Job summary
Are you a dedicated Nurse with experience in managing Long-Term Conditions such as Diabetes, Hypertension, and COPD? DGS Health, a GP Federation based in Northfleet, is actively seeking skilled and compassionate Nurses to join our esteemed bank staff.
DGS Health was established by a group of local GP's committed to delivering a range of services designed to provide safe, high-quality care. As part of our initiative, DGS Health will be hosting clinical sessions on behalf of local GP Practices, with a specific focus on Long-Term Conditions patients.
If you are passionate about enhancing the health and lives of others and are interested in taking on bank sessions, we invite you to apply through this advert.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to work across practices in the Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley area. The role will consist of:
- Management of patients with a potential or confirmed Long Term Condition e.g., COPD, Diabetes, Hypertension, Epilepsy, CHD in the clinic environment.
- Development of individual care management plans as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals.
- Refer patients directly to other services/ agencies as appropriate.
- Initiate, perform and contribute to the interpretation of diagnostic procedures as appropriate for chronic disease management
- Undertaking health promotion and NHS health checks
Please see the attached Job Description for further details
About us
The Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley area is located in North Kent, only a 15 minute commute by train from London St Pancras, and our main GP Federation office is metres away from Ebbsfleet International Rail Station. The area is undergoing considerable housing, retail and leisure development including the Ebbsfleet Garden City Area. The area also boasts the Bluewater retail centre, and there are a good variety of high performing schools including state, grammar and independent schools. All practices in the area are members of the GP Federation and we work together to design and deliver clinically led and managerially enabled services.
We place great value on our staff and recognise our success is a result of the quality and commitment of the staff we recruit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary
The Post holder will work in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and DGS Healths values to provide clinical care including routine reviews and health promotion to patients with long term conditions e.g Diabetes/ COPD/Asthma/Hypertension.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work to agreed protocols and guidelines to provide nursing treatments to patients both independently and as part of a multi-Disciplinary team with nurses, colleagues, and General Practitioners.
The post holder will promote integrated practice between DGS Health and practice teams for shared delivery of care to designated patients of the practice. Further, to ensure clinical effectiveness by monitoring of key quality markers relating to guidelines.
Key responsibilities of the role
- Management of Chronic Disease: Management of patients with a potential or confirmed Long Term Condition e.g., COPD, Diabetes, Hypertension, Epilepsy, CHD in the clinic environment.
- Development of individual care management plans as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals.
- Sharing responsibility with the GPs and Head of Operations to meet the required QOF targets.
- Refer patients directly to other services/ agencies as appropriate.
- Initiate, perform and contribute to the interpretation of diagnostic procedures as appropriate for chronic disease management
- Work with patients to support compliance with, and adherence to, prescribed treatments
- Undertaking health promotion and NHS health checks
- Venepuncture according to local guidelines
- Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes using Emis
- Read code appropriately and collect data for audit purposes as agreed.
- Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic patient-centred approach.
- Recognising abnormalities.
- Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.
Please see the attached job description for further details
DGS Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary
The Post holder will work in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and DGS Healths values to provide clinical care including routine reviews and health promotion to patients with long term conditions e.g Diabetes/ COPD/Asthma/Hypertension.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work to agreed protocols and guidelines to provide nursing treatments to patients both independently and as part of a multi-Disciplinary team with nurses, colleagues, and General Practitioners.
The post holder will promote integrated practice between DGS Health and practice teams for shared delivery of care to designated patients of the practice. Further, to ensure clinical effectiveness by monitoring of key quality markers relating to guidelines.
Key responsibilities of the role
- Management of Chronic Disease: Management of patients with a potential or confirmed Long Term Condition e.g., COPD, Diabetes, Hypertension, Epilepsy, CHD in the clinic environment.
- Development of individual care management plans as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals.
- Sharing responsibility with the GPs and Head of Operations to meet the required QOF targets.
- Refer patients directly to other services/ agencies as appropriate.
- Initiate, perform and contribute to the interpretation of diagnostic procedures as appropriate for chronic disease management
- Work with patients to support compliance with, and adherence to, prescribed treatments
- Undertaking health promotion and NHS health checks
- Venepuncture according to local guidelines
- Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes using Emis
- Read code appropriately and collect data for audit purposes as agreed.
- Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic patient-centred approach.
- Recognising abnormalities.
- Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.
Please see the attached job description for further details
DGS Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -NMC registered
- -Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio
- -Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively
Desirable
- -Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training
Experience
Essential
- -Experience at practitioner Band 6 level
- -Experience of undertaking reviews for patients with a diagnosed long term condition
- -Experience using EMIS system
- -Able to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
- -Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of specialism
Desirable
- -Experience of developing specialist programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice
Personal Qualities and atributes
Essential
- -Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patient/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills.
- -Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities.
- -Willingness to advance own clinical knowledge, skill and competence based on current evidence
- -Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards and service improvement
- -Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle
- -Hold a clean UK drivers license
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -NMC registered
- -Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio
- -Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively
Desirable
- -Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training
Experience
Essential
- -Experience at practitioner Band 6 level
- -Experience of undertaking reviews for patients with a diagnosed long term condition
- -Experience using EMIS system
- -Able to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
- -Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of specialism
Desirable
- -Experience of developing specialist programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice
Personal Qualities and atributes
Essential
- -Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patient/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills.
- -Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities.
- -Willingness to advance own clinical knowledge, skill and competence based on current evidence
- -Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards and service improvement
- -Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle
- -Hold a clean UK drivers license
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
DGS Health LTD
Address
Basepoint Plc
Springhead Road
Northfleet
Gravesend
Kent
DA118HN
