Practice Nurse

Integrated Care System; Bath; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Bath is seeking a passionate Practice Nurse to join their team. This role involves delivering high standards of patient care in a busy GP surgery and managing a diverse clinical case load. Opportunity for team leadership development is available. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills and the ability to work independently or in a team. A commitment to ongoing professional development is essential.

Benefits

Opportunity for progression

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience or willingness to learn.
• Insight into primary care and current NHS issues.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver personalized care and support patients with long-term conditions.
• Manage diverse clinical case load, including chronic disease management.
• Contribute to audit, education, and implement local care standards.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to problem solve

Ability to prioritise workload

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Are you a nurse who thrives in a team-oriented environment,is committed to ongoing development, and wants to make a real difference in thecommunity? We want to hear from you.

Rush Hill and Weston Surgery are looking for a passionateand motivated nurse to join our dynamic practice nursing team in a busy GPsurgery setting. This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse who is driven todeliver high standards of care and is eager to develop their skills within asupportive primary care environment.

Previous experience of primary care nursing is desired butnot essential if you can demonstrate excellent transferable skills and apassion for practice nursing.

We are looking for the following:

JOB TITLE: Practice Nurse (with opportunity for team leadership development role)

CONTRACT:Permanent x 2 posts

HOURS:34hrs & 24 hrs respectively.Across 4-5 days Monday to Friday with occasional Saturdays.Job Share considered.

SALARY:Dependent on experience with opportunity for progression

REPORTS TO:Lead Practice Nurse

ACCOUNTABLE TO:GP Partners (Clinical)&Practice manager (Organisational and Administrative)

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a compassionate and enthusiasticindividual with the ability to adapt to change and work confidently in a transformativeenvironment. You must demonstrate strong critical thinking and problem-solvingskills, enabling you to make sound clinical decisions and contributemeaningfully to patient care.

You will work collaboratively with our multidisciplinaryteam, offering support, guidance and education to others, while also developingyour ability to work autonomously. Full training and support will be providedto help you grow into the role and take on new responsibilities confidently.

The role will involve managing a diverse clinical case load,delivering personalised care, supporting patients in the management oflong-term conditions, and promoting health education and prevention. You willplay a key part in encouraging patients to take control of their health throughevidence-based and compassionate care.

(Furthermore, there is an exciting opportunity to workalongside the current lead nurse to develop leadership and team managementskills with the prospect of an established leadership role within the team).

The post holder will be expected to contribute to audit, education,research and supporting, implementing and evaluating local standards, policies,guidelines and care pathways. NMC requirements will be met, and the individualwill work within the NMC Code of Conduct to agreed practice standards andprotocols.

About us

Rush Hill Surgery is situated on the Southwest hills of the city of Bath with a branch site at Weston surgery in the Northwest of Bath. We cover a large area and have 9100 patients registered to our practice. We are part of the Minerva Primary Care Network and work closely with our partners to meet the needs of our patients.

We offer high quality primary care health services for the area that is responsive to our population needs. Our dedicated nurse team treats minor ailments as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and wider healthcare issues and offer extensive health promotion.

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF POST HOLDER

Meeting patients nursing care needs asidentified, or where care has been transferred to them by a GP. This will usually be in surgery, butoccasional home visits may also be required.

Initiating and maintaining health screening andpromotion clinics for identified areas of the practice population, recognisingwhere modification of systems or referral is necessary.

Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluatetreatment programmes for patients whilst promoting health and well-being.

Employ a shared care approach to supportingpatients managing long term conditions and chronic diseases. This includes butis not limited to, requesting diagnostic metrics, operate diagnostic equipment,ability to interpret clinical information and provide explanations to patientsin a sensitive manner, undertake regular medication reviews within your scopeof practice and arrange follow up review suitable to patients and practicesneeds, using the recall systems.

Clinics include:

-Asthma

-COPD

-Diabetes

-Cardiovascular disease

-Cervical screening

-Family planning and sexual health

-Learning Disability Health Assessments

-Wound management (simple and complex wounds)including doppler assessment and compression bandaging

-Suture/clip removal

-Venepuncture

-Childhood vaccinations (routine and unscheduled)

-Travel immunisations and advice

-ECGs

-General health screening including height,weight, BP, urinalysis, smoking status, alcohol and lifestyle.

