Practice Nurse

Primary Care Management Solutions Ltd; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in High Wycombe is looking for a dedicated Practice Nurse to provide patient-focused care. This role offers both full-time and part-time options, emphasizing work-life balance and delivering a variety of clinical services. Candidates should have experience in chronic disease management and primary care, with a strong commitment to health promotion and clinical governance.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in primary care and chronic disease management.
• Knowledge of various health promotion strategies.
• Understanding of evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide a wide range of nursing services within a multidisciplinary team.
• Deliver routine treatments and administer vaccinations.
• Maintain accurate clinical records.

Skills

Wound care

Chronic disease management

Health promotion

Clinical governance

EVB practice

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Practice Nurse to join our welcoming and supportive team at Chiltern House Medical Centre on a full-time and part-time basis. This flexible position is perfect for a nurse looking to achieve a healthy work-life balance while continuing to provide exceptional, patient-focused care. The successful candidate will play an integral role within our multidisciplinary team, delivering a variety of clinical services and contributing to the overall health and wellbeing of our local community.

Main duties of the job

As a Practice Nurse, you will provide a wide range of nursing services within a multidisciplinary team, including health promotion, chronic disease management, and preventative care. Key duties include delivering routine treatments, administering vaccinations, supporting well woman and well man clinics, and helping to develop and implement clinical policies and procedures.

About us

Chiltern House Medical Centre is committed to delivering outstanding clinical services to our NHS patients. We pride ourselves on providing compassionate, patient-focused care from the first point of contact through to diagnosis and treatment. We promote a respectful and inclusive working environment and believe that our patients come first in everything we do.

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process pathology results as required
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure read codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Develop, implement and embed well woman clinics
• Develop, implement and embed well man clinics
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Secondary responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested to:

• Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
• Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
• Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
• Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach, i.e. root cause analysis (RCA).

Person Specification

Clinical knowledge

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples; ECGs; Venepuncture; New patient medicals; Chaperone procedure; Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly; Travel medicine; Diabetes; Hypertension; Asthma; Spirometry; CHD; Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel); Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.); Understands the importance of evidence-based practice; Broad knowledge of clinical governance; Ability to record accurate clinical notes; Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs; Knowledge of health promotion strategies; Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy;
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area; Awareness of issues within the wider health arena;

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse

Experience

• Experience working in a primary care environment; Experience chronic disease management.
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse

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.

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