Job summary
We
are recruiting Practice Nurses to join our friendly professional team to
provide primary care services for Taurus Healthcare in the evenings, at
weekends and Bank Holidays.
We
are looking for experienced Practice Nurses with a passion for providing
excellent nursing care to deliver general practice nursing services including
chronic disease management, cervical cytology, contraception, wound care and
supervision of HCAs and phlebotomists.
Flexible working (Monday - Friday evenings and weekend daytime).
Across all 9 hubs (Hereford, Ledbury, Leominster, Bromyard, Kington, Ross-on-Wye, Kingstone, Much Birch, Weobley).
Main duties of the job
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care to meet the care needs of patients.
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care around diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking cessation
- Manage patients presenting with wounds including removal of sutures and clips.
- Ensuring safe vaccine and cold chain storage
- Administering routine injections such as B12 and Decapeptyl as prescribed by medical prescriber
- Undertake cervical cytology screening on those who are eligible in line with national guidelines following local procedures
- Give women advice on all forms of contraception and sexual health, aiding them to make an informed choice
- To perform Venepuncture, NPT, ECGs etc.
- To provide Hypertension checks, liaising with GP when BP out of target.
- Identify, and manage patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Utilise EMIS web templates to record clinical data
- Sign post individuals to relevant organisations.
- Supervise and support Health Care Assistants and phlebotomists in the clinical area you are working in.
- Accurately document nursing care to NMC standards
- Provide and document care using EMIS templates in line with NICE guidance, local policies and QOF requirements
About us
Employee
Benefits:
- NHS Pension
- Up to 30 days annual leave plus bank
holidays (for reckonable service)
Taurus
Healthcare was established in 2012, as the provider arm of the GP Federation
serving 185,000 patients in Herefordshire. Founded and owned by the partners
of the entire Herefordshire Primary Care community, Taurus is focused on
providing excellent out of hospital services for patients. Our ethos is to
provide high quality and cost-effective health outcomes that are delivered as
close as possible to the patients home, whilst ensuring that patients who do
require in hospital services are seen as quickly and effectively as possible.
At
Taurus Healthcare we strive to create a diverse, inclusive workplace, and
welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds including those
from Military Veterans and family members of serving personnel.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early
if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are
interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Responsibilities
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care to meet the care needs of patients.
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care around diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking cessation
- Manage patients presenting with wounds including removal of sutures and clips.
- Ensuring safe vaccine and cold chain storage
- Administering routine injections such as B12 and decapeptyl as prescribed by medical prescriber
- Undertake cervical cytology screening on those who are eligible in line with national guidelines following local procedures
- Give women advice on all forms of contraception aiding them to make an informed choice
- Provide sexual health assessment, advice and direct to appropriate testing, performing swabs if necessary.
- To perform venepuncture and NPT
- To perform ECGs
- To provide Hypertension checks, liaising with GP when BP out of target.
- Identify, and manage patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Utilise EMIS web templates to record clinical data
- Sign post individuals to relevant organisations.
- Supervise and support Health Care Assistants and phlebotomists in the clinical area you are working in.
- Accurately document nursing care to NMC standards
- Provide and document care using EMIS templates in line with NICE guidance, local policies and QOF requirements
- Support placements of pre/post registration students and people on work experience
- Be able to manage own time, workload and resources effectively
- Assists in the collection of Taurus specific outcome data
- To carry any other appropriate duties as required.
- Provide nurse led long term condition clinics for people with diabetes, CHD, heart failure, stroke / TIA, PAD, hypertension, CKD, diabetes, asthma and COPD as required
- Perform relevant nurse assessments:, blood pressure, diabetic foot examination, lifestyle, peak flow.
- Identify patients who are not within QOF / NICE/treatment targets and liaise with Hub GP/ACP colleague to determine action plan.
- Develop self management plans for patients with long-term conditions utilising local care planning tools and literature e.g. diabetes hand held record
- Utilise local resources such care pathways,GP Teamnet and hand held diabetes record.
- Identify and refer those who would benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation, diabetic educational sessions and smoking cessation services.
- Identify and refer individuals who would benefit from risk stratification under the virtual ward teams
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
- Communicate to a high level, both spoken and written
- Effective communication with team members and other agencies, patients and their relatives / carers.
- Use of the clinical IT system for recording and monitoring of patient information
- Ensure safekeeping of Taurus IT hardware
- Participate in team and clinical meetings
- Use of the NHS email system
This job description may be amended by management through consultation with the post holder in order to reflect changes in, or to, the job.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Responsibilities
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care to meet the care needs of patients.
