Primary Care Staff Nurse - HMP Coldingley

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached Job Description for full details.

Clinical;

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients using agreed Patient Group Directives or care pathways where appropriate.
• Plan and organise own workload without direct supervision in order to meet the requirements of the site regime.
•  Administer medication as prescribed, which may include oral, immunisations, intramuscular injections, insulin or nebulisers, and may be compounded by frequent unplanned interruptions such as other patients, staff requests.
• Treat where possible (e.g. Hep B, Covid and Flu vaccines, minor ailments), referring on to other departments, clinical specialists or any other appropriate person as required.
• Ensure that those identified as requiring specialist input such as mental health or substance misuse, are referred in a timely a manner and that relevant paperwork is completed and care communicated to relevant staff, taking due account of the sensitivity of any information shared with non healthcare professionals who have to manage the patient on the wing.
•  For those identified as being at risk of self-harm, complete an ACCT document following a thorough assessment and communicate concerns to the appropriate member of staff.
•  Provide appropriate and timely health promotion interventions to the patient and advise staff accordingly.
•  Participate in health promotion/harm minimisation clinics in specific disease related areas, ensuring that clinics run smoothly and meet national and local priorities and guidelines e.g.
  • · Smoking cessation
  • · Hepatitis B
  • · Immunisations and vaccinations
  • · Sexual health
  • · Diabetes
  • · Asthma
  • · Coronary Heart Disease
• Will be required to take, collect or transport specimens such as blood, wound swabs or urine.
•  Will be required to undertake wound dressings.
•  Ensure that patients being discharged back to the community have sufficient medication and a discharge letter summarising their care package for their GP.
•  Carry out CPR when required and make best use of the emergency equipment such as the defibrillator.
•  Attend case conferences as required for patients e.g. ACCT reviews, safety intervention meetings or complex case reviews.
•  Undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time, which are consistent with the responsibilities and grade of the post. This may include providing cover for other teams internally or at other sites.