Job summary
Toprovide and maintain a high standard of chronic disease management for patientswith chronic diseases, which includes the diagnosis, monitoring and developmentof individual management plans, and agreeing these as appropriate with thepatient and other health professionals
Toprovide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well asproviding nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primaryhealthcare team.
All tasks must be completed within theguidelines of the UKCC Code of Professional Practice and the Scope ofProfessional Conduct
Main duties of the job
Uphold theNursing and Midwifery Councils Code of Professional
Conduct within yourclinical practice for which you are accountable and responsible
Continue yourprofessional development in order to maintain competencies required in yourrole
Incorporate anduphold the Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional guidance
Adhere to localand professional guidance
Undertake annualupdates and training as required
Have personalprofessional indemnity from a recognised organisation, for which the Practicewill pay
To beresponsible for your own continuing self-development, undertaking training asappropriate.
Toundertake other duties appropriate to the grading of the post as required.
Must beable to work flexible hours.
About us
Beacon Medical Group Practice is a single practice, Primary Care Network (PCN), providing care to 43,000 patients across Plympton and the South Hams. We are a team of Partners, Salaried GPs, Paramedics, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians,, Practice and specialist Nurses, HCAs, Phlebotomists, First Contact Physios, Social Prescribers, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Clinical Practitioners and Administrative support staff. Our mission is to give all our patients the right care, at the right time, in the right place. We are a forward thinking partnership always looking for opportunities to improve services for our patients. We have a good reputation for delivering good healthcare, leading at scale and innovating primary care services. This is a really exciting time to be joining us as we diversify our teams, our partnership and services.
If you join our team; you will receive support, opportunities to grow in your role, training, and work with colleagues who care about you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Management ofChronic Diseases:
Identifyingsignificant abnormalities using a holistic approach to history taking andobservation and assessment of physical systems
Diagnosis,monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these asappropriate with the patient and other health professionals
Understand theaims of management and the pharmacological treatments for chronic diseases
Initiate, performand interpret diagnostic procedures as appropriate for chronic diseasemanagement
Support recallprocedures, appropriate literature and health promotion, and audit
Maximise QualityOutcomes Framework income
Management ofMedicines:
Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating bothdrug-and nondrug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
Review medication fortherapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance withevidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scopeof practice.
Work with patients in order to support compliance with, and adherenceto, prescribed treatments.
Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-countermedication, medication regimes, side-effects and interactions
Management andAdministration:
Liaison withother Nursing staff, Doctors, District Nurses and other agencies within thehospital and social services
Treatment Room /Health Promotion and Screening :
Undertake routinetreatment room procedures for this cohort of patients as and when required,including but not limited to immunisations and recording of vital signs asnecessary. Training and updates in treatment room procedures will be providedas necessary
Safeguarding:
To be able to recognise signs of abuse invulnerable Adults and Children and reporting these as appropriate.
Effective understanding of safe clinicalpractice and whistleblowing legislation.
Health and Safety:
Ensure allmembers of staff comply with the Groups health and safety policy
Carry out riskassessments to comply with current Health and Safety legislation
Ensure any healthand safety concerns are reported to the Operations Manager
To beaware of and adhere to applicable practice rules, regulations, legislation andprocedures, national legislation (Health and Safety, COSHH, Data Protection).
Thepost-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and managementtheir own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in thepractice
Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual,and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures.
This willinclude (but will not be limited to:
Ensure infection control guidelines aremaintained.
Ability to monitor and manage maintenance ofstock and equipment to include refrigeration, steriliser and emergency equipment.
Awareness of national standards of infectioncontrol and cleanliness and regulatory /contractual / professionalrequirements, and good practice guidelines.
Responsible for the correct and safemanagement of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling,use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements.
Management and maintenance of PersonalProtective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering,availability and on-going correct usage by staff
Responsible for hand hygiene across thepractice.
Ownership of infection control and clinicallybased patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across thepractice.
Active observation of current workingpractices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness andrelated activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses /training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
Identifying the risks involved in workactivities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risksacross clinical and patient process.
Making effective use of training to updateknowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across thefull range of infection control and patient processes.
Monitoring practice facilities and equipmentin relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansingfacilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical workingenvironment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
Safe management of sharps procedures includingtraining, use, storage and disposal
Using appropriate infection controlprocedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way,free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed orescalation to responsible management.
Actively identifying, reporting, andcorrection of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately whenrecognised.
Keeping own work areas and general / patientareas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks inrelation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibilityin the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business inconsultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers.
Undertaking periodic infection controltraining (minimum twice annually).Routine management of own team / team areas,and maintenance of work space standards.
Waste management including collection,handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection. Spillagecontrol procedures, management and training. Decontamination controlprocedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance.
Using personal security systems within theworkplace according to practice guidelines
Personal/Professionaldevelopment:
Thepost-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by thepractice as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participation in an annual individualperformance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record ofown personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility for own development,learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others whoare undertaking similar work
Quality:
Thepost-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of qualityand risk
Assess own performance and take accountabilityfor own actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team byreflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve andenhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in otheragencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload andresources
Communication:
Thepost-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication withinthe team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other teammembers
Communicate effectively with patients andcarers
Recognise peoples needs for alternativemethods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution tothe implementation of services:
Thepost-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards andguidance
Discuss with other members of the team how thepolicies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
Participate in audit where appropriate
Thedetails contained in this Job Description are not exhaustive and may change asthe post develops.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holderwill support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers andcolleagues
Act in a way thatrecognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way thatis consistent with group processes and policies and current legislation
Respecting theprivacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in amanner that is welcoming, non-judgemental and respects the individualscircumstances, feelings, priorities and rights
The details contained in this job descriptionare not exhaustive and may change as the post develops.
Governance:
Identify and record risks and issues, developingcontingency plans with service and contract leads
Ensure the PCN is compliant with health andsafety policies and procedures to reflect current best practice
Ensure that the PCN board and Clinicaldirector adhere to the governance structure as set out in the network agreement
Confidentiality:
Tomaintain confidentiality of information acquired in the course of undertakingduties for the practice.
In the course of seeking treatment, patientsentrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation totheir health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right toexpect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined inthis job description, the post-holder have access to confidential informationrelating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcareworkers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as abusiness organisation. All such information from any source is to be regardedas strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers,colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may onlybe divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies andprocedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal andsensitive data
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Registered General Nurse
2. Recognised qualification / training in chronic disease(s) (Asthma / COPD/ Diabetes)
3. A demonstrable commitment to professional development
4. Keyboard and computer skills including use of clinical computer systems
5. DBS Clearance (the successful applicant will be required to complete this)
Desirable
6. Nurse Prescribing Qualification
7. Treatment room qualifications / skills
8. Experience System1 clinical system
9. Assessor/Supervisor Qualification
Skills
Essential
10. Able to demonstrate enthusiasm to developing nursing skills
11. An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
12. Ability to work under own initiative
13. Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload
14. Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
15. Pleasant and articulate
16. Able to work under pressure
17. Able to work in a changing environment
18. Willingness to engage in the development of the role, and be flexible to the changing demands and requirements of the role to meet the best needs of the Practice
The Group Values
Essential
19. The candidate must demonstrate an understanding of our values.
Experience
Essential
20. Competent in basic nursing duties required for the post
21. Excellent communication skills
22. Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
23. Experience of managing and monitoring the care of Chronic Disease Patients
24. Experience of dealing with the public and patients in a healthcare setting
Desirable
25. Experience of Primary Care / General Practice
26. Treatment room experience