Practice Nurse - Band 5

To provide nursing treatment and advice to patients attending the treatment room. Working within

agreed clinical and administrative protocols.

Clinically responsible to the partners of the practice.

Line responsibility to the Practice Manager

• Undertaking various injections and recording on clinical system
• Childhood Immunisations
• Travel Immunisations

Weavers Medical is a large practice spread across two locations, Kettering and Mawsley looking after almost 30,000 patients. The practice has a large clinical team comprising of GPs, practice nurses, HCAs, mental health practitioners and a paramedic. The clinical team is supported by a large administrative team.

WEAVERS MEDICAL

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Treatment Room Nurse

Reporting to-Practice Manager

Hours of Work-27.5 hours

Type of Contract-Permanent

Location
- Weavers Medical, 121 Lower Street, Kettering, NN16 8DN
or Weavers Medical, Mawsley Branch Site, School Road, Mawsley, NN14 1SN

Main Purpose

To provide nursing treatment and advice to patients attending the treatment room. Working within

agreed clinical and administrative protocols.

Clinically responsible to the partners of the practice.

Line responsibility to the Practice Manager

KEY OBJECTIVES

Treatment Room

Undertaking various injections and recording on clinical system

• Taking/recording patient blood pressure measurements.
• Testing urine samples recording on the clinical system.
• Chaperoning patients for other clinical staff members.
• Nebulising patients as directed by medical staff.
• Carrying out ECG recordings as indicated by medical staff
• Undertaking dressings and/or supporting HCAs when undertaking dressings.
• general injections given by RGN

Childhood Immunisations

• Undertake clinics for childhood immunisations, administering immunisations in accordance with national guidelines and immunisation schedules.
• Produces immunisation schedule for children who have missed immunisations in standard schedule.

Travel Immunisations

• Undertake clinics for Travel immunisations, administering immunisations in accordance with national guidelines and immunisation schedules.

Other Duties

• Participates from time to time in telephone consultations with patients in respect of various data and health promotion and advice.

Administration and Liaison

Ensures accurate entries in computer are made for all patient contacts, either face to face consultations or telephone consultations.

Ensures all communication media are checked during every duty period to facilitate good timely awareness and communication throughout the practice.

Participates in regular Nursing Team Meetings

Maintains effective liaison with all other disciplines in the practice with relevant regard to confidentiality.

All of the above tasks undertaken in accordance with practice protocols, sensitive to patient needs/requirements. Record keeping is of paramount importance all tasks must be recorded correctly in patient electronic notes.

All services to patients are provided by appointment.

Professional development/special requirements of the post.

Must be RGN with at least one-year post and registration experience.

Must work in accordance with UKCC Code of Conduct.

Must have excellent communication skills.

Must be a member of a professional body e.g. RCN - MDU etc.

Any other duties as agreed within the practice manager and nursing team from time to time.

Health & Safety & Fire Safety:

• The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy
• The post holder will adhere to the Prospect House Fire Strategy.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation…