Experienced Practice Nurse

Woodhouse Health Centre; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health centre in Sheffield is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to deliver quality healthcare services to an extensive patient population. The role includes managing long-term conditions, conducting vaccinations, and providing support in a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should be registered nurses with strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a Nursing Team.
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients.
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective healthcare including long-term condition management.
• Provide routine nursing care as required.
• Prescribe medication and review patient medications as needed.

Skills

Women's health

Diabetes management

Hypertension management

Asthma management

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Registered Nurse

Postgraduate diploma in Chronic Disease Management

Job description

Woodhouse Health Centre is looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our team of Nurses and HCAs. The ideal candidate would be dynamic, able to work on their own initiative, committed, and a team player.

Main duties of the job

Your role would be to deliver effective healthcare to our patients, including long-term condition management, wound management, vaccinations, and cervical cytology, depending upon clinical competence.

You would also complete appropriate clinical coding in line with QOF and IIF targets.

About us

Woodhouse Health Centre is one the largest health centres in the area with around 12,000 patients. We cover a wide area and are an extremely busy Practice with a large amount of vulnerable and elderly patients. We are also a GP training practice.

We have six GP partner's, salaried GP's, GP Registrars and F2 Doctors. Nurses, HCA's, Pharmacists, Paramedics, and a variety of other clinical roles.

Job responsibilities

To work as part of the Practice's multidisciplinary team, the post holder will effectively deliver nursing services to the entitled patient population.

To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF.

To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice.

To review patient medications to enhance compliance.

To oversee the provision of wound care services to patients.

To co-ordinate the provision of travel medicine services.

To request pathology services, as necessary.

To process pathology results, as required.

To oversee the provision of chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.

To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.

To ensure ensure effective use of read codes.

To chaperone patients where necessary.

To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.

To support the Team in dealing with clinical emergencies.

To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.

To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children.

To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice).

To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc).

To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual).

In the first instance we would be looking at the working pattern being: Mondays 8.00am-5.30pm (including a 30 minute unpaid lunch break), and Thursdays 8.00am-1.00pm, with the potential for further hours.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working within a Nursing Team.
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients.
• Experience of working in Primary Care.
• Experience of working in a GP Practice.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management) Nurse prescriber

Knowledge and Skills

• Women's health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
• Good working knowledge in Diabetes Hypertension Asthma CHD Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Understand the importance of evidence based practice
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• Understanding of infection prevention and control measures Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly

References

• Two references are required before a start date is given as per NHS protocol.

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.

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