Bank Practice Nurse - Hodge Hill, Birmingham

NHS Jobs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank Practice Nurse role based in Hodge Hill, Birmingham. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to support long term condition management, provide family planning advice, administer injections and childhood immunisations, and promote cancer screening and health education.

Responsibilities include clinical measurements, wound care, recording encounters in the computer system, stock and equipment checks, adherence to infection control, and assisting the GP while maintaining professional

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration and up-to-date practice standards.
• Experience in general practice or community settings preferred.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and follow protocols.

Responsibilities

• Clinical measurements: BP, blood glucose, ECGs, and related monitoring.
• Administer injections and immunisations following national schedules.
• Provide family planning advice and cervical screening where competent.
• Record clinical histories accurately and maintain patient records.
• Support wound care, injections, and stock control in clinical areas.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Patient education

Health promotion

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Bank Practice Nurse - Hodge Hill, Birmingham

Main Duties Clinical 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 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 of evidence based and current best practice. To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body. To advise, support and contribute to the education of other members of the multidisciplinary team. Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection control standards To participate in the maintenance of medical equipment, ensuring appropriate interim checks are carried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated, and faults are reported in line with policy. To support the maintenance of appropriate stock items in fridges and clinical areas and to adhere to cold chain policies Travel advice and vaccinations Record Maintenance Keep contemporaneous clinical records using the computer system (paper records where appropriate), recording clinical history and examination findings, interventions and advice given. Ensure documentation is in line with NMC guidance Stock Control & Equipment Have shared responsibility for the Treatment room stock and report any stock shortages to the service lead Maintain nursing drugs and equipment reporting any shortages/failures to the service lead The duties of the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changed by discussion with the post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.