Practice Nurse

NHS; Bacup; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bacup seeks a dedicated Practice Nurse to deliver comprehensive nursing services. The role involves managing long-term conditions, supporting patients' health, and collaborating with the general practice team. Ideal candidates will be Registered Nurses with at least a year of experience, preferably in the NHS, and possess strong communication and team skills. This position promises a supportive environment with training opportunities, focusing on patient health and well-being.

Benefits

Competitive salary dependent on experience

Training and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year post-registration experience.
• Experience in the NHS is desirable.
• Knowledge of chronic disease management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive nursing services in a primary care setting.
• Manage long-term conditions and perform routine patient care tasks.
• Collaborate with GPs to ensure effective patient management.

Skills

Patient care management

Advanced communication skills

Team collaboration

Chronic disease management

Infection control

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services to the practice population. Supported by the Nurse Manager, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, working within practice protocols, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of practice policies and procedures and will also need to have an understanding of the public health profile and population needs in order to be proactive in ensuring services are met.

• Carry out annual reviews and management for all long-term conditions, maintaining the annual recall system.
• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals
• Cytology- Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations.

Main duties of the job

• Respiratory diploma is desirable.
• Diabetic knowledge.
• Family Planning - Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs and contraception.
• Travel Clinic - Offer travel health advice by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection.
• Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
• Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations - Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
• Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
• Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
• Chaperoning and assisting where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery, vasectomy and family planning clinics
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times.
• Assist in practice audits, CQC compliance evidence and QOF recalls.
• Take lead on local incentive project relevant to role.

About us

Irwell Medical Practice is a consistently high QOF & QFachiever. In our last CQC inspection (2017), we were rated outstanding. Due tostaff development, we are looking for a nurse, ideally with experience in ChronicDisease management; however, support and training will be given. We have agreat nursing team with a good skill mix in a supportive environment.

We are an established Training Practice with 6 Partners, 6 Salaried GPs, 5 Practice Nurses, 1 Nursing Associate, 4 Trainee Nurse Associates, 3 Healthcare Assistants and 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner with a practice population of just over 15,000 and growing.

Working as part of a progressive and effective primary careteam, the successful applicant should have at least a minimum of 1 year post-registration experience. Be highly organised, motivated, and computerliterate and be able to demonstrate continuing professional development.Showing a commitment to promoting nursing in primary care is essential for thisexciting post.

Job responsibilities

Demonstrate specialistcompetence, innovation and clinical leadership in the assessment, interventionin and delivery of general practice nursing in all contexts appropriate toindividuals needs across the whole age range for the general practicepopulation. This requires:

Ability to assess and manage the range ofconditions encountered in general practice using a variety of assessment toolsand consultation models appropriate to the patient and situation using physicaland clinical examination skills to inform theassessment and decision-making forthe on-going managementof the patient.

Advanced communication skills that includeskills of influencing and negotiation to enable information to be delivered inunderstandable formats for patients and behaviour change supported wherenecessary.

Effective multidisciplinary and multi-agencyteam working, alongside the ability to work independently and acceptprofessional accountability and responsibility for the delivery of wholeepisodes of care, and supporting and developing others in the general practicenursing team to collaborate effectively, ensuring nursing care is guided byprecedent and clearly defined policies, procedures and protocols.

Deliveryand co-ordination ofevidence-informed, person-centred and negotiated care across the agespectrum.

Use of technology to support independenceand patient self-care at home to improve self-care and reduce exacerbations

Rolemodelling and embodimentof non-judgmental, value-basedcare encompassing the 6Cs in practice and expectation and promotion ofthese values in other team members.

Competence in delivering evidence-informedcare across a wide range of minor acuteand LTCs, ensuringeffective evaluation oftherapeutic and other approaches to condition managementalongside ability to assess patient concordance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse

Experience

• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of working in General Practice

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.

Depending on experienceCompetitive rates dependent on experience and qualifications