To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practices multidisciplinary team who provide care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, well woman and well man clinics, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.
Main duties of the job
The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing level.
About us
The Law Medical Group Practice is a long-standing, well-established, well-respected, and well-regarded teaching and training practice in NW London, Brent.
The practice operates across two sites: Willesden (main site) and Wembley (branch site).
The practice has undergone a significant amount of changes in the last two years, including a recent merger with another local practice.
The practice list is 18,000 patients.
The practice is paperlight and uses EmisWeb, Docman, Accurx, and E-Consult.
The practice is well supported by:
1. 5 GP Partners
2. 1 Non-Clinical Managing / Executive Partner
3. 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner
4. 2 Practice Nurses
5. 4 Phlebotomists / Healthcare Assistants
6. 3 Practice Based Clinical Pharmacists
7. 2 Social Prescribers
8. 2 In-House First Contact Physiotherapists
9. 1 In-House Dietician
The practice provides:
1. E-Consultations
2. Telephone Triage
3. Minor Surgery & Cryotherapy
4. Family Planning
5. Respiratory Clinics
6. Ante-natal / Well baby / Mum clinics
7. A dietician visits the branch site in Wembley
8. A community midwife visits the main site in Willesden
The practice is well supported by:
1. Operations Manager
2. 2 Lead Receptionists and Facilities Leads
3. 2 Practice Secretaries
4. Finance Assistant
5. IT Data Analyst
6. Approx 20 Admin, Clerical and Reception Staff Members
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels:
1. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes.
2. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
3. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients' health.
4. Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
5. Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients.
6. Request pathology services as necessary.
7. Process pathology results as required.
8. Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.
9. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.
10. Ensure read codes are used effectively.
11. Maintain chronic disease registers.
12. Develop, implement and embed well woman clinics.
13. Develop, implement and embed well man clinics.
14. Chaperone patients where necessary.
15. Assist GPs with minor surgery when required.
16. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
17. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
18. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
19. Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children.
20. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice).
21. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.).
22. Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual).
23. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
24. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
25. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
Secondary responsibilities
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested to:
1. Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle.
2. Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments.
3. Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary.
4. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
5. Support and participate in shared learning within the practice.
6. Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate.
7. Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach, i.e. root cause analysis (RCA).
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Postgraduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)
Experience
* Experience working in a primary care environment;
* Experience in chronic disease management.
* Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse.
Clinical knowledge
* Wound care/removal of sutures and staples;
* ECGs;
* Venepuncture;
* New patient medicals;
* Chaperone procedure;
* Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly;
* Diabetes;
* Asthma;
* CHD;
* Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel);
* Women's health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.);
* Understands the importance of evidence-based practice;
* Broad knowledge of clinical governance;
* Ability to record accurate clinical notes;
* Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs;
* Knowledge of health promotion strategies;
* Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy;
* Knowledge of public health issues in the local area;
* Awareness of issues within the wider health arena;
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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