St Martin S Gate Surgery

ST MARTIN’S GATE SURGERY

TURNPIKE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

37 NEWTOWN ROAD

WORCESTER WR5 1EZ

JOB DESCRIPTION

REGISTERED GENERAL NURSE

Job title:Practice Nurse

Responsible to:Practice Manager and Dr Gail Wetmore, the nurse team lead

partner

Hours:20 hours per week

Salary:Dependent on experience

Main purpose of the job

To provide high quality nursing services for patients of the practice and to be a part of a team committed to supporting each other, practice and community team members in the delivery of patient care.

The responsibilities of the role are outlined below and whilst comprehensive other roles and functions may be identified by the partners or practice manager and may be included in the job description if it is felt to be appropriate.

Education and training

The practice is committed to personal continued professional development for all team members. Training will be provided as appropriate.

Professional responsibilities

Maintain professional registration and ensure that confirmation and up to date status is held at the practice.

New patient screening – this includes

Taking and recording, blood pressures, weight, height and body mass index

Urinalysis recording

Lifestyle and health promotion information

Peak flow measurement and recording

Relevant history and social factors

Vaccinations and injections – administration and recording

Routine injections to include Vitamin B12, Depo Provera

Childhood vaccinations as per the childhood vaccination programme

Travel vaccinations to include comprehensive travel advice

Influenza vaccinations as part of the annual vaccination programme

Dressing and wound management – to include

Removal of sutures/clips

Dressing wounds and leg ulcers

Liaison and consultation with nurse colleagues, local wound care nurse specialists, doctors where appropriate re dressings, taking swabs, need for antibiotics

Cervical cytology screening and well woman care – to include

Cervical smears

Lifestyle advice

Breast self examination

Contraception and menopause advice

Involvement in and with the practice nurse team to maintain and improve take up rates of the practice population

Long term condition management – to include

Monitoring long term conditions such as asthma, diabetes, COPD, CHD as appropriate and using the clinical system templates

Ear syringing – in line with the Patient Group Directions

Phlebotomy – using vacutainers and syringes

Smoking cessation advice

Domiciliary visits – to undertake domiciliary visits where a need has been identified for example, influenza vaccinations, ECGs, spirometry

Patient Health Promotion and Education –

To be involved with the practice nurse team in promoting health information in the surgeries, treatment rooms, nurse consult rooms and St Peters Surgery

Infection control – to include

Sterilisation

Liaising and working with other team members to ensure the highest standards of infection control are established and maintained within the practice

Stock control and management – to include when required

Involvement in stock control, ordering, rotation and management as and when required.

Awareness of the need for cost effective purchasing when involved in this area

Confidentiality and Safe Practice -

Maintenance of the highest standards of confidentiality in all matters relating to the patients, doctors, staff and the Practice

Maintain an interest in professional changes and developments in nursing and health related issues

Recording all information onto the practice clinical system and ensure accurate and comprehensive data

Identify personal needs in relation to future professional development and professional profile

To take part in nurse team meetings to develop and consolidate the work of the practice nurse team

Any other tasks that are identified and requested by the partners or practice manager