Practice Nurse in Leyland

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of Practice Nursing services to the practice population. Supported by senior nurses within the practice, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required.

Job Responsibilities

• Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice.
• Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the Practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
• 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.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion.
• Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs.
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations.
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework (NSF) for Mental Health.
• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
• Advise, support and, where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad.
• In participation with the Nurse Manager, ensure the maintenance of equipment and stock levels relating to patient care.
• Following appropriate training, undertake the collection, storage and despatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment so used.
• Perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.
• Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes on the clinical computer system as appropriate.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the Practice.
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.
• Attend and participate in Practice meetings as required.
• Assist in the formulation of Practice philosophy, strategy and policy and develop appropriate protocols.
• Co-operate and participate as required in any research projects within the Practice.
• Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the induction of all members of Practice staff with special responsibility for nursing staff.
• Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the Practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.
• Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development.
• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
• To ensure that safe systems of work are practiced and that the agreed health and safety policies are carried out.
• Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually).
• The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.
• The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment.
• The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice.
• The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team.
• The post-holder will apply and work within the guidelines and policies of the practice.