Job summary The post holder will be expected to undertake the followingas part of their role:Work independently to provide excellent practice nursingcare directly to patients.Participate in the delivery of routine surveillance andscreening.Participate in the management of long-term conditions,contraceptive services, wound care, immunisations and vaccinations.Participate in audit and research to ensure high qualitycare.Support the development of innovative and high-qualitynursing practice, offering advice on service improvements based upon your experience andknowledge of the needs of patients.
Main duties of the job Main DutiesClinicalTo work within the multidisciplinary team to meet commongoals.To participate in long term condition management forpatients according to explicit protocolsTo provide family planning adviceTo administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocolTo administer childhood immunisations according to thenational vaccination scheduleMonitoring of ongoing treatments.To provide health education and cancer screening advice.Perform cervical cytology screening.To provide opportunistic screening and advice on menshealth.To assist with planning and evaluating patient care.Clinical Measurements such as blood pressure recording,blood glucose monitoring and ECGs.The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscularinjectionsUndertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.To provide Health Promotion in areas such as weight, smokingand alcohol.Teaching patients and their family self-care whereappropriate.Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.To work consistently within your own professional standards,maintaining an awareness ofevidence based and current best practice.To ensure appropriate registration with your ownprofessional body.To participate fully in the annual appraisal process andmaintain own personal professionaldevelopment.To participate in clinical supervisionTo advise, support and contribute to the education of othermembers of the multidisciplinary team.
About us Who are Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance?Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is a private company limited by shares, wholly owned by local Coventry and Rugby GP practices.As a GP led organisation, we represent 54 GP practice shareholders and cover nearly 420,000 patients.We describe our work in terms of Supporting, Innovating, Developing and Educating - we are on the of general practice to ensure that we continue to high quality, accessible and responsive services for both practices and patients.We have identified key areas that we will focus on to build upon and improve our existing services.
These are our Strategic Priorities:Clinical Service Improvement & DeliveryClinical InnovationPrimary Care Development Practice and Network SupportTraining and EducationIntegrated CareGood Governance Job description Job responsibilities Main DutiesClinicalTo work within the multidisciplinary team to meet commongoals.To participate in long term condition management forpatients according to explicit protocolsTo provide family planning adviceTo administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocolTo administer childhood immunisations according to thenational vaccination scheduleMonitoring of ongoing treatments.To provide health education and cancer screening advice.Perform cervical cytology screening.To provide opportunistic screening and advice on menshealth.To assist with planning and evaluating patient care.Clinical Measurements such as blood pressure recording,blood glucose monitoring and ECGs.The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscularinjectionsUndertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.To provide Health Promotion in areas such as weight, smokingand alcohol.Teaching patients and their family self-care whereappropriate.Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.To work consistently within your own professional standards,maintaining an awareness ofevidence based and current best practice.To ensure appropriate registration with your ownprofessional body.To participate fully in the annual appraisal process andmaintain own personal professionaldevelopment.To participate in clinical supervisionTo advise, support and contribute to the education of othermembers of the multidisciplinaryteam.Lead on infection control.
Maintain cleanliness and hygieneto infection control standards.To participate in the maintenance of medical equipment,ensuring appropriate interim checksare carried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated,and faults are reported in line withpolicy.To support the maintenance of appropriate stock items infridges and clinical areas and to adhere to cold chain policiesTravel advice and vaccinationsRecord Maintenance:Keep contemporaneous clinical records using the computersystem (paper records where appropriate), recording clinical history andexamination findings, interventions and advicegiven.Ensure documentation is in line with NMC guidance.Stock Control & Equipment:Have shared responsibility for the Treatment room stock andreport any stock shortages tothe service lead.Maintain nursing drugs and equipment reporting anyshortages/failures to the service lead.
Person Specification Experience Essential Post-registration nursing experience.
Experience of working in primary care.
Management of long-term conditions.
Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines.
Experience of audit.
Desirable Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking Qualifications Essential Relevant nursing/health degree Registered first level nurse Desirable Mentor/teaching qualification Clinical supervision training Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or willingness to work towards