Job summary
*Part Time (up to 30 hours)
We are a
growing, evolving, busy Southeast London training practice with a population of
just under 20,000 patients.
We operate
and deliver our service over 3 sites. The post holder will be expected to work
across all sites. Driving and owning a car is an advantage.
We are a
large multidisciplinary team, inclusive of GP partners, salaried GPs, trainee
GPs, Advanced Practitioner, Pharmacists, Physician Associate, Physios, Mental
Health worker, dietician, Practice nurses and Phlebotomy/ Health care
assistants. We have a large reception and admin team.
We are
planning to expand our nursing team and looking for a competent Practice Nurse
to join our friendly supportive team.
The successful candidate must have previous
experience of Practice Nursing and demonstrate an understanding of general
practice.
Ideally you
will have qualifications and be able to demonstrate competencies in areas of
Long term condition management, childhood and baby immunisations, vaccinations,
travel, wound care and cervical screening.
Support with
access to ongoing role relevant training will be considered.
Hours: Negotiable
Salary: skill and experiencedependent
UK driving licenseholder preferable
Please submit current CV with additional
supporting information
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, well women and well man clinics, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.
About us
We are an evolving and busy South East London teaching
practice operating over multiple sites.
We operate as a multidisciplinary team inclusive of GPs,
GPNs, NP, Paramedic and Pharmacists.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Identify, manage, and
support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing
adverse effects on the patient’s health
- Provide routine nursing care
to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE
and the NSF
- Provide vaccination and
travel medicine services
- Provide wound care (ulcer
/Doppler etc.) to patients
- Request pathology services
as necessary
- Process pathology results as
required
- Provide chronic disease
clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to
secondary / specialist care as required
- Maintain accurate clinical
records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure read codes are used
effectively
- Maintain chronic disease
registers
- Develop, implement, and
embed well woman clinics
- Develop, implement, and
embed well man clinics
- Implement vaccination
programmes for adults and children
- Prioritise health issues and
intervene appropriately
- Recognise, assess, and refer
patients presenting with mental health needs
- Support patients in the use
of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own
scope of practice)
- Support the clinical team
with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national
policies
- Deliver opportunistic health
promotion where appropriate
- Maintain baby immunisation
results logs
- Maintain smears results logs
- Manage emergency drug kit
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Identify, manage, and
support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing
adverse effects on the patient’s health
- Provide routine nursing care
to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE
and the NSF
- Provide vaccination and
travel medicine services
- Provide wound care (ulcer
/Doppler etc.) to patients
- Request pathology services
as necessary
- Process pathology results as
required
- Provide chronic disease
clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to
secondary / specialist care as required
- Maintain accurate clinical
records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure read codes are used
effectively
- Maintain chronic disease
registers
- Develop, implement, and
embed well woman clinics
- Develop, implement, and
embed well man clinics
- Implement vaccination
programmes for adults and children
- Prioritise health issues and
intervene appropriately
- Recognise, assess, and refer
patients presenting with mental health needs
- Support patients in the use
of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own
scope of practice)
- Support the clinical team
with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national
policies
- Deliver opportunistic health
promotion where appropriate
- Maintain baby immunisation
results logs
- Maintain smears results logs
- Manage emergency drug kit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse (NMC)
- Evidence of immunisation training and assessment of competence in last 2 years
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)
- NMC's 'Academic Assessors', Practice Supervisors', and 'Practice Assessors' accreditations
- Experience of chronic disease management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse (NMC)
- Evidence of immunisation training and assessment of competence in last 2 years
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)
- NMC's 'Academic Assessors', Practice Supervisors', and 'Practice Assessors' accreditations
- Experience of chronic disease management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
