Trainee Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Role

This role is for someone looking to work with a dynamic organisation and is prepared to adapt anddevelop with the team. We are looking for someone enthusiastic and flexible ideally with a background in primary care, though this is not essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a nurse to not only train as a General practice Nurse but be part of an innovative project. The aim of this project is to extend and enhance the current opportunities for education and training in Primary care and beyond, while creating extra capacity and retaining current nursing staff

The post holder will provide backfill for local GPNs across Islington to enable them to be released for educational purposes. The post holder will be pivotal to the enhancement of training and development in Islington

Job summary-

The Trainee Practice Nurse will-

1. Work as part of the nurse hub healthcare team in the General Practices across Islington

2. Provide backfill for the qualified Practice Nurses in the General Practices within Islington and provide high quality nursing care to the practice populations.

3. Deliver patient care in line with the core values of the Islington training Hub

4. Undertake the Practice Nurse GPN foundation training Course

5. Work towards the required competency levels in the clinical areas shown in Appendix A

Job responsibility-

• To develop the necessary skills and competencies required to be a Practice Nurse
• Work within their level of competency at all times.
• Be able to develop and maintain a working collaboration with patients and other healthcare professionals
• Develop skills to manage the changing needs of the patients and the practice
• Through competency frameworks introduce the new skills learnt in training and take responsibility to ensure appropriate sign offs of these competencies
• To administer prescribed medications and immunisations where appropriate when prescribed or by Patient Group Direction
• When opportunity arises promote health through education and screening
• Contribute to the practices achieving its Quality Outcomes Framework Targets
• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care under supervision and with direction from clinical lead or senior nursing staff and GPs.
• Undertake the additional duties shown in Appendix A

• Maintain own professional registration
• Attend all training arranged
• To keep up to date with allocated timetable as will be working in various site across Islington

• Monitor the effectiveness of own clinical practice through discussion with clinical leads and peer review
• Keep up to date through continuing professional development to maintain current skills and competences
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records in accordance with practice and NMC guidelines
• Attend and participate in practice meetings and mandatory training where required
• Promote evidence-based practice

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 this privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, 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, 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 assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety andsecurity as defined in the practice Health & Safety policies, to include:

Using 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

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Reporting any potential risks identified

Equality & Diversity

The post holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a waythat is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights

Personal/Professional Development

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

• Participation in an annual 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
• Participate in audit where appropriate

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 undersupervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
• make 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 will recognise the importance of effective communication, both within the practice team and with patients and carers. And will recognise where patients have a need for alternative means of communication and respond accordingly.

This job description reflects the current duties incorporated in this post. Duties may be varied from time to time following a change in the service provided by the practice, or dependent upon current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels. This job description is subject to annual review.

Appendix A-

• GPN Training programme will cover:
• Immunisations & travel advice
• Child immunisations
• Family planning
• Cytology
• Chronic disease management
• Ear care

Islington Training Hub In house training will be arranged through E learning 4 health or BlueStream and other training providers to cover:

• Annual health checks for long term conditions
• Wound care
• B12 influenza and Covid injections using PSD and PGD
• New patient check
• Removal of sutures/clips
• Venepuncture
• Chaperoning
• Hypertension management
• Health promotion
• Request pathology tests
• General treatment room duties

Other tasks to include:

• Maintaining & cleaning of equipment used by nurses & GPs
• Stocking clinical rooms and rotating stock as required
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of clinical rooms
• Ordering of stock, vaccines & promotional materials
• Checking stock levels and expiry dates of drugs cupboard and resuscitation trolley
• Record vaccine fridge temperatures twice daily
• Assist other members of the practice team as appropriate
• To maintain infection control and update procedures and advice
• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance

Please note- The interviews for the shortlisted applicants will take place on 9th and 10th July 2025.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of 1 year of Nursing

Employer details

Employer name

Islington GP Federation

Address

Unit 16-18

The Studios, Hornsey Street

Holloway

London

N7 8EG

Employer's website

https://www.islingtongpfederation.org/ (Opens in a new tab)