Job summary
CRGPA provides
extended access services across Coventry, Rugby & Warwickshire North.
Extended access provides GP & Nurse appointments at evenings, weekends
& bank holidays.
We are looking for Practice Nurse staff to provide appointments for a
range of patient in our extended hours service.
The new available sessions
are on Monday-Friday 18:30-21:30, Weekends & bank holidays out of Camphill GP led Health Centre,
Ramsden Avenue, Nuneaton CV10 9EB 7 days a week, evenings, weekends &
bank holidays
Chancery Lane Surgery, Chancery Lane, Nuneaton CV10 0PB 2 days a
week (Monday & Thursday)
Main duties of the job
The Extended GP Access Service operates across sites in Coventry, Rugby and Warwickshire North.
The General Practice Nurse works alongside GP offering routine services to patients during eveningsand weekends. You will be expected to:
Work independently to provide excellent nursing care directly to patients
Participate in the delivery of routine surveillance and screening.
Participate in the management of long term conditions, contraceptive services, wound care,immunisations and vaccinations.
Participate in audit and research to ensure high quality care.
Support the development of innovative and high quality nursing practice, offeringadvice on service improvements based upon your experience and knowledge of theneeds of patients
About us
The Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is a private
company limited by shares, wholly owned by local Coventry and Rugby GP
practices. As a GP led organisation, we represent 54 GP practice shareholders
and cover nearly 420,000 patients. We describe our work in terms of
Supporting, Innovating, Developing and Educating - we are on the S.I.D.E. of
general practice and we have developed our Operational Plan for 2019/20 to
describe what we are going to do over this year to ensure that we continue to
high quality, accessible and responsive services for both practices and
patients.
We have identified key areas that we will focus on
to build upon and improve our existing services. These are our Strategic Priorities:
Clinical Service Improvement &
Delivery
Clinical Innovation
Primary Care Development
Practice and Network Support
Training and Education
Integrated Care
Good Governance
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.
To participate in long term condition management for patients according to explicit protocols
To provide family planning advice
To administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol
To administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule
Monitoring of ongoing treatments.
To provide health education and cancer screening advice.
Perform cervical cytology screening.
To provide ear assessment and irrigation in accordance with protocols
To provide opportunistic screening and advice on mens health..
To assist with planning and evaluating patient care.
Clinical Measurements such as blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs
The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular injections
Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.
To provide Health Promotion in areas such as weight, smoking and alcohol.
Teaching patients and their family self-care where appropriate.
Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.
To work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness ofevidence based and current best practice.
To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.
To participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personal professionaldevelopment.
To participate in clinical supervision
To advise, support and contribute to the education of other members of the multidisciplinaryteam.
Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection control standards
To participate in the maintenance of medical equipment, ensuring appropriate interim checksare carried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated and faults are reported in line withpolicy.
To support the maintenance of appropriate stock items in fridges and clinical areas and toadhere to cold chain policies
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.
To participate in long term condition management for patients according to explicit protocols
To provide family planning advice
To administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol
To administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule
Monitoring of ongoing treatments.
To provide health education and cancer screening advice.
Perform cervical cytology screening.
To provide ear assessment and irrigation in accordance with protocols
To provide opportunistic screening and advice on mens health..
To assist with planning and evaluating patient care.
Clinical Measurements such as blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs
The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular injections
Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.
To provide Health Promotion in areas such as weight, smoking and alcohol.
Teaching patients and their family self-care where appropriate.
Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.
To work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness ofevidence based and current best practice.
To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.
To participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personal professionaldevelopment.
To participate in clinical supervision
To advise, support and contribute to the education of other members of the multidisciplinaryteam.
Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection control standards
To participate in the maintenance of medical equipment, ensuring appropriate interim checksare carried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated and faults are reported in line withpolicy.
To support the maintenance of appropriate stock items in fridges and clinical areas and toadhere to cold chain policies
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term
- conditions
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Aware of accountability of own role and other
- roles in a nurse-led service
- Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary
- care
- Knowledge of patient group directions and
- associated policy
- Knowledge and understanding of NMC Code of
- Conduct and other guidance.
- Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and
- vaccination and ear care
- Change-management skills and ability to support
- patients to change lifestyle
- Excellent communication skills, both written and
- verbal
- Ability to communicate difficult messages to
- patients and families
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- IT skills
Desirable
- Awareness of local and national
- health policy
- Awareness of issues within the
- wider health economy
- Diabetic management knowledge
- and experience
- Family planning knowledge and
- experience
- Respiratory care knowledge and
- experience
Other
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner
- Highly motivated
- Flexibility
- Enthusiastic
- Team player
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant nursing/health degree
- Registered first level nurse
Desirable
- - Mentor/teaching qualification
- - Clinical supervision training
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration nursing experience
- Experience of working in community / primary
- care
- Management of long-term conditions
- Involvement in implementing and using protocols
- and clinical guidelines
- Experience of audit
Desirable
- Participation in quality initiatives
- such as clinical benchmarking
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term
- conditions
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Aware of accountability of own role and other
- roles in a nurse-led service
- Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary
- care
- Knowledge of patient group directions and
- associated policy
- Knowledge and understanding of NMC Code of
- Conduct and other guidance.
- Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and
- vaccination and ear care
- Change-management skills and ability to support
- patients to change lifestyle
- Excellent communication skills, both written and
- verbal
- Ability to communicate difficult messages to
- patients and families
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- IT skills
Desirable
- Awareness of local and national
- health policy
- Awareness of issues within the
- wider health economy
- Diabetic management knowledge
- and experience
- Family planning knowledge and
- experience
- Respiratory care knowledge and
- experience
Other
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner
- Highly motivated
- Flexibility
- Enthusiastic
- Team player
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant nursing/health degree
- Registered first level nurse
Desirable
- - Mentor/teaching qualification
- - Clinical supervision training
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration nursing experience
- Experience of working in community / primary
- care
- Management of long-term conditions
- Involvement in implementing and using protocols
- and clinical guidelines
- Experience of audit
Desirable
- Participation in quality initiatives
- such as clinical benchmarking
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).
