Flexipool - Practice Nurse

Newcastle General Practice Services Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; In loco; GBP 25.000 - 33.000; Part-time

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible working options across a 2+地域

Descrizione del lavoro

Newcastle GP Services (NGPS) Flexipool invites a qualified Practice Nurse to join a flexible, zero-hours workforce spanning Newcastle across primary care settings.

You will provide clinical care, support vaccination programmes, cervical screening and chronic disease management, while benefiting from flexible hours, ongoing training, and time-and-a-half pay for Saturday Enhanced Access shifts.

Competenze

• Qualified Nurse, registered with the NMC.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Mansioni

• Clinical care, including interventions, medications, assessment, wound care and management.
• Health promotion, including alcohol screening, smoking cessation, healthy diet, physical activity, weight management, sexual health and family planning.
• Sexual health, including health promotion, investigation and contraception.
• Long term conditions management including screening, diagnosis, ongoing management and referral.
• Develop and follow referral pathways.
• Risk stratification and care planning.
• Quality assurance and service support.
• Recognise opportunities to reduce inequalities and unwarranted variation.
• Handle sensitive and confidential information.
• Use of clinical IT systems and maintaining accurate patient records.

Conoscenze

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Organisation

Time management

Formazione

NMC-registered Nurse

Strumenti

GP systems

Descrizione del lavoro

This role is an exciting opportunity to work into theNewcastle GP Services (NGPS) Flexible Workforce Hub (Flexipool). Flexipool is anew and expanding active bank of clinical and non-clinical staff, coveringmultiple roles within General Practice. The aim of Flexipool is to provide flexibleworking into Primary Care, to cover planned leave, existing vacancies andshort-notice unplanned absence across General Practice in Newcastle.

Joining the Flexipool team provides an opportunity to workinto Primary Care across Newcastle in a way that suits you and yourcommitments, in addition to access to training, development and support. TheFlexipool can act as a gateway into primary care if you are new to working inhealthcare, or as a flexible working option if you work part time or have recentlyretired, and would like to stay involved and continue to develop your skills.

This role is offered on a 0 hours contract, and workinghours are flexible and negotiable depending on your availability and practicevacancies. The job location will be varied across practices and services inNewcastle, and we will work with you to match an appropriate role to your locationpreferences. For further details, please see the job description, and if youhave any questions about the role, please do not hesitate to contact us at: [e-mail]

This position is open torolling recruitment, and therefore the job advert may close early to allow usto contact applicants, before re-opening.

Main duties of the job

As a Practice Nurse, you will be responsible for the provisionof clinical services, working within practice guidelines and governance frameworks.Please see the job description for more information.

A commitment to high quality clinical care, excellent communication, and the ability to work under pressure are essential skills for the role of Practice Nurse.

Benefits include: joining a forward thinking and friendlyteam, flexible working options across a range of locations in Newcastle, accessto training and support, time and ahalf pay for Saturday Enhanced Access shifts, and holiday pay.

About us

Newcastle GP Services (NGPS) is the GP federation forNewcastle-upon-Tyne. We are a member organisation for 27 out of the 30 generalpractices in Newcastle. Our role is to support them to provide excellentclinical care and a positive patient experience.

Were a skilled team of non-clinicians and clinicians withsignificant experience working in healthcare. We help practices work at scaleacross Newcastle, providing targeted and effective patient care and innovativemethods of working to improve quality and efficiency.

You can find out more about NGPS and the services we offeron our website here: https://newcastle-gp-services.co.uk/

Job responsibilities

Clinical care, including: interventions,medications, assessment, wound care and management, cervical screening, earcare, vaccines, pre-travel health, prescribed therapies

Health promotion, including: alcohol screening, smoking cessation, healthydiet, physical activity, weight management, sexual health and family planning

Sexual health, including: health promotion,investigation and contraception

Long term conditions, including: screening,diagnosis, ongoing management, and referral to other agencies in line with NICEguidance and Quality and Outcome Framework indicators

Develop and follow referral pathways

Risk stratification and care planning

Quality assurance and service support

Recognise opportunities to reduce inequalitiesand unwarranted variation

Handle sensitive and confidential information

Ensuring the privacy, dignity and safety ofindividuals is maintained at all times

Use of clinical IT systems, and maintainingaccurate patient records

Recognise and report issues relating tosafeguarding vulnerable children and adults

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified Nurse, registered with the NMC
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

• Previous experience as a qualified Nurse within General Practice/Primary Care
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Organisation and time management skills
• Management of long term conditions e.g. asthma, COPD, diabetes, CHD
• Experience of GP systems
• Basic IT skills

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.