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We are currently looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, flexible and reliable Primary Care Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team.We are looking for a Nurse who has previous experience of working in primary care as a Practice Nurse and unfortunately, we are unable to accept any applications who do not have this experience.
Hours:We are looking for 21 hours a week but will consider up to 37.5 hours a week, within the Practice opening times of 07.30-18:30 (Monday-Friday) with enhanced hours on a Thursday evening until 8:00pm.
Salary depending on experience
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our established and collaborative Nursing team at our forward thinking and supportive practice. We have a dynamic team of nurses, healthcare assistants and phlebotomist providing chronic disease management and enhanced services to our 14,500 patient list.
We are looking for:
Primary:
Able to document contemporaneous Consultations according to NMC guidelines using EMIS clinical system
Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with legislation
Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral.
Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence
Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines
Request pathology services as necessary
Process pathology results if required
Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines and local wound protocol
Suture removal
Perform ECGs
Obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written)
Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained
Confidentially of information gained at work must be always preserved
Ensure read codes and templates are used effectively
Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health
Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required
Maintain chronic disease registers
Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions
Provide vaccination and travel medicine services
Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear tests (if carrying out this service)
Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards
Recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines
Able to perform CPR according to current UK guidelines
Secondary:
Develop, implement, and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
Chaperone patients where necessary
Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
Liaise with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately
Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation, and disposal of medicines
Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
Participate in the review of learning events
Educational:
Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the Nurse manager and deputy Practice Manager
Participate in clinical supervision and annual appraisals
Support others with their training and development needs
To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills
Undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes
To be familiar with emergency procedures
Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance
Attend team meetings for the purpose of maintaining an informed interest in the work undertaken at the practice and contribute to the primary healthcare team objectives
Be familiar with and adhere to practice policies and protocols
Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times
Attend a formal appraisal with their line manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed
Personnel:
Maintain good professional relationships
Take reasonable care of their own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by their act or omission
Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies, codes of practice and departments safety rules
Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning
Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues
Take an active involvement in staff meetings
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Health & Safety:
Will implement and lead on a full range of health promotions. They will manage their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, and to adhere to the infection control policy and guidelines. This will include (but will not be limited to):
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
Safe management of sharps procedures
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
Undertaking infection control training (minimum annually)
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse
Equality and diversity:
Will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
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-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
Will participate in any training implemented by the practice as part of the 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
Quality:
Will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
Should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
Participate in audit where appropriate
Support the practice in achieving quality indicators and targets
Standard Requirements:
RGN with current PIN number
To work in accordance with NMC code of conduct
Membership of professional body e.g. RCN/MDU
Appropriate training/experience in chronic disease management and other training as identified by their manager; evidence of updates required.
Job description is not exhaustive, you will be required to carry out other duties required by the practice, on a temporary or permanent basis.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, flexible and reliable person to join our lovely team at our semi-rural training practice, a short drive from Bristol.
We are a Park Run practice, interested in the environment and individual wellbeing. We have a garden and an active social team.
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