Job summary
Practice Nurse
(Part-Time, approx. 21 Hours)
Are you a caring and experienced Practice Nurse looking for
a new opportunity in a friendly and supportive environment?
Paston Surgery is a close-knit GP practice in North Walsham, and we have an
exciting opening for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly team. This
part-time position is approximately 21 hours per week, and we are
flexible about how those hours are arranged.
If youre passionate about patient care and want to work with a team that feels
like family, wed love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
About the Role
Were looking for an NMC registered Practice Nurse who can bring
experience, enthusiasm, and compassion to our team. In this role, you will need
to be a Team player and:
Help
with Chronic Disease Clinics: Support patients with long-term conditions
Lead
Respiratory Care: Take charge of our asthma and COPD services. You will
need to be on the ARTP register.
Provide
General Treatment Room Care: Carry out some of the usual practice nurse
duties.
You will work as part of a close Team, collaborating closely with our GPs, nurse
colleagues, healthcare assistants, and administrative staff to ensure the
practice runs smoothly. We believe in a true team approach you'll always have
friendly colleagues ready to support you on a busy day or when facing a
challenge.
This position is part-time and approx 21 hours p.w. We understand that flexibility
is important, so we are open to discussing how you'd like to spread these hours
across the week.
About us
About Paston Surgery
Paston Surgery is a well-established, family-friendly GP practice serving over
6,700 patients in North Walsham and the surrounding villages.
We are committed to high-quality patient care and continuous improvement.
Paston Surgery is also proud to be a training practice. We regularly host
medical students from the UEA Medical School and support the development of all
our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
description
Nursing
duties
-
Provide
nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based
evidence, NICE and local requirements
-
Appraise
wounds and other minor injuries, administer dressings; refer to a practice
doctor or the hospital as appropriate
-
Take
swabs, cervical smears
-
Provide
immunisations and injections to children and adults
-
Assist
with Chronic Disease Management using the principles of MECC to maximise
encounters and minimise patient visits
- Take a lead in Respiratory chronic management
-
Support
the Nursing team in dealing with clinical emergencies
-
Monitor
the blood pressure of patients and consider indications for referral back to
the doctor
-
Assist
with ECGs and report the findings to the doctors
-
Assist the
phlebotomists with venepuncture
-
Insert
ring pessaries as directed by the doctor
-
Assist
with INR clinics, including patient dosing using INRstar when a suitable Health
Care Assistant is not available
Chronic Disease Management
-
Help
maintain chronic disease registers
-
Identify,
manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions,
preventing adverse effects on the patients health
- Lead in Respiratory (Asthma and COPD)
-
Coronary
heart disease (CHD)
-
Hypertension
-
Smoking
cessation
-
Diabetes
-
Management
of other "Best Practice" patient registers
-
Implement
and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
General
duties
-
Maintain
high standards of nursing care to patients of the Practice, and to promote good
health care
-
Assist doctors
during their surgeries e.g., chaperone, urgent electrocardiograph (ECG) etc.
-
Be
responsible for maintaining a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the
nursing area and of the clinical equipment used
-
Monitor
and maintain adequate supplies of drugs, clinical items and equipment
-
Monitor
and maintain emergency drugs bag
-
Appropriately
recording all treatment undertaken in the patients record on the computer
system
-
Ensure
templates and read codes are used effectively
-
Ensure
maximisation of QOF, Enhanced Services, IIF and other funding streams
-
Obtain and
make use of health promotion material in clinics and for display purposes
-
Implement
new and revised nursing procedures when necessary
-
Attend
meetings, courses and update days as required
-
Use
relevant websites for the purposes of supporting the nursing role and giving
advice to patients
-
Assist in
the support of our HCAs
-
Support
patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines
(within own scope of practice)
-
Understand
practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour,
referring patients appropriately
-
Keep up to
date with training needs, registration, and revalidation
Health
Promotion
-
Develop,
implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
-
Request
pathology services as necessary
-
Discuss
diet, alcohol, smoking, and other health problems with patients
-
Family
planning
-
Travel
advice
-
Cervical
cytology; including monitoring and review of the results
-
Assist in
different Health Checks
Managerial
-
To work
with the doctors and Practice Manager to achieve the best possible service to
patients
-
Ensure
that the relevant requirements of the GMS Contract are implemented within the
nursing department.