-Knowledge of and ability to explain rationalebehind national and local screening programs and promote uptake ofscreening. Access appropriate resourcesto promote health literacy and screening information.

-Use of motivational techniques to supportlifestyle modifications and behaviour change.

-Effectively communicate with and refer tooutside agencies to support all aspects of health management ensuringcontinuity of care.

Apply infection control measures within thepractice according to local and national guidelines.

Support patients and colleagues to adopt evidence-basedInfection and Prevention Control (IP&C) measures to prevent the developmentof health care associated infections in line with the practices health andsafety policy and antimicrobial strategy to reduce antimicrobial resistance.This will include:

-Effective hand hygiene following the 5 momentsfor hand hygiene.

-Applying universal precautions

-Appropriate and safe management of specimensincluding disposal

-Appropriate waste material segregation anddisposal

-Effectively and safely dealing with blood andbodily fluid spillages

-Reporting and management of sharps injuries

To be able to recognise a deteriorating patientand appropriately escalate concern to senior colleagues.

To be competent in managing emergency situationsincluding completion of annual basic life support (BLS) and resuscitationtechniques and anaphylaxis.

Maintain contemporaneous and accurate patientrecords.

Use the practice computer systems for input ofinformation for recall and screening purposes.

Contribute to clinical audit and the setting upand monitoring of standards of care.

Assist in education of others within theclinical setting, including unqualified staff.

Act as assessor and mentor to other staff wherenecessary including student health care professionals.

Work effectively in the team demonstratingexcellent communication skills.

Maintain your own continuous professionalregistration in line with regulatory body requirements and Practicerequirements.

Be available to deal with any patient query thatmay prove to beyond the ability of the medical receptionist and be aware oflimit of own ability.

Ensure that all formal complaints are passedonto the Practice Manager for immediate action.

Have good IT literacy and use the computer andcommunication systems effectively and professionally.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED

Excellent communication skills written/verbal/listening.

An ability to prioritise workload.

Ability to make safe clinical decisions,underpinned by current evidence.

Contribute to the development and implementationof new ideas to improve patient care and/or the practice environment.

Contribute to future practice policies andgrowth.

Have awareness of budgetary constraints and helpmake cost effective decisions.

*The above is not a complete list of all tasks to be undertaken,but a sample of the type of work you will be asked to undertake.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

You will be expected to maintainyour own annual registration with the NMC.

You will be expected to have upto date knowledge of and practice to the NMC code of professional standards ofpractice and behaviour and understand the importance of professionalaccountability.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualification and experience
• Minimum 2 years post registration experience but will consider newly qualified nurses with primary care experience.
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills and demonstrate transferable skills.
• Insight and understanding of current issues affecting primary care nursing and the NHS.
• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
• Demonstrate an understanding of audit.
• Knowledge of clinical governance.
• Awareness of health and safety and IP and C issues.
• Specific Skills
• Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to problem solve and make decisions.
• Able to demonstrate personal and professional accountability and autonomy.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships.
• Ability to be reflective, accept criticism and act constructively.
• Be self-motivated.
• Able to be adaptive to work pressures and changing circumstances.
• Good time management skills, punctual, able to manage and prioritise workload.
• Act in a way that recognises peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies and current legislation.
• Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Physical fitness
• Fitness to carry out safe manual handling duties and dexterity requirements.
• Able to travel between sites using own transport.
• Maintains own health and wellbeing.
• Additional requirements
• ideally, Hold a current and full driving licence and have access to a car.
• Can work within core practice hours: 8am-6pm.
• Is reliable.
• Can be flexible for cover.
• Ability to work a share of Saturday morning clinics.
• Qualification and Experience
• Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice and, or chronic disease management qualifications.
• Undertaken mentorship qualification (FLAP or equivalent)
• Specific skills
• Willingness to undertake further study.
• Uses initiative
• Additional requirements
• Membership of a professional bodies or interest groups.

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.