This indispensable toolkit is full of practical hints and tips to enhance and develop the role of nursing in general practice. The user-friendly, straight-forward style makes it great for quick reference, bringing together all the basic information required to find a clear career path.

This toolkit, along with the linked on-line material, prepares readers for adjusting their roles in accordance with patient needs, personal and professional aims and career aspirations.

It is ideal for all nurses and health care assistants in general practice, including healthcare students wanting a career in general practice. Practice managers, PCT managers, health care educators and general practitioners will also find it of great interest.

Textbook potential:

Introduction to health care assistant courses
Foundation degree programmes for health care assistants
Introduction to general practice nurse courses
Nurse leadership and management courses

‘A valuable resource. It will help you extend and enhance the role nurses and health care assistants play in delivering high quality care to patients. There are already over 300 million consultations in primary care and this is set to increase because of the shift of care from the acute sector to primary care. It is therefore vital that general practice, being the hub of primary care, is sufficiently staffed and skilled to take on this challenge. Nursing in general practice is a relatively new career option for nurses and HCAs. This book, together with the development of a general practice nursing career framework and resources from the WiPP website, raises awareness of career possibilities. It encourages practices to further develop and support their nursing staff and plan for opportunities that will develop skills at all levels in order to ensure a practice team who are working at maximum capability.’
From the Preface

* The development of nursing and health care assistant roles in general practice
* Employment of nurses and health care assistants in general practice
* Competence of nurses and health care assistants working in general practice
* Education and training for nurses and health care assistants in general practice
* Professional development and career planning for nurses and health care assistants
* Working together: integration of nurses and health care assistants working in general practice with other healthcare professionals
* Quality improvement and evaluating practice