, such tasks may include:
- Phlebotomy
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Urinalysis
- ECGs
- Performing any investigatory procedure requested by GPs
- Management of anticoagulation patients using warfarin monitoring software
- Ear syringing
- Cervical cytology
- IUD checks
- Pessary insertion and removal
- Contraceptive advice
- Chlamydia testing
- Wound care and dressings
- Removal of sutures/clips
- Ulcer care
- Doppler testing
- New Patient Registration Checks
- Routine childhood and adult immunisations following patient group directions
- Travel advice and immunisation following patient group directions
- Routine injections
- Smoking cessation advice
- Chaperoning patients who are being examined by another clinician
- Assisting GPs with minor surgery and IUD fittings
- Advising patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary
- Undertaking occasional home visits as required
Where appropriately qualified, to lead the routine management of patients on chronic disease registers following agreed clinical protocols and referring to GPs as appropriate:
- Asthma, including reversibility testing
- COPD
- Coronary heart disease
- Diabetes, including initiation of insulin
- Hypertension
- Hypothyroidism
- Stroke
Administrative responsibilities:
- Maintaining the general tidiness and cleanliness of the Treatment Room
- Maintaining the cleaning equipment used by nurses and GPs
- Assisting the Practice Manager in ensuring equipment is maintained and routinely serviced
- Maintaining and rotating stock items in the Clinical Rooms and Main Store
- Ensuring clinical waste is disposed of in accordance with the Clinical Waste Policy
- Maintaining stock of patient leaflets as instructed by GPs and Practice Manager
- Ordering of health promotion literature
- Following established administrative systems within the Practice
- Ensuring accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patient’s computer record at all times
- Ensuring all health and safety requirements and infection control measures are met and reporting any problems to the Practice Manager
- Communicating any potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks to the Practice Manager
- Maintaining effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care, with appropriate regard to confidentiality
Educational responsibilities:
- Maintaining a high professional standard of nursing care and keeping up to date with all aspects of nursing care relevant to the post
- Maintaining a written professional development plan and an up-to-date portfolio which meets with requirements for registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
- Attending courses and study days necessary for professional development
- Participating in training in basic life-support skills in accordance with Practice guidelines
- Participating in annual appraisal meetings
- Maintaining familiarity with safeguarding procedures for children and vulnerable adults
- Attending and participating in Practice meetings when required to contribute to the effectiveness of the team
- Participating in the education and training of students
- Taking special responsibility for the induction and training of nursing staff
- Participating in any Practice audits
Special requirements:
- To work in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council Code
- To be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council whilst employed by the Practice
- To hold professional indemnity insurance cover whilst employed by the Practice
- To provide evidence of immunisation against Hepatitis B
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality with respect to patients, carers, Practice colleagues, other healthcare workers and information relating to the Practice as a business
- An ability to manage own time and workload effectively
- A commitment to the effective use of Practice and NHS resources
- An awareness of own limitations and experience
- To work closely with administrative and clinical staff applying agreed policies and procedures to ensure the smooth running of the Practice
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