Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to compliment the role of the GP and other Health Professionals and be an integral part and key member of care team.
You will make the best use of clinical skills within the practice in order to promote well-being and maximise health gain for patients and provide a safe, high quality and accessible treatment room service to our registered patients. We value teamwork, mutual support and a friendly working environment.
It is essential that you are already have experienced in a primary care setting, preferably as a Practice Nurse and qualifications in Long Term Conditions such as COPD, Diabetes are desirable.
If you are looking to be part of an expanding team dedicated to providing quality care and also making a difference in our patients’ life in a primary care setting, we would love to hear from you.
For informal enquiries please contact Suzanne Fletcher at suzanne.fletcher2@nhs.net or Maggie Davies at mdavies10@nhs.net
Please note: Hours –Full time. (Part time also considered, min 24hrs)
Please note that this vacancy could close early once sufficient applications have been received
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to:
- Compliment the role of the GP and other Health Professionals as an integral part and key member of the care team.
- Make the best use of clinical skills within the practice in order to promote well-being and maximise health gain for patients.
- Provide a safe, high quality and accessible treatment room service to the practice population.
About us
PML is a successful not-for-profit, GP-led organisation providing various NHS community and primary care clinical services to patients across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. We have evolved as a NHS healthcare provider since 2004 and in the last few years have grown significantly, now employing around 300 staff with a turnover of c. £16m. PML holds GMS contracts, as well as being a GP Federation representing c. 50 GP practices covering approximately 650,000 patients.
Banbury is a historic and expanding market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire and is on the edge of the Cotswolds. Oxford, Stratford upon Avon and Leamington Spa are close by and there are excellent public and private schools in the surrounding area.
Banbury Cross Health Centre provides an exciting development in general practice in the north of Oxfordshire. Following the merger of 3 practices in the town, we are continuing the integration of primary care services to ensure the future sustainability of general practice and the delivery of excellent patient services. We are actively involved with our PCN and fully engaged with developing patient-centred services in the community with our local community providers and other stakeholders.
With a list size of approximately 40,000 patients and growing, we are a forward thinking and aspirational practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional:
- Assess problems presented opportunistically by patients.
- Provide continuing care to patients across the practice population.
- Initiate laboratory requests and collect specimens as required, interpret specified results and act accordingly.
- Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for ear irrigation.
- Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines and locally agreed formulary.
- Suture/clip removal.
- ECG
- Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear.
- Advise about vaccinations and injections and ensure they are administered under relevant policies, guidelines, and PGD’s. Adhere to the national childhood immunisation programme.
- Assist in the provision of minor surgery.
- Recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines
- Be able to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
- Obtain and document informed consent (either written or verbal).
- Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
- Communicate effectively with other members of the primary health care team.
- Preserve confidentiality.
- Any other duties considered relevant to the post.
Managerial:
- Assist patients to identify their health needs.
- Maintain accurate records in line with practice policy and NMC Guidelines using appropriate computer software.
- Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
- Responsible for the maintenance of equipment and stock control: including refrigeration, vaccine ordering, single use equipment, general treatment room equipment and stock and emergency rugs and equipment.
- Contribute a nursing level perspective to the Practice Development Plan.
- Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
- Attend staff meetings.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- Preserve confidentiality of information gained at all times.
Educational:
- Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the GP/Nurse Manager and Practice Manager.
- Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and or professional development.
- Participate fully in practice audit and quality development programmes.
- Participate in formal tutorials and informal training of student nurses and GP trainees in the practice.
Management of Chronic Disease:
- To develop knowledge base and progress in the management of Chronic Disease patients within the primary care setting.
- Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans, agreeing these as appropriate with the patients and other health professionals.
- Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic patient cantered approach.
- Recognising abnormalities.
- Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.
Research projects:
- Co-operate and participate as required in any research projects within the practice.
Health and Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal 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 potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that 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 of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Confidentiality:
The post holder must maintain confidentiality of information in accordance with professional and PML policy. The post holder may access information only on a need to know basis in the direct discharge of duties and divulge information only in the proper course of duties.
Safeguarding:
- To recognise that promoting the welfare and safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyone’s business and access training and supervision as appropriate to the role.