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care around diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking cessation
- Manage patients presenting with wounds including removal of sutures and clips.
- Ensuring safe vaccine and cold chain storage
- Administering routine injections such as B12 and decapeptyl as prescribed by medical prescriber
- Undertake cervical cytology screening on those who are eligible in line with national guidelines following local procedures
- Give women advice on all forms of contraception aiding them to make an informed choice
- Provide sexual health assessment, advice and direct to appropriate testing, performing swabs if necessary.
- To perform venepuncture and NPT
- To perform ECGs
- To provide Hypertension checks, liaising with GP when BP out of target.
- Identify, and manage patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Utilise EMIS web templates to record clinical data
- Sign post individuals to relevant organisations.
- Supervise and support Health Care Assistants and phlebotomists in the clinical area you are working in.
- Accurately document nursing care to NMC standards
- Provide and document care using EMIS templates in line with NICE guidance, local policies and QOF requirements
- Support placements of pre/post registration students and people on work experience
- Be able to manage own time, workload and resources effectively
- Assists in the collection of Taurus specific outcome data
- To carry any other appropriate duties as required.
- Provide nurse led long term condition clinics for people with diabetes, CHD, heart failure, stroke / TIA, PAD, hypertension, CKD, diabetes, asthma and COPD as required
- Perform relevant nurse assessments:, blood pressure, diabetic foot examination, lifestyle, peak flow.
- Identify patients who are not within QOF / NICE/treatment targets and liaise with Hub GP/ACP colleague to determine action plan.
- Develop self management plans for patients with long-term conditions utilising local care planning tools and literature e.g. diabetes hand held record
- Utilise local resources such care pathways,GP Teamnet and hand held diabetes record.
- Identify and refer those who would benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation, diabetic educational sessions and smoking cessation services.
- Identify and refer individuals who would benefit from risk stratification under the virtual ward teams
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
- Communicate to a high level, both spoken and written
- Effective communication with team members and other agencies, patients and their relatives / carers.
- Use of the clinical IT system for recording and monitoring of patient information
- Ensure safekeeping of Taurus IT hardware
- Participate in team and clinical meetings
- Use of the NHS email system
This job description may be amended by management through consultation with the post holder in order to reflect changes in, or to, the job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN - current NMC registration with a minimum of 6 months to 1 year's experience in primary care practice nursing.
- A demonstrable commitment to professional development.
- Cervical cytology practitioner.
- In date CPR training (within 18 months).
Desirable
- Recent mandatory training in immunisations (HPA) standard)
- Safeguarding Adults and Children level 3
- Contraception and sexual health qualification/training
- Adult and paediatric asthma qualification
- COPD qualification/training
- Diabetic qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in primary care.
Desirable
- Experience of nurse-led chronic disease management clinics.
- Experience of working in a multi-professional environment.
Skills
Essential
- Work autonomously and collaboratively, recognising when referrals are required.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- IT skills - computer and keyboard literate.
- Time management and the ability to work to deadlines.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
- Relay clinical information and maintain accurate, comprehensive, consultation records in line with NMC requirements.
Personal Qualities or Attributes
Essential
- Organised, friendly, approachable, polite and empathetic.
- Adaptable and comfortable dealing with changing priorities and be a team player.
Desirable
- Work a flexible pattern of evenings, weekends and bank holidays and cover team annual leave and sickness when applicable.
- Clean current driving licence.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN - current NMC registration with a minimum of 6 months to 1 year's experience in primary care practice nursing.
- A demonstrable commitment to professional development.
- Cervical cytology practitioner.
- In date CPR training (within 18 months).
Desirable
- Recent mandatory training in immunisations (HPA) standard)
- Safeguarding Adults and Children level 3
- Contraception and sexual health qualification/training
- Adult and paediatric asthma qualification
- COPD qualification/training
- Diabetic qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in primary care.
Desirable
- Experience of nurse-led chronic disease management clinics.
- Experience of working in a multi-professional environment.
Skills
Essential
- Work autonomously and collaboratively, recognising when referrals are required.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- IT skills - computer and keyboard literate.
- Time management and the ability to work to deadlines.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
- Relay clinical information and maintain accurate, comprehensive, consultation records in line with NMC requirements.
Personal Qualities or Attributes
Essential
- Organised, friendly, approachable, polite and empathetic.
- Adaptable and comfortable dealing with changing priorities and be a team player.
Desirable
- Work a flexible pattern of evenings, weekends and bank holidays and cover team annual leave and sickness when applicable.
- Clean current driving licence.
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).
