Job Description

To work with the Nursing team to assess, plan and provide health care and nursing services to the practice population, ensuring they are effective, relevant, evidence-based and of a high standard To work with the Nursing team to provide a comprehensive general practice nursing service, to include wound care, urine tests, childhood immunisations, seasonal influenza and childhood nasal influenza, pneumonia, shingles, rotavirus immunisations, covid -19 vaccinations, NHS assessments, ECGs, blood pressure, travel immunisations and lifestyle and dietary advice following cholesterol and HBA1c blood tests. To provide a womens health service, to include cervical screening and advice and information regard breast screening, Chlamydia testing and family planning With the Nursing Team and GP colleagues to achieve and maintain cervical screening targets. To record and monitor result, including efficient and accurate call and recall systems. To work with the Nursing team to provide an effective health promotion service, to include healthy lifestyle clinics.



To work with child health, to include the administration of the childrens immunisation programme according to current schedules, 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, whooping cough in pregnancy. To work with the practice team to organise, implement and administer the annual influenza and pneumococcal vaccination programme, to include the identification, targeting and immunisation of vulnerable patients within the practice population, to ensure that local and national targets are met. To work with the Nursing team to identify and maintain registers of those patients with chronic disease such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (spirometry), diabetes, thyroid disease, epilepsy and coronary heart disease, hypertension. To assist in the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of programmes of care for those patients with chronic disease as dictated by the National Service Frameworks targets and to meet and maintain the quality indicators laid down in the nGMS contract initiated in April 2004 To ensure that professional responsibilities are met as practitioner supplying and administering medicines in accordance with a Patient Group Directions .



To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and works with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct to provide care for patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment. To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools, to communicate effectively with patients to deliver effective healthcare. This will include patients who have special communication needs, e.g., those patients who are sensory impaired or who have mental health issues. To work with the practice team to ensure clinical governance standards are met, including managing clinical risk within own clinics.



To work closely with the practice team, primary care and community nurses, allied health professionals and social services colleagues by active participation in clinical meetings, to ensure effective lines of communication to achieve high standard and continuity of care for the practice population. To work with the Nursing team and GP colleagues to develop local enhanced services, if required. To be professionally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care, always practising in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. To maintain a professional portfolio which reflects personal development and to attend clinical supervision.



To be responsible for maintaining competency to practices through ones own continuous personal and professional development activities, To maintain an annual professional development plan through appraisal, in accordance with the CCG. Performance Development Scheme and that is relevant to the practice development plan. To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work using audit (such as cervical smear adequacy), outcome measures and evidence-based practice projects. To carry out other duties commensurate with the grade as directed by doctors or management.