- To support the organisation in ensuring service users are protected from abuse or the risk of abuse and their human rights are respected and upheld.
- To ensure concerns are responded to appropriately in line with the organisiations Safeguarding Adults Policy and the Child Protection Policy and interagency safeguarding procedures.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. This may mean study in staff members own time.
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional:
- Assess problems presented opportunistically by patients.
- Provide continuing care to patients across the practice population.
- Initiate laboratory requests and collect specimens as required, interpret specified results and act accordingly.
- Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for ear irrigation.
- Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines and locally agreed formulary.
- Suture/clip removal.
- ECG
- Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear.
- Advise about vaccinations and injections and ensure they are administered under relevant policies, guidelines, and PGD’s. Adhere to the national childhood immunisation programme.
- Assist in the provision of minor surgery.
- Recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines
- Be able to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
- Obtain and document informed consent (either written or verbal).
- Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
- Communicate effectively with other members of the primary health care team.
- Preserve confidentiality.
- Any other duties considered relevant to the post.
Managerial:
- Assist patients to identify their health needs.
- Maintain accurate records in line with practice policy and NMC Guidelines using appropriate computer software.
- Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
- Responsible for the maintenance of equipment and stock control: including refrigeration, vaccine ordering, single use equipment, general treatment room equipment and stock and emergency rugs and equipment.
- Contribute a nursing level perspective to the Practice Development Plan.
- Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
- Attend staff meetings.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- Preserve confidentiality of information gained at all times.
Educational:
- Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the GP/Nurse Manager and Practice Manager.
- Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and or professional development.
- Participate fully in practice audit and quality development programmes.
- Participate in formal tutorials and informal training of student nurses and GP trainees in the practice.
Management of Chronic Disease:
- To develop knowledge base and progress in the management of Chronic Disease patients within the primary care setting.
- Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans, agreeing these as appropriate with the patients and other health professionals.
- Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic patient cantered approach.
- Recognising abnormalities.
- Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.
Research projects:
- Co-operate and participate as required in any research projects within the practice.
Health and Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal 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 potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that 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 of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Confidentiality:
The post holder must maintain confidentiality of information in accordance with professional and PML policy. The post holder may access information only on a need to know basis in the direct discharge of duties and divulge information only in the proper course of duties.
Safeguarding:
- To recognise that promoting the welfare and safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyone’s business and access training and supervision as appropriate to the role.
- To support the organisation in ensuring service users are protected from abuse or the risk of abuse and their human rights are respected and upheld.
- To ensure concerns are responded to appropriately in line with the organisiations Safeguarding Adults Policy and the Child Protection Policy and interagency safeguarding procedures.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. This may mean study in staff members own time.
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience
Desirable
- Certification of competency in child immunisation and travel vaccination
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ongoing training and commitment to development
- Flexible and adaptable to change
Desirable
- Able to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a Primary Care Setting.
- Demonstrates sound application of theory and evidence to practice
- Clear understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Previous involvement in the audit of clinical guidelines and standards
- Experience of working with patients with long term conditions.
- Experience at working autonomously diagnosing and treating patients.
- Paediatric experience
- Able to work with patients and staff in emotional circumstances e.g. terminal illness or bereavement
- Experience using Emis Web
- Experience using Adastra
- GCP / Research Experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Physical examination skills
- Influencing and assertiveness skills
- Understands the importance of team working
- Able to make clinical judgments involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Able to meet deadlines
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Data Collection and presentation methods
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience
Desirable
- Certification of competency in child immunisation and travel vaccination
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ongoing training and commitment to development
- Flexible and adaptable to change
Desirable
- Able to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a Primary Care Setting.
- Demonstrates sound application of theory and evidence to practice
- Clear understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Previous involvement in the audit of clinical guidelines and standards
- Experience of working with patients with long term conditions.
- Experience at working autonomously diagnosing and treating patients.
- Paediatric experience
- Able to work with patients and staff in emotional circumstances e.g. terminal illness or bereavement
- Experience using Emis Web
- Experience using Adastra
- GCP / Research Experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Physical examination skills
- Influencing and assertiveness skills
- Understands the importance of team working
- Able to make clinical judgments involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Able to meet deadlines
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Data Collection and presentation methods
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).
