Description
Elm Lodge Surgery is looking for an Elderly Care Nurse to work as part of our multidisciplinary general practice team.
The role is for 6 sessions per week, we can be flexible for the right candidate.
In this role you will work with our older frail patients helping to provide proactive and holistic care to support them to live safely and independently at home.
You will have a large amount of autonomy in the role, with longer appointments (often 60 minutes or more) and time for case management of more complex patients. You will work closely with the GPs and clinical pharmacists at the surgery to try to identify and resolve patient problems before they become acute.
Main duties of the job
- Visit our frail elderly patients at their home or schedule appointments at the surgery in order to conduct comprehensive geriatric assessments and co-develop advanced care plans.
- Following on from these assessments you may need to make referrals to community, voluntary, and social care organizations.
- Some patients will require case management with a series of visits or appointments to achieve their specific health goals.
Job responsibilities
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care
- Comprehensive geriatric assessments for frail elderly patients
- Creating care plans with patients
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Following agreed clinical protocols with referral as appropriate
- Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
- Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of treatment rooms
- Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
- Maintain accurate records into our clinical system
- Attend and participate in weekly Practice meetings.
- There will be regular requirements to undertake home visits.
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
- Confidentiality
Health & safety
- The post-holder will promote and manage their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures.
Equality and diversity
- The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues by:
- Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
- 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 in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Benefits
- Competitive London pay
- Permanent contract
- Part-time, flexible working