Job Description

SIDLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE PRACTICE NURSE Job Title:

Practice Nurse/Specialist Nurse/Community Matron Brief Description: Responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care including treatment, preventative care, screening, assessments, home visits and patient education to the whole practice population. The post holder is accountable for nursing service delivery and will work closely with the Lead Nurse and GPs to deliver the practice priorities. Main Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for meeting the nursing needs and providing nursing care to patients, including the provision of general and specific health assessment and screening to the practice population independently and in consultation with the general practitioners. To demonstrate the rationale and evidence behind various methods chosen to meet health care needs.



To be involved with practice policy development and to provide nursing input to decisions affecting the care of patients. Keeping up to date clinical management protocols, continuing audit cycles and liaising with the Lead Nurse and Practice Manager regarding deadline achievements. To participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team. To review and implement infection control measures and updating clinicians at clinical meetings.



To participate in education, training, teaching and support of students and staff of all disciplines within the practice. To maintain professional development by attending courses and study days as agreed with the employer. To maintain accurate patient records and statistics on the computer system and in the patients notes. Developing on-going IT skills to compliment good standards for dissemination to all clinicians.



Control and maintain medical supplies and equipment used to agreed standards, including the sterilisation of instruments. Keeping inventories for all clinical areas to facilitate stock control methodology. Calibration and care of equipment whilst maintaining records of maintenance, shelf life and replacement need. To advise patients on general health care and minor ailments, referring to the general practitioners as necessary.



To provide a woman's health service, to include cervical screening and advice and information regarding breast screening; Chlamydia testing, contraceptive pill checks, administration of Depo Provera contraception injections and sign-post for contraception consultation/changes. To assess, diagnose and prescribe appropriately within your capability and nursing grade. To care and educate patients living with chronic disease, in particular diabetes and hypertension in line with NICE guidelines and the quality outcomes framework. This includes home visits for housebound patients with chronic disease for their annual reviews and annual immunisations.



Assessment and care of wounds, removals of sutures/clips, administration of injections, venepuncture, Receiving and interpreting microbiology results, following up those who need treatment. Compression bandaging and hosiery Doppler and Monofilament assessments Wound Care plans including the completion of wound assessment documentation/templates and referrals to TVN Taking of cervical smears, maintaining records, issuing results and following up those patients who need referral. Contributing to the cytology recall system for the health authority and the practice. To lead on the delivery of the national childhood immunisations programme according to current schedules and any catch up programme The accurate recording of the information in the child health records and to participate in measures (such as education sessions) to improve the uptake of childhood immunisations, especially the Measles Mumps and Rubella vaccine.



To deal with telephone enquiries/EMIS tasks and provide advice for nursing related queries. This is to include the booking of appointments and ensuring any additional paperwork such as preparation of blood or specimen forms for investigation by the pathology laboratory are completed prior to appointments etc. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care EMIS alerts completed when in consultation with patients. To chaperone patients where necessary The undertaking of basic observations, smoking data/smoking cessation advice/signposting, alcohol intake, body mass index, blood glucose monitoring, ECGs, Frailty scoring.



Home visits and assessments. Ear assessments, hearing checks and ear irrigation if clinically indicated. NHS Health Checks Health Promotion Disease Prevention Management/Intervention Review HbA1c and Cholesterol blood results EMIS templates to be completed holistically with individualised information free texted into the consultation and correct READ codes, plans of care completed and saved to EMIS with review/follow up details and shared with the patient/carers for continuity of care. Any other duties appropriate to the role