Clinical Practice
Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition. Identify and manage as appropriate treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage them to live healthily and encourage principles of self-care.
Deliver Opportunistic Health Promotion
Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, on medication regimens, side effects and interactions. Assess and care for patients presenting with wounds, within the area of expertise. Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs. Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
Promote and Deliver Evidence-Based Care
Provide care for patients presenting with aural conditions.
Communication
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment. Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news. Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background, and preferred ways of communicating. Utilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens. Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication. Maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment and external stakeholders. Act as an advocate when representing the patients' and colleagues' viewpoints to others.
Delivering a Quality Service
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Produce accurate and complete records of patient consultations, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures. Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality. Deliver care according to the NSF and National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines and evidence-based care. Assess the effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation. Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities. Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.
Team Working
Understand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over time. Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working. Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those taking on delegated duties. Ensure clear understanding and utilisation of referral mechanisms within the practice. Accept delegation from other nurses, prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded in own practice. Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery. Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care.
Management of Risk
Manage and assess risk within the area of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients. Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines. Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs is undertaken.
Utilising Information
Use technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information. Review and process data using accurate Readcodes about patients in order to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit purposes. Understand own and others' responsibilities to the individual organisation regarding the Freedom of Information Act. Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care.
Learning and Development
Act as a mentor to any students or attached staff in training, assessing competence against set standards as requested and if appropriately qualified. Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments. Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate. Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.
Equality and Diversity
Identify patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity. Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies. Act as a role model in good practice relating to equality and diversity.
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