Practice Nurse

Churchill Medical Centre

The closing date is 20 January 2025

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed practice nurse to join our large, multi-disciplinary primary care team to provide high quality, compassionate care to our patient population. We are a large practice delivering care to a total of around 26,000 patients across four sites with a nursing team of Practice Nurses, Nursing Associates, Healthcare Assistants and a Phlebotomist.

We are looking for a practice nurse, ideally already with an area of interest in Chronic Disease Management. As a practice we have a strong record in training and development though, and would consider a candidate from outside of primary care with the right attitude towards patient care and developing their career within General Practice.

You will need a caring and compassionate nature, excellent organisational skills and to enjoy working with people. The world of General Practice is busy and ever changing so an ability to learn quickly and be adaptable to rapid change is essential. The role will require an ability to organise and prioritise your own workload, and so you should be comfortable working independently and as a committed member of a multi-disciplinary team.

Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality, compassionate nursing care to our patient population

  • To work within the multidisciplinary team of GPs, nurses and allied health professionals to deliver preventative medicine and chronic disease management to our patients

To provide nursing input in to practice policy development and practice decisions affecting the care of patients

To contribute to QOF, practice research, audits and other local or national directives

  • Provide high quality, compassionate nursing care to our patient populations alongside the nursing and healthcare assistant team
  • Undertake Practice Nursing duties including, but not limited to;
    • Cervical Screening
    • Childhood immunisations
    • Ear Syringing
    • Wound Care
    • ECGs
    • Audiology
    • Venepuncture
    • Hypertension management
    • Travel vaccinations

Take a lead in an area of Chronic Disease Management, such as Asthma, COPD or Diabetes

Work alongside GP leads to deliver practice targets such as immunisation uptake

To assess, diagnose and prescribe appropriately within your capability and nursing grade. Ensuring practice prescribing policy is adhered to

About us

The successful candidate will benefit from working with a large practice dedicated to excellence in patient care. The practice has a strong focus on staff training and support will be given to those keen to develop their careers within primary care. Staff welfare is very important to the practice and we are keen to ensure a work life balance through flexible working, and offers from partner organisations such as Perkbox and the Bike2Work scheme.

Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2617-25-0000

Job locations

Clifton Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT2 6PG


Clifton Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT2 6PG


Orchard Gardens

Chessington

Surrey

KT9 1AG


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Practice Nurse

Reports To: Nurse Manager

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, part time considered

Location: Across all the Churchill Medical Centre & The Orchard Practice

Date Prepared: October 2021

PURPOSE

To provide high quality, compassionate nursing care to our patient population

  • To work within the multidisciplinary team of GPs, nurses and allied health professionals to deliver preventative medicine and chronic disease management to our patients

To provide nursing input in to practice policy development and practice decisions affecting the care of patients

To contribute to QOF, practice research, audits and other local or national directives

SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide high quality, compassionate nursing care to our patient populations alongside the nursing and healthcare assistant team
  • Undertake Practice Nursing duties including, but not limited to;
    • Cervical Screening
    • Childhood immunisations
    • Ear Syringing
    • Wound Care
    • ECGs
    • Audiology
    • Venepuncture
    • Hypertension management
    • Travel vaccinations

Take a lead in an area of Chronic Disease Management, such as Asthma, COPD or Diabetes

Work alongside GP leads to deliver practice targets such as immunisation uptake

To assess, diagnose and prescribe appropriately within your capability and nursing grade. Ensuring practice prescribing policy is adhered to

Participate in practice audit programmes for health promotion, target maintenance and patient care

Provide support to the Health Care Assistants working in the practice

To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practice clinical computer system, including advice given and action taken

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC

Be responsible for own continuing professional development

Work collaboratively with the practice team

Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups and other meetings to improve engagement with the role of the nursing team

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. The post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Maintain an up to date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business
  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed
  • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
  • Keeping own work areas and general areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
  • Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues; acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation. All CCOB employees must respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues and behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

  • Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
  • Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

  • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

  • Communicate effectively with other team members
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers
  • Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

The post-holder will:

  • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
  • Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
  • Participate in audit where appropriate.

This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation. You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties which may be requested from time-to-time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Practice Nurse

Reports To: Nurse Manager

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, part time considered

Location: Across all the Churchill Medical Centre & The Orchard Practice

Date Prepared: October 2021

PURPOSE

To provide high quality, compassionate nursing care to our patient population

  • To work within the multidisciplinary team of GPs, nurses and allied health professionals to deliver preventative medicine and chronic disease management to our patients

To provide nursing input in to practice policy development and practice decisions affecting the care of patients

To contribute to QOF, practice research, audits and other local or national directives

SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide high quality, compassionate nursing care to our patient populations alongside the nursing and healthcare assistant team
  • Undertake Practice Nursing duties including, but not limited to;
    • Cervical Screening
    • Childhood immunisations
    • Ear Syringing
    • Wound Care
    • ECGs
    • Audiology
    • Venepuncture
    • Hypertension management
    • Travel vaccinations

Take a lead in an area of Chronic Disease Management, such as Asthma, COPD or Diabetes

Work alongside GP leads to deliver practice targets such as immunisation uptake

To assess, diagnose and prescribe appropriately within your capability and nursing grade. Ensuring practice prescribing policy is adhered to

Participate in practice audit programmes for health promotion, target maintenance and patient care

Provide support to the Health Care Assistants working in the practice

To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practice clinical computer system, including advice given and action taken

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC

Be responsible for own continuing professional development

Work collaboratively with the practice team

Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups and other meetings to improve engagement with the role of the nursing team

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. The post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Maintain an up to date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business
  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed
  • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
  • Keeping own work areas and general areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
  • Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues; acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation. All CCOB employees must respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues and behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

  • Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
  • Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

  • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

  • Communicate effectively with other team members
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers
  • Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

The post-holder will:

  • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
  • Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
  • Participate in audit where appropriate.

This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation. You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties which may be requested from time-to-time.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC approved Degree or Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing.
  • Registered Nurse.
  • Evidence of appropriate knowledge base

Desirable

  • Independent Nurse Prescriber- V300.
  • Long Term Conditions Management

Experience

Essential

  • Practical experience of computerised recording systems.
  • Experience of using own initiative.
  • Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on going competence in all aspects of the role.
  • Area of chronic disease management expertise preferably diabetes.

Desirable

  • Experience of working within General Practice.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC approved Degree or Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing.
  • Registered Nurse.
  • Evidence of appropriate knowledge base

Desirable

  • Independent Nurse Prescriber- V300.
  • Long Term Conditions Management

Experience

Essential

  • Practical experience of computerised recording systems.
  • Experience of using own initiative.
  • Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on going competence in all aspects of the role.
  • Area of chronic disease management expertise preferably diabetes.

Desirable

  • Experience of working within General Practice.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Churchill Medical Centre

Address

Clifton Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT2 6PG


Employer's website

https://www.churchillmedicalcentre.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Churchill Medical Centre

Address

Clifton Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT2 6PG


Employer's website

https://www.churchillmedicalcentre.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Manager

Joanna Hoppe

joanna.hoppe@nhs.net

Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2617-25-0000

Job locations

Clifton Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT2 6PG


Clifton Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT2 6PG


Orchard Gardens

Chessington

Surrey

KT9 1AG


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