Practice Nurse

Manor View Practice

Connaught Park

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 55,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Manor View Practice in Bushey, Hertfordshire, is seeking a proactive practice nurse to join its large team. You will work autonomously with mentor support, covering the full practice nurse remit while developing primary care nursing skills.

The role includes minor injuries care, immunisations, health checks, chronic disease management, patient education, and liaison with community nursing to support home care. The practice offers a nurturing environment with 4 sites and a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

NMC registered and eligible to practise in the UK.
Experience in a primary care or practice nursing setting.
Ability to lead a nursing team in a primary care environment.
Experience delivering immunisations and chronic disease management.
Commitment to evidence-based practice and infection prevention.

Responsibilities

Provide holistic, patient-centred nursing care within the practice.
Perform minor injuries care, wound care, dressings, and sutures where appropriate.
Deliver cervical cytology, immunisations, flu campaigns, and travel immunisations as required.
Conduct essential clinical tests (BP, ECG, spirometry, phlebotomy, urinalysis) and health checks.
Promote health education and disease prevention, counsel on lifestyle changes.
Coordinate with community nursing and GP teams to manage chronic diseases.
Maintain accurate patient records and participate in audits and QOF activities.
Supervise nursing students and HCAs; support CPD and mandatory training.

Skills

Wound care

ECGs

Venepuncture

New patient medicals

Immunisations

Chronic disease management

Health promotion strategies

Independent working

Education

Registered General Nurse

Mentor or teaching qualification

Postgraduate diploma/degree in Chronic Disease Management

Nurse prescriber

Infection prevention & control training

Family planning qualification

Job description

Job summary

A superb opportunity for a current practice nurse or a nurse working in primary care to join this large, thriving practice. Working autonomously but with good mentor support, you will cover the full practice nurse remit whilst developing your primary care nursing skills.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Duties

To provide care for minor injuries, dressings, including pressure bandaging and higher level wound care.
To do cervical cytology sampling, immunisations as outlined by national programmes and local guidelines, working closely with the nursing, clinical and admin team to create systems to identify patients who are in need of such services and promoting the service hard to reach patients.
To support the annual flu campaign and other mass population vaccination programmes as needed in line with national guidance.
To conduct, blood pressure, spirometry, urinalysis, phlebotomy, microbiology samples, ECG, peak flow and other practice based tests as needed in the course of the care of patients.
To carry out health checks in conjunction with national, local and practice initiatives.
To provide patient health promotion/ disease prevention education and counselling focusing on health behaviour change.
To provide travel immunisations to patients of the practice.
To liaise with community nursing colleagues to continue the provision of nursing care in the home if patients are unable to attend the practice and to transfer or share care as appropriate, visiting outside the practice if needed on exceptional circumstances to meet the needs of patients.
To provide support to the GPs in the management of chronic diseases.

About us

Manor View Practice is an innovative and experienced teaching practice with 48,000 patients across 4 sites. We believe in continuity and strive to offer excellence in patient care. There is a nurturing working environment offering outstanding support to the team. Led by 6 GP Partners, Manor View Practice is an award-winning practice. You would work amongst a large and vibrant multidisciplinary team including GPs, ANPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists, Nurses, HCAs, Phlebotomists, all supported by a superb administration and reception team.

Job responsibilities

To provide basic and higher levels of nursing care as needed for patients.

Clinical Duties

To provide care for minor injuries, dressings, including pressure bandaging and higher level wound care, liaising directly, where appropriate with community and secondary care counter-parts, escalating to a GP as necessary.
To do cervical cytology sampling, immunisations as outlined by national programmes and local guidelines, working closely with the nursing, clinical and admin team to create systems to identify patients who are in need of such services and promoting the service hard to reach patients.
To support the annual flu campaign and other mass population vaccination programmes as needed in line with national guidance.
To conduct, blood pressure, spirometry, urinalysis, phlebotomy, microbiology samples, ECG, peak flow and other practice based tests as needed in the course of the care of patients.
To carry out health checks in conjunction with national, local and practice initiatives.
To provide patient health promotion/ disease prevention education and counselling focusing on health behaviour change.
To provide travel immunisations to patients of the practice.
To liaise with community nursing colleagues to continue the provision of nursing care in the home if patients are unable to attend the practice and to transfer or share care as appropriate, visiting outside the practice if needed on exceptional circumstances to meet the needs of patients.
To provide support to the GPs in the management of chronic diseases such as Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, Hypertension etc. by providing specifically defined clinical sessions, working closely with the GP to manage a patients overall care.
To promote the health and well-being of patients by counselling patients on the nature of their conditions, the use of their medications, diet, exercise and other health behaviours.

Patient Care

Provide holistic, patient-centred care.
Support patients in self-management of chronic conditions.
Maintain accurate and timely patient records using the clinical system.
Safeguard vulnerable adults and children in line with practice policies.

Infection Prevention and Control

Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
Maintain clean and safe clinical environments.
Participate in audit and quality improvement activities.

Professional Responsibilities

Maintain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Work within the NMC Code of Conduct.
Participate in appraisal, revalidation, and continuing professional development (CPD).
Attend mandatory training and practice meetings.
Support nursing students, healthcare assistants, and colleagues where appropriate.

Administrative Duties

Maintain clinical records accurately and confidentially.
Monitor stock levels and report shortages.
Participate in audits, QOF activities, and service development.

Person Specification

Clinical knowledge and skills

Essential

Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
ECGs
Venepuncture
New patient medicals
Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
Ability to record accurate clinical notes
Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
Ability to work independently and as part of a team multidisciplinary team
Chaperone procedure
Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
Chronic disease management
Broad knowledge of clinical governance
Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
Knowledge of health promotion strategies

Qualifications

Essential

Registered General Nurse
Mentor or teaching qualification
Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
Nurse prescriber
Completed or working towards formal infection prevention and control training
Family planning qualification
Experience of working in a primary care environment
Experience of leading a nursing team in a primary care environment
Experience of chronic disease management
Experience of working autonomously
Experience of infection prevention and control measures
Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking

I 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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Manor View Practice
Address: Bushey Medical Centre, London Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 2NN, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://manorviewpractice.co.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
HR Manager
Suzanne Hart
mvp.hr@nhs.net
07880501967

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