Practice Nurse

Principal Medical Limited; Banbury; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Job summary

Principal Medical Limited is seeking a part-time Practice Nurse to work Monday to Friday (20 hours) with occasional weekends and bank holidays. You will support the GP and health professionals, provide high-quality care in the treatment room, and contribute to patient well-being in a busy primary care setting.

The role requires NMC registration, degree-level education, and experience in primary care. Training and development opportunities are available as the practice grows and engages in

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.
• Certification of competency in child immunisation.
• Experience in a Primary Care Setting preferred.
• Diabetes/COPD/Asthma management knowledge desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform holistic assessment of patients attending treatment rooms.
• Provide wound management and adhere to evidence-based guidelines.
• Assist in minor procedures and injections.
• Carry out cervical cytology smear assessments.
• Promote vaccinations and administer vaccines per policy.
• Maintain infection control guidelines and accurate records.
• Manage treatment room equipment and stock.
• Support training and development for junior staff.

Skills

Communication

Physical examination

Teamwork

Training and development

Emotional intelligence

Clinical judgment

Education

Degree-level education

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to compliment the role of the GP and other Health Professionals and be an integral part and key member of care team.

You will make the best use of clinical skills within the practice to promote well-being and maximise health gain for patients and provide a safe, high quality and accessible treatment room service to our registered patients. We value teamwork, mutual support and a friendly working environment.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a primary care setting, preferably as a Practice Nurse and additional qualifications in Long Term Conditions such as COPD, Asthma, Diabetes and CHD are desirable, as are contraception and travel service.

As a training practice we are fully committed to training and development opportunities to progress your career. We are also an active primary care research practice which includes treatment room participation. If you are looking to be part of an expanding team dedicated to providing quality care and making a difference in our patients lives in a primary care setting, we would love to hear from you!

Hours Part time, Monday to Friday (20 hours) with occasional weekends and bank holidays to meet business needs.

Please note that this vacancy could close early once sufficient applications have been received.

Main Duties

• Compliment the role of the GP and other Health Professionals as an integral part and key member of the care team.
• Make the best use of clinical skills within the practice to promote well-being and maximise health gain for patients.
• Provide a safe, high quality and accessible treatment room service to the practice population.

Organisation Overview

PML is a successful not-for-profit, GP-led organisation providing various NHS community and primary care clinical services to patients across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. We have evolved as a NHS healthcare provider since 2004 and in the last few years have grown significantly, now employing around 300 staff with a turnover of c. £16m. PML holds GMS contracts, as well as being a GP Federation representing c. 50 GP practices covering approximately 650,000 patients.
Banbury is a historic and expanding market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire and is on the edge of the Cotswolds. Oxford, Stratford upon Avon and Leamington Spa are close by and there are excellent public and private schools in the surrounding area.
Banbury Cross Health Centre provides an exciting development in general practice in the north of Oxfordshire. Following the merger of 3 practices in the town, we are continuing the integration of primary care services to ensure the future sustainability of general practice and the delivery of excellent patient services. We are actively involved with our PCN and fully engaged with developing patient-centred services in the community with our local community providers and other stakeholders.
With a list size of approximately 40,000 patients and growing, we are a forward thinking and aspirational practice.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for ear irrigation.
• Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence-based guidelines and locally agreed formulary.
• Suture/clip removal.
• ECG
• Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear.
• Advise about vaccinations and injections and ensure they are administered under relevant policies, guidelines, and PGDs. Adhere to the national childhood immunisation programme.
• Assist in the provision of minor surgery.
• Recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines
• Be able to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Obtain and document informed consent (either written or verbal).
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
• Communicate effectively with other members of the primary health care team.
• Preserve confidentiality.
• Any other duties considered relevant to the post.
• Assist patients to identify their health needs.
• Maintain accurate records in line with practice policy and NMC Guidelines using appropriate computer software.
• Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
• Responsible for the maintenance of equipment and stock control: including refrigeration, vaccine ordering, single use equipment, general treatment room equipment and stock and emergency rugs and equipment.
• Contribute a nursing level perspective to the Practice Development Plan.
• Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
• Preserve confidentiality of information gained at all times.
• Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the Nurse Manager and Practice Manager.
• Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and or professional development.
• Participate fully in practice audit and quality development programmes.
• Participate in formal tutorials and informal training of all treatment room trainees, GP trainees and other allied health professionals in the practice
• To develop knowledge base and progress in the management of Chronic Disease patients within the primary care setting.
• Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans, agreeing these as appropriate with the patients and other health professionals.
• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic patient cantered approach.
• Recognising abnormalities.
• Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.
• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

The post holder must maintain confidentiality of information in accordance with professional and PML policy. The post holder may access information only on a need-to-know basis in the direct discharge of duties and divulge information only in the proper course of duties.

Safeguarding

• To recognise that promoting the welfare and safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyone’s business and access training and supervision as appropriate to the role.
• To support the organisation in ensuring service users are protected from abuse or the risk of abuse and their human rights are respected and upheld.
• To ensure concerns are responded to appropriately in line with the organisations Safeguarding Adults Policy and the Child Protection Policy and interagency safeguarding procedures.

Personal/Professional Development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. This may mean study in staff members own time.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Person Specification

Qualifications - Essential

• Registered with the NMC
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience
• Certification of competency in child immunisation
• Certification of competency in Cytology

Qualifications - Desirable

• Certification of competency in travel vaccination
• General Certification Practice (Research)
• Diabetes Diploma

Knowledge and Experience - Essential

• Clear understanding of clinical governance and guidelines
• Experience of working in a Primary Care Setting
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience of working with patients with long term conditions
• Experience using EMIS web
• Asthma/COPD experience
• Complex wound care experience
• Experience at working autonomously and treating patients

Knowledge and Experience - Desirable

• Experience working with young children

Skills and Attributes:

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Physical examination skills
• Influencing and assertiveness skills
• Understands the importance of team working
• Commitment to ongoing training and development
• Able to work with patients and staff in emotional circumstances
• Able to make clinical judgments involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options