Registered Nurse Enhanced Access

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Job Title
• Registered Nurse Enhanced Access Service
• Department
• Procare Primary &
• Community Division
• Reports to Primary & Community
• Division Clinical Lead
• £30 per hour

Hours of work

Zero hours contract. Hours

will be offered according to service requirements and clinic availability.

Day of work Between Monday to Friday: 18:00 to

20:00

Saturday: 09:00 to 13:00

Work Base Various GP practices across

West Waverley

Job

Summary

The Registered

Nurse will provide safe, high-quality, patientcentred nursing care within

Enhanced Access clinics. Working autonomously and as part of a

multidisciplinary team, the post holder will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate

care in accordance with professional standards, organisational policies and

evidence-based practice. The role will support the delivery of accessible

healthcare services during evening and weekend clinics, ensuring patients

receive timely assessment, treatment, advice and referral as appropriate.

Key areas of

responsibility include

Wound care and

dressings

Cervical cytology

(smear) screening

Phlebotomy

Medication

administration e.g. vitamin B12 injections

Key

responsibilities

1.

Clinical Duties

Deliver wound assessment and

management, including dressing changes and post operative care, and undertake

removal or clips or sutures

Undertake venepuncture in

accordance with national and local standards, maintaining high standards of

clinical practice

Provide support and clinical

oversight to phlebotomy staff, where required

Perform cervical screening in line

with national guidance and local protocols (following appropriate training and

accreditation)

Administer medications via

• subcutaneous and intramuscular injection routes within scope of practice and in
• accordance with Patient Specific Directions
• Accurately record assessments,
• interventions and clinical outcomes within the relevant clinical systems (EMIS)

Obtain and document valid informed

consent prior to treatment or intervention

Assess and respond appropriately

to issues relating to consent, mental capacity and best-interest

decision-making, seeking advice and escalating concerns where required

Recognise and escalate clinical

concerns appropriately to the Lead Nurse, GP or other appropriate clinician

Adhere to infection prevention and

• control policies, maintaining best practice standards at all time
• Work within professional competence,
• accountability and scope of practice, escalating where patient needs fall
• outside own level of expertise

Ensure enquiries and actions

requiring timely intervention are prioritised and managed appropriately

Maintain patient confidentiality

and ensure all information is handled in accordance with information

governance, data protection and organisational policies.

Work independently within professional competence, exercising clinical

judgement and accountability for decisions made within scope of practice.

Recognise limitations and seek support or escalate concerns when

required to ensure patient safety.