Practice Nurse

Integrated Care System; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An Integrated Care System based in Bristol is seeking a motivated and experienced Practice Nurse to join their team. The ideal candidate will have a current NMC registration and experience in chronic disease management. Key responsibilities include patient assessments, vaccinations, and participation in health promotion initiatives. This is an opportunity to work in a supportive environment committed to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Clinical skills in cervical cytology, immunisations, and vaccinations required.
• Experience in managing long-term conditions and public health issues necessary.
• Ability to communicate with patients and families effectively, especially in difficult situations.

Responsibilities

• Providing assessments, treatment services, and health education advice to patients.
• Leading in chronic disease management and ensuring accurate documentation.
• Participating in quality initiatives and administrative duties of the practice.

Skills

Chronic disease management

Health promotion strategies

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

IT skills (EMIS Web)

Education

Current NMC registration

Job description

APPLICANTS MUST HAVE PRACTICE NURSE EXPERIENCE

We are looking for a motivated and caring experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive Practice team. We are a progressive and forward-thinking Practice who are passionate about providing high quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Working as part of the Practice Nursing Team
• Providing assessments, screening, treatment services, and health education advice
• Manage leg clinic and facilitate leg management pathway
• Prepare/assist/facilitate vaccinations and immunisations
• Undertake collection of pathological specimens
• Provide appropriate follow ups for patients
• Lead in an area of chronic disease management
• Ensure accurate notes are recorded
• Attend and participate in practice meetings as required
• Assist in formulation of strategy and policy
• Undertake administrative procedures
• Participate in collection of stats for audits
• Opportunity to be involved with our COVID Medicine Delivery Unit providing infusions

About us

Concord Medical Centre is a forward thinking GP practice located in North Bristol. We pride ourselves on our holistic approach to patient care, and work hard to ensure all teams are involved in each patient's pathway.

Job responsibilities

We arelooking for a motivated and caring experienced Practice Nurse to join ourfriendly and supportive Practice team. We are a progressive andforward-thinking Practice who are passionate about providing high qualitypatient care.

ClinicalResponsibilities

• Working as part ofthe practice nursing team
• Provide Assessment,Screening, Treatment Services and Health Education advice
• Provide nursingtreatments to patients in participation with general practitioners orindependently to agreed protocols
• Provide general andspecific health screening to the practice patients (within agreed protocols)with referral to the general practitioners as necessary
• Give appropriatehealth promotion advice to patients in whom risk factors are identified,according to agreed practice protocols and local and national targets
• Advise patients ongeneral health care and minor ailments with referral to general practitionersas necessary
• Participate inhealth promotion for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthmaand CHD, according to agreed practice protocols.
• Manage leg clinicand facilitate leg management pathway.
• Prepare/assist/facilitatevaccinations and immunisations and travel programmes
• Undertake cytologyscreening or be willing to learn.
• Undertake thecollection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples,swabs, etc., and perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPsfollowing appropriate training
• Provide appropriateregular follow up for patients when necessary
• Take the lead in anarea of chronic disease management

Administrative andProfessional Responsibilities

• Participate in theadministrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
• Ensure accuratenotes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patientscomputerised medical records
• Ensure accuratecompletion of necessary documentation associated with patient health care andregistration with the practice
• Attend andparticipate in all practice meetings as required
• Assist in theformulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy
• Undertake alladministrative procedures relating to the post, liaising with the Nurse TeamLead
• Co-operate andparticipate in the collection of statistics for audit projects and evaluate andpresent results as required
• Participate in thereview of existing evidence-based nursing practice by using valid and reliableaudit tools and published and validated research results from medical, nursingand paramedical data to effect changes in clinical practice
• Cover in theabsence of other treatment room staff as and when necessary

Infusion Clinics

• Have theopportunity to be involved with our COVID medicine delivery unit providinginfusions for our vulnerable population requiring treatment.

Education andTraining of Students and Practice Staff

• Participate in theinduction of all members of practice staff. To be available for students of alldisciplines to observe clinics, answer questions arising from these clinics andteaching new skills where necessary
• Maintain effectiveliaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with allother disciplines

ProfessionalDevelopment

• Maintain continuededucation by attendance at course and study days as deemed useful or necessaryfor professional development and to maintain PREP requirements

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration

Experience

• Experience in chronic disease management
• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Awareness of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service.
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
• Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care.
• Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
• Good Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills.
• IT skills - EMIS Web clinical system experience.
• Management of long-term conditions.
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines.
• Experience of audit.
• Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area.
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area.
• Awareness of local and national health policy.
• Awareness of issues within the wider health economy.
• Diabetic management.
• Family planning.
• Respiratory care.
• Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.

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.