Practice Nurse

Job responsibilities

You must work at all times within your own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), and use your own judgement, knowledge and common sense in your day-to-day activities.

It is expected that you will fully utilise all opportunities for learning under the guidance of the nursing and practice leadership team and will demonstrate evidence of professional development and increasing responsibility for patient care and related duties.

Clinical Responsibilities:

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care to improve health and wellbeing and meet the healthcare needs of individuals and groups

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care

Enable patients, families and carers to develop their knowledge and understanding about their health and well-being and be as self-managing as possible

Offer health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment, which may include:

- BP checks, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis and smoking status

- Breast health awareness

- Cervical screening

- New patient checks

- Well man/woman checks

- Advice for healthy eating, exercise, alcohol consumption and smoking

Perform routine nursing tasks such as Venepuncture, Recording ECG, Spirometry, Chaperoning and assisting patients

Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence-based guidelines

Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and administer vaccines according to current guidelines and legislation

Advise and administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad

Assist in the provision of treatment plans to meet family planning needs

Administer and monitor medication consistent with protocols, standards, and legislation

Assist in the provision of minor surgery and other surgical procedures that are carried out within Haxby Group

Assist in the provision of nursing care within the context of primary care for patients with mental health problems

Delegate aspects of care as appropriate

Monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment

Competencies/Qualities/Attributes

Essential

• Gets on well with people at all levels.
• Ability to listen and empathise.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Demonstrable commitment to professional development.
• Practice nursing or other community nursing experience.
• Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision.
• First contact care.
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own
• clinical practice.

Desirable

• Experience of Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience of GP Clinical IT systems.
• Experience of audit.

Other

Essential

• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work as team player.
• Initiative and drive.
• Pleasant and articulate.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Self-motivated and positive.
• Empathetic, honest, caring.
• Adaptable and forward looking.
• Enthusiastic and energetic.
• Diplomatic and considered.
• Hard working, willing and flexible.
• Observance of strict confidentiality.
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense.

Physical Requirements

Essential

• Able to undertake the requirements of the post.

Desirable

• Reliable.
• Flexible.
• Excellent attendance record.

Knowledge/Qualifications/Skills

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC).
• Relevant nursing/health degree.
• Aware of accountability of own role and that required of a Practice Nurse.
• Good communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Keyboard skills.

Desirable

• Additional post-registration qualification.
• Recognised cervical screening qualification.
• Mentor/teaching qualification.
• Clinical skills - vaccination, wound care, ear care, venepuncture, recording ECGs, spirometry.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Change management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.

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).