-
Monitor,
record usage and stock-take vaccines
-
Discuss,
implement and audit new nursing procedures
-
Participate
in audit and inspection as required by the GMS Contract, including cervical
cytology
-
Assist the
doctors in the maintenance of relevant and accurate clinical histories
-
Assist in
overseeing/supervision of Health Care Assistants
-
Liaise
with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported
appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
Communication
-
Team
player and attention to detail skills are essential
-
Help and
advise reception/PLT, and other non-clinical, staff on clinical matters
-
Advise
patients on the telephone
-
Liaise
with the other members of the primary care teams and primary care networks
-
Liaise
with clinicians in secondary and intermediate care
Secondary
Responsibilities
- In
addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested
to:
-
Monitor
and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
-
Support
junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
-
Participate
in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
-
Support
and participate in shared learning within the practice
-
Continually
review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives
where appropriate
-
Participate
in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured
approach i.e. root cause analysis (RCA)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
description
Nursing
duties
-
Provide
nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based
evidence, NICE and local requirements
-
Appraise
wounds and other minor injuries, administer dressings; refer to a practice
doctor or the hospital as appropriate
-
Take
swabs, cervical smears
-
Provide
immunisations and injections to children and adults
-
Assist
with Chronic Disease Management using the principles of MECC to maximise
encounters and minimise patient visits
- Take a lead in Respiratory chronic management
-
Support
the Nursing team in dealing with clinical emergencies
-
Monitor
the blood pressure of patients and consider indications for referral back to
the doctor
-
Assist
with ECGs and report the findings to the doctors
-
Assist the
phlebotomists with venepuncture
-
Insert
ring pessaries as directed by the doctor
-
Assist
with INR clinics, including patient dosing using INRstar when a suitable Health
Care Assistant is not available
Chronic Disease Management
-
Help
maintain chronic disease registers
-
Identify,
manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions,
preventing adverse effects on the patients health
- Lead in Respiratory (Asthma and COPD)
-
Coronary
heart disease (CHD)
-
Hypertension
-
Smoking
cessation
-
Diabetes
-
Management
of other "Best Practice" patient registers
-
Implement
and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
General
duties
-
Maintain
high standards of nursing care to patients of the Practice, and to promote good
health care
-
Assist doctors
during their surgeries e.g., chaperone, urgent electrocardiograph (ECG) etc.
-
Be
responsible for maintaining a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the
nursing area and of the clinical equipment used
-
Monitor
and maintain adequate supplies of drugs, clinical items and equipment
-
Monitor
and maintain emergency drugs bag
-
Appropriately
recording all treatment undertaken in the patients record on the computer
system
-
Ensure
templates and read codes are used effectively
-
Ensure
maximisation of QOF, Enhanced Services, IIF and other funding streams
-
Obtain and
make use of health promotion material in clinics and for display purposes
-
Implement
new and revised nursing procedures when necessary
-
Attend
meetings, courses and update days as required
-
Use
relevant websites for the purposes of supporting the nursing role and giving
advice to patients
-
Assist in
the support of our HCAs
-
Support
patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines
(within own scope of practice)
-
Understand
practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour,
referring patients appropriately
-
Keep up to
date with training needs, registration, and revalidation
Health
Promotion
-
Develop,
implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
-
Request
pathology services as necessary
-
Discuss
diet, alcohol, smoking, and other health problems with patients
-
Family
planning
-
Travel
advice
-
Cervical
cytology; including monitoring and review of the results
-
Assist in
different Health Checks
Managerial
-
To work
with the doctors and Practice Manager to achieve the best possible service to
patients
-
Ensure
that the relevant requirements of the GMS Contract are implemented within the
nursing department.
-
Monitor,
record usage and stock-take vaccines
-
Discuss,
implement and audit new nursing procedures
-
Participate
in audit and inspection as required by the GMS Contract, including cervical
cytology
-
Assist the
doctors in the maintenance of relevant and accurate clinical histories
-
Assist in
overseeing/supervision of Health Care Assistants
-
Liaise
with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported
appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
Communication
-
Team
player and attention to detail skills are essential
-
Help and
advise reception/PLT, and other non-clinical, staff on clinical matters
-
Advise
patients on the telephone
-
Liaise
with the other members of the primary care teams and primary care networks
-
Liaise
with clinicians in secondary and intermediate care
Secondary
Responsibilities
- In
addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested
to:
-
Monitor
and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
-
Support
junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
-
Participate
in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
-
Support
and participate in shared learning within the practice
-
Continually
review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives
where appropriate
-
Participate
in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured
approach i.e. root cause analysis (RCA)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Respiratory knowledge and experience
- ARTP registration
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Primary Care experience
- Respiratory experience
- Treatment room experience
- General Nursing experience
Desirable
- Experienec of working at a GP Practice
- CDM experience
Other skills
Essential
- ARTP registered
- Ability to provide quality care
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Work in a face paced environment
- Excellent team worker skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Respiratory knowledge and experience
- ARTP registration
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Primary Care experience
- Respiratory experience
- Treatment room experience
- General Nursing experience
Desirable
- Experienec of working at a GP Practice
- CDM experience
Other skills
Essential
- ARTP registered
- Ability to provide quality care
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Work in a face paced environment
- Excellent team worker skills
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).
