Practice Nurse

Integrated Care 24 Ltd; Hastings; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Hastings is seeking a Practice Nurse to deliver high-quality patient care and health education. Responsibilities include managing chronic diseases, performing wound care, and providing immunisations. The ideal candidate will have an NMC Nursing Qualification and experience in a similar role. This position offers a chance to work in a supportive team environment aimed at improving patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing chronic diseases, asthma, and diabetes.
• Experience in leading a team and managing one-to-ones.
• Knowledge of infection control and relevant protocols.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality patient care and health education.
• Manage chronic diseases and develop individualized management plans.
• Perform therapeutic monitoring and wound management.

Skills

Chronic disease management

Wound care

Health screening

Minor operations

Immunisation

NMC Nursing Qualification

Communication with key workers

Patient-centered approach

Education

NMC Nursing Qualification

Tools

System One IT experience

Job description

Express new ideas, take initiative and save lives. Others talk about being brave, at IC24, were made that way.

From providing high quality integrated urgent care for over six million people, to thinking of innovative solutions for our patients every role at IC24 is made to be brave.

Locations - Hastings Primary Care Hub

Main duties of the job

As a Practice Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care, working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.You will provide assessment, treatment, screening, and health education to our patients, working independently and alongside our team of nurses and GPs.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in Smear testing, chronic disease management, Asthma, Diabetes, wound care, health screening, and risk assessment.

As a Practice Nurse, the successful candidate will be responsible for the safe and effective delivery and future development of the overall service, working towards the achievement of the Practice aims and objectives and supporting the delivery of the Practice business plan.

About us

Who are we?

We are Integrated Care 24 (IC24), the leading not for profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient focused primary care services.IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services.IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITES ANDACCOUNTABILITIES

Management of chronic disease

• Identifying significant abnormalities.
• Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individualmanagement plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and otherhealth professionals.
• Ensuring that all investigations required for QOF orEnhanced services are carried out and coded efficiently in patient records.
• Carry out appropriate tests i.e Spirometry, reversibility.

Therapeutic monitoring

• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriatetreatments using an holistic patient-centred approach.
• Recognising abnormalities.
• Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing orrecommending changes as appropriate.

Wound Care and management

• Assessing routine wounds including trauma.
• Assessing and prescribing to support good wound managementin complex situations e.g. use of Doppler technique.
• Identifying significant abnormalities.
• Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestylequestioning approach andidentifying appropriate health promotionissues.
• Working with patients to develop a management plan wherehealth problems orpotential health problems are identified.
• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information torefer e.g. drugs;domestic violence; child protection; vulnerableadults; senior patients; socialproblems.

Health screening

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information torefer e.g. womens and mens health, sexual health, older people.
• Undertaking monitoring tasks e.g. smears and providingadvice as appropriate.
• Providing in depth monitoring and advice as appropriate tothe level of the post holders specialty and working with the patient indeciding on management plans.

Travel health

• Administering injections and providing guidance inaccordance with guidelines.
• Identifying problems.
• Provision of specialist and evidence based support to theteam.

Immunisation (adult and child)

• Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.

Minor operations

• Assisting the general practitioner and/or undertaking somesimple procedures.
• Providing routine ear care.
• Dealing with more complex problems and prescribing ifappropriate.

Mental health

• Communicating with key workers.
• Administering appropriate prescribed therapies andmonitoring for side effects.
• Provide a safe and comfortable environment for the patient.
• Clear awareness on patient consent.
• Follow practice policy.

Blood pressure monitoring

• Follow practice policy.
• Awareness of safe and comfortable procedure.

Cardiovascular/NHS Health Checks

• Awareness of National Framework & local objectives.
• Identifying significant abnormalities.
• Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestylequestioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues.
• Working with patients to develop a management plan wherehealth problems or potential health problems are identified.

ECGs

• Assessment.
• Follow practice policy.
• Carry out procedure safely and in line with InfectionControl procedures.
• Carry out reviews following local policy.

Management

• Leading Nursing Team.
• Holding one to ones/ supervision and appraisals.
• Supporting team members.
• Analysing workforce needs, training opportunities andfurther support required.
• Managing and supporting change.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Nursing Qualification
• Experience leading a team
• Experience of one to ones /
• Experience of managing
• Infection Control procedures /
• protocols

Experience

• Understanding of confidential
• information
• experience
• System One IT experience

Practical Skills

• Experience and ability to work
• with the general public

General

• Friendly and understanding
• manner
• Confident
• Able to work as part of a team
• or individually
• A flexible approach to work
• A patient centred focus

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.