General Practice and Nursing
Delivers medical consultations, treatment room care, immunisation, chronic disease management and care coordination, and leads the clinical response to medical emergencies in the centre, working to the scope of each clinician's registration.
What the team is accountable for
- Triage walk-in and telephone presentations
- Deliver treatment room care, wounds and immunisation
- Prepare and review chronic disease management plans
- Maintain the emergency trolley, oxygen and defibrillator
- Coordinate recalls, results follow-up and referrals
How we know it is working
Who works here
Ruth Abernathy
Ruth leads the nursing team, the treatment rooms, immunisation and the emergency response, and has been a registered nurse in primary care for nineteen years.
Where the work is recorded
Patient Records and Appointments
The appointment book and patient register for all sites, recording bookings, arrivals, clinicians, consultation type and follow-up actions.
Clinical Incident and Hazard Register
Records clinical incidents, near misses, medication and specimen errors, staff injuries, privacy breaches and hazards with a severity rating, review status and actions.
Pharmacy Stock, Imprest and Cold Chain
Manages pharmaceutical stock levels, imprest supply to the treatment rooms and dental clinic, expiry tracking, scheduled medicine control and fridge monitoring.
Assessment tasks in this department
Documents the scenarios use
- Allied Health Treatment Plan and Delegation Template Template
- Clinical Staff Credential and Training Register Register
- Clinical Incident and Hazard Report Form Form
- Medical Emergency and Emergency Response Plan Plan
- Medication Management and Scheduled Medicines Policy Policy
- Patient Registration, Identification and Appointment Procedure Procedure
- Practice and Clinical Governance Meeting Minutes Template Template
- Privacy and Health Records Policy Policy