Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities and is not exhaustive. There may be other duties required of the post holder relevant to the position.

Being an accountable professional

• Act professionally at all times and use knowledge and experience to make evidence-based decisions and solve problems.

• Recognise and work within the limits of competence, working within professional boundaries and to be responsible for the actions taken.

• Be proactive in seeking opportunities to develop own knowledge and skills, attending statutory/mandatory updates in accordance with organisational requirement.

• Work as part of the PCNs multidisciplinary team to provide and monitor care under direct and indirect supervision.

Promoting health and preventing ill health

Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing, demonstrated in such as:

• Using behaviour change interventions to support health and wellness when undertaking health checks (physical and mental) which may include for example , NHS Health checks (Q risk) etc.

• Chronic disease management contribute to the monitoring of patients with, for example, respiratory disease, diabetes, coronary heart disease, renal failure, hypertension.

• Encourage patients to take part in health screening. The role may require, when appropriately trained, to perform cervical screening tests.

• Care for individuals with complex conditions such as learning disabilities.

Providing and monitoring care

Carry out procedures safely and effectively within the practice, clinical tasks to include:

• Clinical observations such as BP / Pulse / Temperature / Oxygen saturations / point of care blood glucose / BMI

• Venepuncture

• ECG

• Diabetic part 1 reviews

• Sample processing and management

• Provide care and support with hygiene and maintenance of skin integrity including minor and complex wound care

• Administration of medicines via oral, topical and inhalation routes and administer injections using subcutaneous and intra-muscular routes. This will include immunisations influenza / shingles / pneumonia, B12

• Assist GP / ANP with invasive procedures for example coil fitting

• Contribute to on-going assessment and recognise when it is necessary to refer patients on toothers for reassessment.

Working in teams

• Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the registered nurses or other registered care professionals as appropriate.

• Support, supervise and act as a role model to health care assistants and phlebotomists, review the quality of the care they provide, promoting reflection and providing constructive feedback.

• Participate in team meetings, clinical supervision and where required.

• Contribute to team reflection activities, to promote improvements in practice and services.

Improving safety and quality of care

• Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance.

• Maintaining a safe work and care environment in particular;

• Cleaning and restocking consulting rooms, stock control of consumables.

• Adhering to infection control policies and procedures to include participation in regular audits, hand hygiene training, vaccine/cold chain storage awareness, spillage control procedures.

Contributing to integrated care

• Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records and all communication is maintained in relation to care delivered adhering to local and national guidance.

• Develop relationships across the practice/PICS and the PCN to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care, and mental health.

• Communicate effectively across a wide range of channels and with a wide range of individuals, public, health and social care professionals, maintaining the focus of communication on delivering and improving health and care services.

• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process.

• Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals.

• All staff have the responsibility to support all learners and to keep their knowledge of supporting learners in practice up to date, according to appropriate governing bodies regulations.

Supervision/training

• The practice will ensure that the post holder has access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the practice to provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.

• We are looking for the NA to commit to further training to gain RGN qualification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Please provide details of your CPD, using examples where necessary.
• Please provide your registration number of your NMC professional registration.

Experience

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your knowledge and skills are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Integrated Community Services

Address

Meden Medical Services

Warsop Primary Care Centre

Church Street

Warsop, Mansfield

Nottinghamshire

NG20 0BP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://picsnhs.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Practice:

• 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.

• Assist in the development of programmes to improve health and well-being and meet the specific needs of communities, groups and individuals.

• 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 using opportunities such as new-patient medicals.

• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication in relation to long term conditions

• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and encourage principles of self-care.

• Assess and care for patients presenting with general wound care, advising prescribing clinicians regarding wound care products based on clinical assessment and local formularies.

Operational and Professional Responsibilities

Chronic Disease Management: Run annual review and management clinics for long-term conditions like asthma, COPD, and diabetes. Hypertension etc

Health Promotion & Screening: Deliver child and adult immunisations, travel vaccinations, and cervical cytology (smear tests).

Treatment Room Procedures: Take blood samples, check blood pressure, perform ECGs, and treat acute wounds or change dressings.

Family Planning & Sexual Health: Offer contraceptive advice, family planning services, and initial sexual health screening.

Assisting GPs/ANPs: Support with minor surgeries and clinical procedures.

Maintaining accurate clinical records on IT systems in accordance with NMC standards.

Participating in and managing registers, particularly regarding the Quality and Outcomes Framework

Communication:

• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.

• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.

• Utilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens.

• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.

• Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment external stakeholders.

• Act as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues viewpoints to others.

Delivery Quality Service:

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008).

• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.

• Deliver care according to National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, local guidelines and evidence-based care.

• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.

• Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.

• Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.

• In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.

• Evaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.

• Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.

• Participate in the management, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework.

• Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.

• Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance.

• Work within policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate.

Team Working:

• Understand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over time.

• Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.

• Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those taking on delegated duties.

• Ensure clear understanding and utilisation of referral mechanisms within the practice.

• Accept delegation from other nurses, prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded in own practice.

• Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery. Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care.

• Participate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team.

Management of Risk:

• Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients.

• Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

• Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs is undertaken. Where appropriate, oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements.

• Undertake mandatory and statutory training and ensure that this is up to date.

• Apply infection control measures within the practice according to practice, local and national guidelines.

• Apply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all.

• Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice.

Utilising Information:

• Use technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information.

• Review and process data using accurate Read codes about patients in order to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.

• Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases, for example, the retrieval of relevant information for patients on their condition.

• Understand own and others responsibility to the individual organisation regarding the Freedom of Information Act.

Learning and Development:

• Act as mentor to students, assessing competence against set standards as requested and if appropriately qualified.

• Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments.

• Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.

• Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information.

• Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.

Equality and Diversity:

• Identify patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity.

• Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture.

• Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights.

• Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies.

• Act as a role model in good practice relating to equality and diversity.

• Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care. Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care.

Professional:

• It is essential that you are registered with the NMC.

• Adhere to the Code of Professional Practice.

• To be a member of a professional body.

• Ensure regular attendance to clinical and nurse meetings.

• Maintain record of professional development.

• To attend yearly appraisals and ensure job description is up to date.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your knowledge and skills are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Qualifications

Essential

• Please provide details of your CPD, using examples where necessary.
• Please provide your registration number of your NMC professional registration.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Integrated Community Services

Address

Meden Medical Services

Warsop Primary Care Centre

Church Street

Warsop, Mansfield

Nottinghamshire

NG20 0BP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://picsnhs.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEThis is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse at a Barchester independent mental health hospital, you'll use your compassion and experience to deliver the quality care and support we're known for. Working within a multi-disciplinary team, you'll provide care and support to patients with complex and sometimes challenging behaviours. You'll help improve patients' quality of life by ensuring their needs are met and that each person is always treated with dignity and respect. That means you'll take the time to listen to our patients, and provide and supervise the delivery of excellent nursing care. As a Registered Nurse (RMN/RNLD) at Barchester, you can enjoy the freedom and autonomy you need to make a real difference.

ABOUT YOUYou'll need to have a current NMC registration to join us as a Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse and a good knowledge of the most up-to-date clinical practices (RMN/RNLD). We'll look for an up-to-date knowledge of clinical practices together with a strong understanding of CQC requirements and frameworks. Your proactive approach will mean you're ready to make the most of the personally-tailored training programme we'll develop for you. Dedicated and compassionate, you should also have experience of producing well-developed care plans, undertaking risk assessments and working as part of a clinical team.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously. As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration, understanding of up-to-date clinical practices, experience in producing well-developed care plans, undertaking risk assessments, and working as part of a clinical team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Mansfield

NG18 4XX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)