Job summary
:
Toprovide an efficient, but high, standard of professional nursing care forpatients. By working alongside other clinicians, to ensure patients areaccessing the most appropriate level of care. The duties will include all tasks normallyundertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between thenurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.
Job Responsibilities:
Managementof chronic diseases, particularly diabetes, to encourage patients to achieve agood quality of life and to meet QoF requirements.
Providefamily planning
Provideroutine injections and vaccinations,from baby clinics through life to pneumovax for the elderly
Treatmentroom procedures ranging from suture removal to urgent ECGs
Requestingpath tests, processing samples and reviewing results
Othertasks will include:
Maintaining infection control standards and generaltidiness / cleanliness of treatmentrooms
Managingstocks of meds, vaccines and dressings
Maintainingcontemporaneous, accurate records
Maintainown training to meet professional and practice standards and personaldevelopment
Participationin administrative systems in the practice
Undertakehome visits as required
Thislist is not exhaustive and may include other reasonable tasks within your skillbase.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Registered Nurse
2. LTC diplomas
3. A demonstrable commitment to professional development
Experience
Essential
4. Skills and experience to provide and lead practice nursing in general practice
5. Experience of operating within general practice
6. Able to consult with patients over the telephone
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
7. Excellent communication skills
8. Full understanding of QoF
9. Confident IT user
10. Ability to see and act on synergies in pursuit of efficiencies
11. Ability to keep oneself up to date
12. Knowledge of read-coding
Qualities and Attributes
Essential
13. Understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
14. Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities
15. Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
16. Pleasant and articulate
17. Able to work under pressure
18. Able to manage multiple, changing priorities
19. Able to use own initiative / self-directed
Desirable
20. At home in a changing environment
Other
Essential
21. Professional references will need to be provided
22. Appropriate DBS status