Nurse

The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC; Ruislip; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC is seeking registered nurses to join our dynamic primary care operations team across local sites in Hillingdon. You will be supported by clinical leads and an experienced management and admin team, with access to our training hub for ongoing development.

Role involves a wide range of patient health needs, travel between borough sites as required, and working within NHS primary care standards. You must be NMC registered and able to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience working in NHS settings and with the general public.
• Proven ability to work in a team and manage priorities.
• Good IT skills and willingness to learn new applications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a range of nursing duties within primary care settings.
• Assess patient health needs and coordinate care with the team.
• Record data accurately for audits and QOF/PCN requirements.
• Develop care plans in consultation with patients according to current practice.

Skills

NHS experience

Teamwork

IT skills

Time management

Communication skills

Education

NMC registration

UK work eligibility

Job description

Job SummaryWe have a new and exciting opportunity to appoint nurses to join our dynamic and friendly operations team.The post-holder will have the opportunity to work across different primary care services.You will be supported in your role through the clinical leads across the services you are working in as well as an experienced and friendly management and administration team. Hillingdon celebrates working in partnership to achieve positive outcomes for patients whilst creating a positive work environment. Working in Hillingdon also means you have access to our outstanding training hub providing support and development to clinicians working in the area.

Main duties of the job

You will be dealing with a wide range of patient health needs across the local area.

This post may require you to travel between sites within the borough of Hillingdon as and when required you must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and hold pin and a certificate of completion of training.

About Us

The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC works with General Practice and other healthcare providers to deliver its vision for Hillingdon to deliver the best primary care outcomes for patients in the whole of London. We are a not-for-profit community interest company. The Confederation works to develop and support individual GP practices, PCNs and Neighbourhoods and their changing needs. We deliver excellent clinical services ourselves both at scale and complementary to General Practice. We are the provider representative voice for local General Practice into the wider NHS and other Partners. We are of the NHS but independent, innovative and transformational.

The Confederation determines to develop as an attractive place to work, providing rewarding roles and opportunities to grow in order to attract and retain great staff that in turn delivers our vision.

Our Values

• We work together to make a difference for patients
• We care enough to go the extra mile
• We support, trust, and empower
• We sincerely value each other
• We support primary care to own its destiny

Job Description

• In accordance with the services needs the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including cervical smear tests, post-operative dressings, HRT reviews, Pill Checks, Immunisations, BP checks, asthma checks and diabetic reviews and spirometry if trained.
• Assessing the health needs of patients with chronic health needs and using your own judgment to assess whether further input is needed.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Contributing to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately.
• Contributing to PCN requirements and recording data appropriately.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health related illnesses.
• Screening patients for health education.
• Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing to the practice audit programme as required.
• Take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: coordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
• In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a practice nurse working within primary care, as set by Royal College Nursing and the Nursing and Midwifery Council and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Eligible to work in UK
• Able to carry out duties with or without premises adaptation
• NMC registration

Desirable

• Other postgraduate qualifications (Minor Surgery, Education, Family planning etc)

Experience Essential

• Experience of working within the NHS, with general public & team working
• Well developed IT skills and an enthusiasm for new applications and software
• Good time management and highly organised
• Ability to use initiative, judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge
• Interest in quality improvement work
• Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
• Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors when appropriate
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• Experience working within primary care
• Certificates for Practice Nurse Training and cervical Smears Training with relevant registration numbers.
• Work effectively independently and as a team member
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
• Self-Motivation
• Adaptable
• Immunisation status - Hep B / MMR

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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC

Address

The Pembroke Centre
90 Pembroke Road
Ruislip
HA4 8NX
United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.theconfederationhillingdon.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)