Great Ayton Health Centre

Practice Nurse

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Job summary

We have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our friendly teaching Practice.

We pride ourselves on delivering high quality holistic care to our patient population. We are looking for a forward thinking experienced Practice Nurse who has the qualifications and/or experience to support our patients with long term health conditions including CHD, Asthma, COPD and Diabetes, and be comfortable with the ever changing day to day world of General Practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will have the experience and qualification to advise patients in health prevention, carrying out screening and early management of long term health conditions.

The successful candidate will must:

Be a certified Registered Nurse

Have a current registration with the NMC

Be registered with the relevant professional body

Have experience in a range of nursing clinical skills

About us

Great Ayton Health Centre is a CQC rated good Practice providing medical services in the village of Great Ayton and surrounding areas. We are a training and teaching practice and are committed to providing an excellent service to more than 5600 patients.

The Practice is lead by a team of two Partners who work collaboratively with their clinical team of Salaried GP, ANP, Practice Nurse, Nursing Associate, Physicians Associate and Clinical Pharmacists. There is a supportive non-clinical team to ensure the Practice functions efficiently.

Date posted

14 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3217-23-0000

Job locations

Rosehill

Great Ayton

Middlesbrough

TS9 6BL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

Assess, plan, develop, implement, provide and evaluate treatment programmes including, but not limited to:

Health promotion and well-being plus individual plans for patients with/at risk of a long term condition

Manage and treat long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and practice needs

Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence based practice and national/practice protocols, and work with patients to support adherence to prescribed treatments

Prioritise health problems, intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care

Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations

Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children including patients travelling abroad

Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care

Diagnose and treat minor illnesses

Communication

Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating, including those receiving bad news

Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues

Participate in practice team meetings

Delivering a quality service

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Prioritise, organise and manage own and others workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality

Deliver care as an individual and team according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care, assessing effectiveness of care delivery through peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation and leading on the maintenance of quality governance systems for the nursing team

Implement and review the application of evidence-based practice in nursing

Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required

Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care

Participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation and assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery

Leadership personal and people development

Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model

Support the development of others in order to maximise staff potential

Delivery of practice nursing services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are the priority

Planning and implementation of local guidelines, protocols and standards, and of local projects or initiatives

Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning