Job summary
We are looking for a Treatment Room Nurse to join our large clinical team at Coleridge Medical Centre.
We are a sizeable, yet very supportive, practice and we are looking for a new member of the team to provide excellent patient care.
Our ideal candidate will be someone who is a team player, who is flexible and can adapt to any situation and is willing to learn.
This post is for 16 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
A treatment room
nurse will be on the NMC register with competency in basic treatment room
duties.
You will be working towards
developing confidence to work alone undertaking and reporting autonomous
decisions made in practice.
The role
requires a developing knowledge of practice nursing and excellent interpersonal
and communication skills to support patients in a wide range of conditions and
to take on when appropriate self-management of their conditions. The role will include basic nursing duties
that are appropriate to general practice.
You will have a self-awareness and appetite for future development and
growth and will be expected to contribute to quality assurance processes and
service development.
About us
At Coleridge Medical Centre, we look after approximately 16 500 patients in our area. This means that during those very busy periods, supporting each other becomes vital to continuing our ability to provide the best patient care.
We strive to fulfill the Coleridge Medical Centre values of APPROACHABILITY, TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATION and RESPECT in all aspects of the practice, both with our patients and ourselves.
When working at Coleridge Medical Centre, all staff are offered a generous annual leave allowance, as well as inclusion in the NHS pension scheme, among other things.
We're incredibly fortunate to work with some of the most talented bakers and, luckily for us, this also means that there is often cake or other sweet treats to enjoy on our tea breaks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
following are the core responsibilities of the Treatment Room Nurse. There may
be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent
upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Wound management,
ear syringing, immunisation, administration of routine injections,
assisting with minor surgery procedures, management of minor injuries,
Doppler assessment, chaperoning and assisting health professionals
- Screening services
and assessments and to plan necessary treatments e.g. ECG, peak flow,
hypertension etc.
- Opportunistic
screening such as BP, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis, smoking status, due
and overdue blood tests and CVD assessments
- Administering
immunisations
- Smoking cessation
support
- Health promotion
- Health education
- Ensuring that all
emergency equipment is operational
- Stock and stock
rotation
- You will
participate in the legal, regulatory, administrative and professional
responsibilities of the practice team.
- You
will make accurate notes of all consultations and treatments and ensure they
are recorded in the patients notes on the clinical computer system as
appropriate.
- You
will ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with
patient health care and registration with the practice.
- You
will ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for
regular and ad hoc reports.
- You
will attend and participate in practice meetings as required.
- You
will assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy and
develop appropriate protocols.
- You
will co-operate and participate as required in any research projects within the
practice.
- You
will participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines
and the induction of personnel working and visiting the practice.
This post is for 16 hours per week.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
following are the core responsibilities of the Treatment Room Nurse. There may
be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent
upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Wound management,
ear syringing, immunisation, administration of routine injections,
assisting with minor surgery procedures, management of minor injuries,
Doppler assessment, chaperoning and assisting health professionals
- Screening services
and assessments and to plan necessary treatments e.g. ECG, peak flow,
hypertension etc.
- Opportunistic
screening such as BP, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis, smoking status, due
and overdue blood tests and CVD assessments
- Administering
immunisations
- Smoking cessation
support
- Health promotion
- Health education
- Ensuring that all
emergency equipment is operational
- Stock and stock
rotation
- You will
participate in the legal, regulatory, administrative and professional
responsibilities of the practice team.
- You
will make accurate notes of all consultations and treatments and ensure they
are recorded in the patients notes on the clinical computer system as
appropriate.
- You
will ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with
patient health care and registration with the practice.
- You
will ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for
regular and ad hoc reports.
- You
will attend and participate in practice meetings as required.
- You
will assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy and
develop appropriate protocols.
- You
will co-operate and participate as required in any research projects within the
practice.
- You
will participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines
and the induction of personnel working and visiting the practice.
This post is for 16 hours per week.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Post-graduate diploma or degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment.
- Experience of working as a treatment room nurse or community nurse.
- Experience of chronic disease management.
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures.
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Wound care / removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Understanding infection prevention and control measures
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS / SystmOne user skills
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
Desirable
- Travel medicine
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Women's health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc)
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issued within the wider health arena
- Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Experience with clinical risk management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Post-graduate diploma or degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment.
- Experience of working as a treatment room nurse or community nurse.
- Experience of chronic disease management.
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures.
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Wound care / removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Understanding infection prevention and control measures
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS / SystmOne user skills
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
Desirable
- Travel medicine
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Women's health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc)
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issued within the wider health arena
- Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Experience with clinical risk 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).