Job summary
We are looking to recruit an experienced Practice Nurse who is highly motivated, proactive and positive to join our clinical team. You will need to be competent in all the usual practice nurse duties including wound care, compression bandage, cervical smears, baby and travel immunisations and pessary ring procedures.
This post is a fixed term post for 6 months, 15 hours per week.
We hold a PMS Contract in South Gloucestershire
We use EMIS Web and Ardens
We provide a full range of enhanced services.
We are high QoF achievers
We have an active working relationship with our PCN member practices
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced nurse that has held a practice nurse position in a General Practice.
It's a busy environment, so you will need to be able to work under your own initiative as well as part of a successful team. Additionally you will need to be flexible and amenable to the changing demands of primary care.
About us
St Mary Street is a well established Practice located in the semi rural town of Thornbury near to the Severn Estuary. We are a dedicated team of 30 people (directly employed) who are supported by PCN employed colleagues including a Pharmacy team, Physiotherapists, a Mental Health nurse and Social Prescribers.
We are a friendly, successful 4 Partner Practice committed to providing high quality patient health and care services to our 8,700 patients and growing. Our cultural ethos is built upon some core values including safe, accessible and continuous care for each of our patients.
We are also a GP training practice with 3 of our 4 Partners registered as trainers. Therefore, we commonly have at least one learner with us at any given time. In addition, we are supported by two part time Salaried GPs, two Advanced Nurse Practitioners, a highly successful nursing team and a dedicated and supportive administrative team.
We are a social bunch and fair well in the annual GP Patient Survey. Our staff turnover is low and the team supports and looks out for each other especially as patient demand on our services reaches an all time high.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels:
a. Implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
b. Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF e.g.
- Venepuncture
- ECGs
- Cytology Samples
- NHS Health Checks
- Smoking Cessation
c. Provide wound care (Ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
d. Provide travel medicine services
e. Request pathology services as necessary
f. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
g. Administer adult injections
h. Chaperone patients where necessary
i. Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
j. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
k. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
l. Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
m. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
n. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
o. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
p. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
q. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels:
a. Implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
b. Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF e.g.
- Venepuncture
- ECGs
- Cytology Samples
- NHS Health Checks
- Smoking Cessation
c. Provide wound care (Ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
d. Provide travel medicine services
e. Request pathology services as necessary
f. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
g. Administer adult injections
h. Chaperone patients where necessary
i. Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
j. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
k. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
l. Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
m. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
n. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
o. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
p. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
q. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a GP Practice
- Experience of working within a nursing team
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Postgraduate Diploma or Degree ( Primary Care )
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Cervical cytology
- Baby immunisations
- Travel immunisations
- Wound care including Doppler and compression
- Injections - Depo Provera, B12, Denosumab, Prostap, Inclisiran
- Adult immunisations
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- NHS Health Checks
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a GP Practice
- Experience of working within a nursing team
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Postgraduate Diploma or Degree ( Primary Care )
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Cervical cytology
- Baby immunisations
- Travel immunisations
- Wound care including Doppler and compression
- Injections - Depo Provera, B12, Denosumab, Prostap, Inclisiran
- Adult immunisations
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- NHS Health Checks
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).