Practice Nurse
Primary Care Careers
The closing date is 05 June 2024
Job summary
Tile House Surgery is looking to recruit a practice nurse, who will work as part of the primary healthcare team, providing personal medical services, in a holistic way, to the patients of the practice whilst upholding a very high standard of nursing care.
Main duties of the job
- Assist & perform routine tasks, related to patient care.
- Perform holistic assessments of patients attending for cervical smear tests & carry out cervical smear tests. Training can be given.
- Undertake wound management & wound care.
- Remove sutures.
- Run well-person clinics & health promotion programmes.
- Offer travel health vaccines.
- Perform ECGs.
- Carry out chronic disease management clinics & other clinics including review of electronic patient questionnaires & data.
- Offer advice about childhood & adult vaccinations, carry out vaccinations.
- Be able to recognise & manage anaphylaxis.
- Carry out LD, mental health & dementia reviews.
- Participate in the annual 'flu vaccination programme, as well as other vaccination programmes such as shingles and pneumonia.
- Chaperoning patients & assisting.
- Assist GPs with minor surgery & coil fittings.
- Request pathology tests, urine samples or cultures.
- Use disposable instruments.
- Participation in administrative systems & meetings.
- Maintain accurate records using the patients computer medical record & the recommended read codes and templates.
- Ensure awareness of statutory & local clinical protection procedures.
- Have the ability to recognise signs & symptoms of child abuse & undertake regular child protection training.
- Be up-to-date with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation & emergency situations.
- Keep a personal development plan, updating & reviewing it as necessary, inline with current NMC re-validation guidelines.
- Maintain annual mandatory e-learning.
About us
Tile House Surgery is a large training practice, serving a patient population of 13,500. We pride ourselves on the level of care we provide to our patients and staff. We operate the SystmOne clinical system and have a history of high QOF achievement and a CQC rating of Good across all domains.
We can offer the following benefits:
- Supportive and friendly environment
- Flexible working hours within the constraints of surgery opening hours and cover required
- Peer support
- 25 days holiday (pro rata for part-time) + bank holidays
- NHS pension
- Free on-site parking
Job description
Job responsibilities
If
you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the
attached job specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If
you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the
attached job specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant nursing degree.
- Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
Experience
Essential
- Strong team ethic
- Experience of working in primary care
- Ability to multi-task
- Positive approach, with a can-do attitude
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Give a commitment to maintain a high professional standard of nursing care and keep up-to- date with all aspects of nursing care, relevant to the post.
- Have experience within general practice, as a practice nurse, and have undertaken the majority of the duties listed in the job description, or be willing to be trained in them.
- Agree to a DBS check.
- Give a commitment to ensure health and safety requirements and infection control measures are met, and that any lapses are reported to the appropriate persons, in accordance with local protocols.
- Have previously used clinical computer systems, being comfortable and confident in their use, and in particular the TPP SystmOne clinical system, which is used for all patient records. Alternatively, having used a similar system and have a willingness to be trained in this system, if not already a user.
- Have excellent command of the English language, both written and verbal.
- Are aware of, and able to maintain, strict confidentiality at all times.
- Have good judgement and common sense.
- Are aware of their own limitations and experience.
- Are able to work as a team player.
- Have good knowledge of Microsoft Office, including use of Word, Excel and Windows.
- Have the ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise their own workload.
- Maintain a caring approach towards patients and support and help colleagues.
- Are prepared to be flexible with their working hours, being prepared to cover for other staff when they are on holiday or sick, and to work Saturdays as and when required for flu vaccinations or other ad hoc vaccination clinics.
- Have exceptional communication skills.
- Have the ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
- Have confidence in own decision-making abilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant nursing degree.
- Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
Experience
Essential
- Strong team ethic
- Experience of working in primary care
- Ability to multi-task
- Positive approach, with a can-do attitude
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Give a commitment to maintain a high professional standard of nursing care and keep up-to- date with all aspects of nursing care, relevant to the post.
- Have experience within general practice, as a practice nurse, and have undertaken the majority of the duties listed in the job description, or be willing to be trained in them.
- Agree to a DBS check.
- Give a commitment to ensure health and safety requirements and infection control measures are met, and that any lapses are reported to the appropriate persons, in accordance with local protocols.
- Have previously used clinical computer systems, being comfortable and confident in their use, and in particular the TPP SystmOne clinical system, which is used for all patient records. Alternatively, having used a similar system and have a willingness to be trained in this system, if not already a user.
- Have excellent command of the English language, both written and verbal.
- Are aware of, and able to maintain, strict confidentiality at all times.
- Have good judgement and common sense.
- Are aware of their own limitations and experience.
- Are able to work as a team player.
- Have good knowledge of Microsoft Office, including use of Word, Excel and Windows.
- Have the ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise their own workload.
- Maintain a caring approach towards patients and support and help colleagues.
- Are prepared to be flexible with their working hours, being prepared to cover for other staff when they are on holiday or sick, and to work Saturdays as and when required for flu vaccinations or other ad hoc vaccination clinics.
- Have exceptional communication skills.
- Have the ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
- Have confidence in own decision-making abilities.
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
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
