Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an enthusiastic, people person to join our friendly, hard working Nursing team. Burlington Primary Care has approximately 17,000 patients from a wide variety of backgrounds all with differing needs. Our Practice Nurses have a varied and interesting workload, dealing with patients either face to face, by telephone or by group consultation.

The working hours will be 37.5 hours per week with shifts to be Monday - Friday between the hours of 7am - 6.30pm (exact shifts to be agreed with successful candidate)

We offer a very generous package of 6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays and entry into the NHS pension scheme

Main duties of the job

Our Practice Nurses have a busy working day, with a wide variety of tasks to keep the day interesting. Duties can include the following, but for full details please see the job description:

• Contraception and family planning
• Long term condition reviews
• ECG recording
• Spirometry
• Smears
• Wound care
• Injections/vaccinations
• Processing lab samples
• Childhood immunisations
• Health and wellbeing promotion
• Dopplers
• Travel vaccinations and advice

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE:

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care, in conjunction with nursing team colleagues, to the practice population.

To focus both in the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with long-term conditions and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population.

To provide nursing care to practice patients to include primary care treatment, preventative care, screening and education.

2. DIMENSIONS:

The post holder will be required take an active role to support efficient and effective service delivery to the practice population of approximately 16,500 patients.

To take an active role in supporting the practice to maximise achievement against local and national targets in respect of the PMS contract, QOF and Enhanced Services.

To attend any relevant Practice meetings

3. KEY RESULTS AREAS:

1. To provide assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.

To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment of any specific clinical specialism / pathway advertised for the post (e.g. asthma, diabetes etc.)

To work as an integral part of the practice nursing team in organising the provision of nursing services (where applicable) for the practice.

Provide nursing treatments to patients.

Provide general health screenings and health promotion to the practice patients.

Advise patients on minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary.

Provide general wound care (no compression), post operative, wound packing, lower leg

Participate in national screening work such as cervical cytology and delivery of national immunisation and vaccination schedules.

Provision of effective chronic disease management programmes to the practice population according to agreed protocols.

Undertake the collection of pathological specimens eg swabs, smears

Perform investigative procedures e.g. ECG and spirometry.

Provide family planning and sexual health screening and advice.

2. Administrative and professional responsibilities.

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.

Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded contemporaneously in the patients computerised record and where appropriate, in their written notes using SystmOne.

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.

Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.

3. Treatment room supplies and equipment.

Clean relevant equipment and maintain supplies of appropriate consumables in accordance with the Practice infection control policy

5. Liaison

Maintain effective communication and coordination with other members of the multidisciplinary practice nursing team.

Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.

6. Professional Development

Attend and participate in meetings with other members of the practice team.

Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful and necessary for professional development or the work being undertaken by the practice.

To undertake a yearly annual review in accordance with the Practice Performance Management System.

To maintain any status / registrations required to undertake the duties of the role (e.g. re-validation)

To ensure all CCG and Practice structured learning programmes are kept up-to-date (e.g. Mandatory training, e-Learning etc)

7. Infection Control

Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines

Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements

Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and on-going correct usage by staff

Hand hygiene

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.

Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management

Undertaking periodic infection control training

Routine management of own team / team areas

Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection

Spillage control procedures, management and training

Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified nurse (ideally some in Primary Care, but hospital background can be accepted for entry-level).
• Evidence of delivering health promotion and disease prevention.

Desirable

• Experience in managing and supporting patients with long-term conditions (e.g. asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension).

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Knowledge of current nursing practice, NMC Code, infection control, safeguarding.
• Ability to undertake long-term condition reviews, wound care, immunisations, cervical cytology (depending on training).
• Good understanding of primary care and GP practice environment.
• Good IT skills (clinical systems like EMIS/SystmOne, Microsoft Office).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult) with the NMC (current PIN).
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).

Desirable

• Post-registration qualifications relevant to Primary Care (e.g. cervical cytology, immunisations, contraception, chronic disease).
• Additional chronic disease diplomas (e.g. Diabetes diploma, Asthma/COPD diploma).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Burlington Primary Care

Address

14 Burlington Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP1 2EU

Employer's website

https://www.burlingtonprimarycare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)