Job Summary:
To deliver care in accordance with national and local priorities, policies, procedures, and guidelines and as delegated by the Registered Nurse.
Job Purpose:
The post holder will be working independently in a clinic, performing a range of nursing activities in GP practices or diagnostic hubs across Guildford and Waverley. There will be a Registered Nurse or GP working in the same clinical area to provide support. Activities will include ECG’s, phlebotomy, wound care and health checks (height, weight, Blood Pressure).
Procare Philosophy and Values Framework
The post holder will ensure that patients, services users, families and carers have a positive safe and high quality experience when accessing and receiving care, treatment, advice and support from Procare employees and will ensure learning is shared and embedded in situations where things did not go as well as they should have.
Patients are the most important people in the health service and are at the centre of primary and community health care services. As patients and carers are the ‘experts’ in how they feel and what it is like to live with or care for someone with an illness or condition, all Procare employees are guided by real experience of our services to guide quality and service improvements. Underpinning this philosophy is a Values Framework using the mnemonic ‘PATIENT’ with the expectation that all Procare employees demonstrate behaviours both during the recruitment and selection process and every day at work against each area in the Values Framework.
Procare ‘PATIENT’ Values Framework:
* Person centred care with a client centred focus
* Achieves clinical excellence, and inspires others
* Teamwork, working together in an integrated environment because everybody matters
* Integrity, in all that we do
* Experiences, are used for quality improvement and continuous learning
* New ideas, for clinically and cost-effective care
* Takes care of self, our own personal wellbeing is paramount
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Communication / IT
* Communicates effectively with patients, carers, and colleagues maintaining positive working relationships.
* Ensures that patients are always treated safely and courteously.
* Uses empathetic and effective communication skills for a wide range of patients, including those with mental or physical impairment or where there may be language barriers; and where information may be sensitive.
* Able to use electronic communication and keep accurate patients records in line with policy and procedures.
* Documents accurate and concise information on all care given to patients in the patient’s electronic care record on EMIS and on clinical paper records.
* Respects confidential information obtained in the course of work and refrain from disclosing such information to anyone other than professional staff directly concerned with the patients care or other authorised person.
* Aware of and work within the Data Protection Act and follow local codes of practice to ensure appropriate action is taken to safeguard confidential information.
* Record activity data accurately, ensuring that the deadline for entry on to the computer system is met.
* Uses clinical IT systems for the recording, monitoring and compilation of training, audits and service records.
* Implements, monitors, maintains and records agreed standards of care.
* Encourages feedback from colleagues, patients, and carers.
Quality / Safety / Patient Care
* Delivers nursing care within GP practices as delegated by the Registered Nurses or GP and in accordance with own competencies.
* Promotes the safety and wellbeing of patients, colleagues, and other persons, and assist in ensuring a safe working environment.
* Assists in the technical aspects of nursing care e.g. phlebotomy, ECG, wound care, health checks etc.
* Reports any changes in condition of the patient to the Registered Nurse or GP onsite.
* Identifies and concerns regarding patient’s health and report in a timely manner to the Registered Nurse or GP.
* Aware of the procedure to be followed in cases of Fire, Cardiac Arrest, collapse, and any other emergency.
* Ensures all untoward incidents, accidents and areas of clinical risk are identified and reported to the lead nurse in accordance with policy.
* Participates in surveys and audits as required.
* Aware of budgetary issues and the needs for effective use of resources.
Medicines Management and Infection Control
* Undertake all aspects of medicines management related activities in accordance within the company’s medicines policies to ensure the safe, legal and appropriate use of medicines.
* Able to have a clear understanding of all the Organisational policies in relation to infection control.
* To have a clear understanding of the sharps policy and action to take if any needle stick injury occurs.
* To demonstrate good infection control measures, including donning and doffing PPE.
Development of Self and Others
* Works unsupervised and is accountable for own actions while providing direct patient care.
* Maintains knowledge and works within policies and procedures.
* Responsible for the self- development of skills and competencies through participation in learning and development activities, completion of the care certificate and maintains up to date relevant knowledge / skills.
* Keeps up to date with job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and maintaining training portfolio.
* Actively participates in internal and external training as appropriate to personal and team skills development.
* Responsible for ensuring mandatory training is kept up to date according to legislation and to local policies.
* Ability to work flexibly to provide an innovative and effective service to meet the needs of the patients.
* Participates in the orientation and induction of new staff and students.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
* Evidence of a good level of education.
* Required competencies up to date or willingness to undertake required training.
* Certificate of competence in adult venepuncture.
* NVQ Level 2, Care certificate or equivalent.
Desirable:
* NVQ Level 3, or equivalent.
* O Level/GCSE standard English and Mathematics.
Knowledge, Skills, Ability and Experience
Essential:
* Knowledge of primary health care practice to include ECG’s, phlebotomy, health checks and wound care.
* Awareness of Health and Safety regulations at work.
* Awareness of Infection Prevention and Control practices.
* Wide range of health care assistant experience.
* Able to use databases and other IT programmes, including: EMIS, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Emails, Virtual Meeting platforms.
* Able to communicate clearly to provide patients with reassurance and display empathy whilst obtaining a blood sample.
* Analytical skills to resolve day to day issues such as inaccurate or missing information on request forms.
* Physical skills for manual dexterity to undertake wound dressings.
* Legible handwriting to label sample containers.
Personal Qualities
Essential:
* Effective, enthusiastic, friendly, and interactive team member.
* Adaptable, flexible and ability to cope with changing patterns of workload.
* Professional calm and efficient manner, able to work under pressure.
* Ability to work methodically and accurately, paying attention to detail.
* Ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances.
* Ability to work independently.
* Able to travel to GP practices.
Pay: £18.00 per hour
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
* Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Haslemere: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: In person
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