Clinical Duties Provide Treatment Room services and others, dependant upon Competency level. To include, but not limited to: woun.....
Clinical Duties Provide Treatment Room services and others, dependant upon Competency level. To include, but not limited to: wound care, cervical cytology, swabs, family planning such as contraceptive initiation and checks, Chronic Disease Management (Asthma, COPD, Diabetes). Screening. Undertake opportunistic screening including BP, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis, smoking status and alcohol intake. Health Promotion. Offer education and motivation for patients to change unhealthy behaviour. Recognise a patients readiness to change. Develop and maintain health promotion material. Infection Control. Ensure that the highest infection control standards are met. Emergency Management. Be competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques Safeguarding. Be aware of recognising the need for safeguarding children and adults, raising concerns appropriately. Administration and paperwork. Arising directly from this caseload (record-keeping, other written communications with local GP surgeries as required) and ensuring all appropriate templates and coding is completed for QOF, LCS, DES Team meetings. Essential to the delivery of team based care, contributing to discussion of clinical practice standards, developing protocols, mutual professional support for colleagues, will need to attend meetings and actively participate in these. Personal CPD (continuing professional development), a mix of in-house events, private study and external educational events are expected to remain up to date as required by your professional registration. Company-wide training. Join and engage in events to maintain a good understanding of the business needs and colleagues. Adherence to KPIs without jeopardising the safety of the patient Identify opportunities and to proactively encourage health promotion and health education to all patients To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical decision making within your clinical competence To provide mentorship and support to junior staff when required To assist in the development of new models for service delivery which have a positive impact on the health economy. To participate in regular performance review with your designated Clinical Lead Clearly demonstrating at all times adherence to PHLs core values Additional reasonable duties as directed by the business that are not explicitly stated in this job description The post holder will be expected to contribute to and support the development of the service. It is expected that the post holder will: Communicate with the Governance Lead and support the delivery of a high-quality service and raise any governance issues that may arise. Work with the Service Manager to ensure training, significant events, complaints, audits, surveys and other professional service development activities are achieved to ensure the smooth running of the service.