Main Duties Clinical
1. Work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.
2. Participate in long term condition management for patients according to explicit protocols.
3. Provide family planning advice.
4. Administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol.
5. Administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule.
6. Monitor ongoing treatments.
7. Provide health education and cancer screening advice.
8. Perform cervical cytology screening.
9. Provide opportunistic screening and advice on men's health.
10. Assist with planning and evaluating patient care.
11. Conduct clinical measurements such as blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs.
12. Administer subcutaneous and intramuscular injections.
13. Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.
14. Provide Health Promotion in areas such as weight, smoking and alcohol.
15. Teach patients and their families self-care where appropriate.
16. Assist and/or chaperone the general practitioner.
17. Work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness of evidence-based and current best practice.
18. Ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.
19. Participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personal professional development.
20. Participate in clinical supervision.
21. Advise, support and contribute to the education of other members of the multidisciplinary team.
22. Lead on infection control.
23. Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection control standards.
24. Participate in the maintenance of medical equipment, ensuring appropriate interim checks are carried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated, and faults are reported in line with policy.
25. Support the maintenance of appropriate stock items in fridges and clinical areas and adhere to cold chain policies.
26. Record Maintenance: Keep contemporaneous clinical records using the computer system (paper records where appropriate), recording clinical history and examination findings, interventions and advice given. Ensure documentation is in line with NMC guidance.
Stock Control & Equipment:
1. Have shared responsibility for the Treatment room stock and report any stock shortages to the service lead.
2. Maintain nursing drugs and equipment reporting any shortages/failures to the service lead.
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