Locum Practice Nurse

Job responsibilities

Training

Supervision, support, and training will be provided as required and as appropriate. You will not be asked to undertake procedures for which you have not had the necessary training.

You are accountable for your clinical work, and you will seek guidance from the GP as necessary when clinically appropriate.

Nurses work as part of the Primary Health Care Team, and your role and responsibilities require an active awareness of the need to co-ordinate your work with others in the team.

You will work within your level of competence in accordance with the UKCC code of conduct.

Clinical

Duties in respect of patients who have self-referred or been referred by a GP

Chronic disease management clinics

Childhood immunisation

Measuring and recording blood sugar levels

Recognising mild childhood illnesses liaising with GPs

Suture removal

Administering injections as and when recommended by the doctors e.g. depot

Teaching inhaler technique

Taking and recording blood pressures

Venepuncture (if trained to do so)

Other procedures from time to time eg ECG recording, Spirometry

Assisting in procedures

Assisting with minor surgery procedures if required.

Assisting with family planning procedures if required.

Preventative health and chronic disease management

• Developing, managing & delivering screening and health promotion services including the development of protocols in conjunction with other clinical staff

Provide health screening, planned and opportunistically, to patients of all ages

Chronic disease management programmes such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension and others

Implement agreed standards of infection control in the practice in order to maintain a clinically safe environment

Undertake new patient screening

Undertake childhood immunisations

Undertake cytological screening

Routine injections including flu vaccinations

Assessing the needs of the elderly (including over 75 check)

Travel clinics (including vaccinations and safer sex clinic)

Provide family planning services

Giving advice on healthy living

Teaching self-examination (breast and testicles)

NHS Health Checks

Organisation/Administration:

Responsible for managing own surgeries and clinics

Manage patient recall systems

Developing protocols and guidelines in conjunction with other clinical and management staff and to follow agreed protocols and contribute to regular reviews of protocols

Maintain accurate patient records.

Maintain equipment and supplies and ensure correct storage of medical and surgical equipment, including vaccines.

Working as part of the Primary Health Care Team:

Working with a team and recognising the roles of different members of the Primary Health Care Team and being flexible

Liaise with members of the wider Primary Health Care Team, including, for example, District nurses and Health Visitors regarding individual patient care

Attending and taking an active part in practice staff meetings as required

Participating in the administrative and professional duties of the Practice team

Assist with teaching medical students

To supervise, assist and teach and develop the role of HCA in liaison with other nurses/doctors

Understand and apply safeguarding issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory health procedures and local guidance

Advice and Referrals

• Giving advice in person or in liaison with GPs (Nurse Practitioner) by phone or first aid, common minor ailments/injuries and other subjects within agreed common procedures.
• Making appropriate referrals to other health and social service professionals.
• Giving advice on source of information and help outside the Primary Health Care Team.

Other:

Undertake any other nursing task that may be reasonably be expected by the partners/manager, in accordance with grade.

Be aware of, and act in accordance with, responsibilities under current Health and Safety regulations.

Attend professional updating provided locally, for example by the Practice Nurse Forum

Able to use computer in clinical work.

Maintain an up to date knowledge of clinical issues in pertinent areas of practice.

Ad-hoc duties as and when required, in consultation with yourself

Professional Development

Participating in appraisal

Maintaining professional development by attending courses and study days as arranged with the GPs and appropriate for the practice.

Qualifications

Essential

• POST: Practice Nurse
• N.B- please indicate in this form which criteria you meet i.e. put a tick all that apply to you, this form will need to be returned with your formal application
• REQUIREMENTS
• Please tick
• Applicable to you
• Essential
• Desirable
• Qualifications
• 1st level registration with more than 2 years relevant post basic experience and relevant post basic qualification.
• PN Specialist Nurse qualification
• BSc or working towards it
• Womens health including cytology (ENB 901/8103)
• Independent/Supplementary prescriber (or will to work towards it)
• ENB 998/Mentorship or equivalent teaching experience/qualification
• Undertaken Practice Nurse training
• Able to show further professional development
• REQUIREMENTS
• Please tick
• Applicable to you
• Essential
• Desirable
• Practical skills:
• Is competent to provide effective treatment and care required within general practice at specialist level. These will include:
• Venepuncture
• Immunisations & vaccinations
• Wound management
• Chronic disease management e.g.
• oAsthma
• oDiabetes
• oCOPD
• oOthers
• Knowledge of current issues relating to Primary Care Nursing
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Family Planning
• Cervical Cytology
• REQUIREMENTS
• Please tick
• Applicable to you
• Essential
• Desirable
• Experience in clinical audit
• Ability to work autonomously
• Experience in operating a recall system in general practice.
• Personally organised, thorough and methodical
• Communication skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Good record keeping skills
• Experience of GP software eg Emis
• Accustomed to using a computer in clinical work and audit
• Management and Leadership skills
• Commitment to monitoring clinical skills
• Understanding of accountability and responsibility
• Understanding team development and team working
• Commitment to own CPD
• Enthusiasm for the post
• Time management
• Conflict management
• Understanding & provides mentorship and supervision to colleagues and others.
• Flexible

Desirable

• POST: Practice Nurse
• N.B- please indicate in this form which criteria you meet i.e. put a tick all that apply to you, this form will need to be returned with your formal application
• REQUIREMENTS
• Please tick
• Applicable to you
• Essential
• Desirable
• Qualifications
• 1st level registration with more than 2 years relevant post basic experience and relevant post basic qualification.
• PN Specialist Nurse qualification
• BSc or working towards it
• Womens health including cytology (ENB 901/8103)
• Independent/Supplementary prescriber (or will to work towards it)
• ENB 998/Mentorship or equivalent teaching experience/qualification
• Undertaken Practice Nurse training
• Able to show further professional development
• REQUIREMENTS
• Please tick
• Applicable to you
• Essential
• Desirable
• Practical skills:
• Is competent to provide effective treatment and care required within general practice at specialist level. These will include:
• Venepuncture
• Immunisations & vaccinations
• Wound management
• Chronic disease management e.g.
• oAsthma
• oDiabetes
• oCOPD
• oOthers
• Knowledge of current issues relating to Primary Care Nursing
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Family Planning
• Cervical Cytology
• REQUIREMENTS
• Please tick
• Applicable to you
• Essential
• Desirable
• Experience in clinical audit
• Ability to work autonomously
• Experience in operating a recall system in general practice.
• Personally organised, thorough and methodical
• Communication skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Good record keeping skills
• Experience of GP software eg Emis
• Accustomed to using a computer in clinical work and audit
• Management and Leadership skills
• Commitment to monitoring clinical skills
• Understanding of accountability and responsibility
• Understanding team development and team working
• Commitment to own CPD
• Enthusiasm for the post
• Time management
• Conflict management
• Understanding & provides mentorship and supervision to colleagues and others.
• Flexible

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).