Practice Nurse

Hazelwood Group Practice; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Birmingham is seeking a Registered Practice Nurse to join their team. The ideal candidate will have experience in nursing and be able to conduct QOF reviews, treatment room duties, and assist with various clinical tasks. This part-time position requires a commitment of 27 hours over 3 days (Monday, Thursday, and Friday). The practice emphasizes a friendly atmosphere and quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience with working in a nursing team.
• Experience in a GP practice.
• Knowledge in health promotion and disease management.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for patients from initial history taking to evaluation of care.
• Assist in routine tasks related to patient care.
• Maintain and clean equipment used by the nurses and GPs.

Skills

Cytology

Wound care

Immunisations

BLS

ECG

Disease management

Education

Level 2 Registered Nurse

Job description

Here at Hazelwood we are looking for a Registered Practice Nurse to join our friendly Nursing team. We would like someone who can work with the team in providing the best care possible. We are asking for 27 hours per week over 3 days. Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Main duties of the job

Your main duties will include QOF reviews, Treatment room (removal of sutures, dressing etc), ECGS, BPS, 24hour BPS, 72 hour ECGS, Cytology, Disease management, Ear syringing, Chaperoning, Assisting clinicians in clinics such as minor ops and Gynae, Contraception, Urinalysis and any other day to day nursing tasks.

About us

We are a 4 partner teaching practice with 5 salaried GPS, 1 prescribing nurse, 1 practice nurse and a Associate Practitioner Nurse. We also have an ACP and various additional roles from our PCN (Apollo PCN). We are a dispensing practice and have a very qualified reception nd admin team. We are based in a Rural area of North Warwickshire looking after 3 care homes. We strive to give the best patient care possible whilst sustaining a family friendly GP Practice.

Job responsibilities

Job role -The post holder is a PracticeNurse who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care forthe presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, treatmentand evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-makingand expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patientswithin the general practice. They will work collaboratively with the generalpractice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policyand procedures, and providing leadership as required.

Key Duties -

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Cytology
• Wound care
• Removal of Sutures
• Travel Clinic
• ECGs
• 24HR ABPM
• 72HR ECG
• QOF Reviews
• Disease Management
• Venepuncture
• Ear syringing
• Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery and Gynae
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Interest in Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
• Other tasks will include
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Maintain stock of waiting room leaflets as instructed by partners and Practice Manager
• Ordering of Health Promotion Literature
• Ordering of stock from the Hospital
• Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
• This list is not exhaustive, and you may be asked to carry out additional roles in the practice when necessary.

Communication/ Relationships

To be an active and engaged team player, supporting Hazelwood and with its aims and objectives. To actively participate in team meetings. To read and respond to emails and messages. Utilize and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment. Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news. Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating. Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication. Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders. Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues. Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.

Performance standards

Demonstrate a positive attitude. To actively engage in the appraisal process. To be honest and have integrity. To follow practice policies and procedures. Delivering quality service. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC. Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures. Prioritise, organise and manage your own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality. Deliver care according to NICE guidelines and evidence-based care. Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation. Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities. Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required. Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care. Support and participate in shared learning through the practice and wider organisation. Use a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patients complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events. Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery. Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance. Support staff development in order to maximise potential. Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work. Enlist support and influence stakeholders and decision-makers in order to bring about new developments in the provision of services. Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards. Understand your own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working. Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence. Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need. Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team. Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery. Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care. Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success.

Management of risk

Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients. Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines. Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines. Advocate for policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all. Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice.

Managing information

Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information. Review and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes. Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases. Understand responsibility of self and others to the practice and primary care trust regarding the Freedom and Information Act. Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g. courses and conferences). Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate. Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning. Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Confidentiality

While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. Post-holders must adhere to the following principles: In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their careers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorized persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include: 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. Active reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognized. Keeping own work areas generally clean and assisting the Practice Manager in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of their role. Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually). Reporting potential risks identified to the Practice Manager

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience with working in a nursing team
• Working in a GP practice

Qualifications

• Level 2 registered Nurse
• Cytology
• Would care
• Health promotion
• ECG
• Immunisations including baby and travel
• BLS
• Disease management

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.