Practice Nurse

East Park Medical Centre; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Leeds is expanding its nursing service and seeking qualified nurses to deliver high-quality patient care. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing nursing services, while also collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to address health inequalities. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and experience in General Practice. The role offers opportunities for professional development and working with innovative health technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in General Practice.
• Experience of Chronic disease management.
• Experience of Child immunisation and Cytology sample taking.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing services to the Practice population.
• Collaborate with GP Partners on development of services.
• Maintain accurate patient records and ensure quality of care.

Skills

Confident communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Nursing Programme of education approved by NMC

Job description

We are expanding our nursing service and looking for a practice to work across our 2 practices at East Park Medical Centre and its branch surgery in Halton.

We have a multidisciplinary team of clinicians who work together to support each other to deliver GP services to our practice population of over 10,000 patients in an area of Health Inequality. The practice is dedicated to helping to address these inequalities by adopting a Whole Health approach. We work hard with our community and local healthcare partners to engage patients in preventative health management.

We are using innovative technology to plan and deliver Long Term Condition Care.

We are looking for nurses who enjoy working with these types of communities and who have innovative ideas about how we can further improve access to care.

We also have a care home and community care bed service which is run out of East Park with a dedicated clinical team.

Main duties of the job

To provide nursing services to the Practice population by assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care

To ensure the provision of a high-quality Patient service within a safe, efficient working environment by providing effective support to the Partners and staff and encouraging the development and progress of East Park Medical Centre

Maintaining appropriate records to ensure continuity and quality of care for Patients

To collaborate with other GP Partners/employees and Practice staff on development and delivery of PBC (Practice Based Commissioning) and enhanced service issues within East Park Medical Centre

To be involved in Practice development, identifying service changes and developments in line with clinical needs locally and work to develop these as part of PBC and other processes

Maintaining records of appointments and other administrative duties

To maintain skills and undertake such training and development as may from time to time be required to maintain personal competency

About us

Our clinical team is currently made up of a GP clinical Lead, GPs, ANPs, ACPs, Mental health nurse, Pharmacists, Pharmacy technicians, nurses and HCAs. Our non clinical team contains a management team, medical secretaries, prescribing clerks and receptionists.

There are clinical meetings most weeks for all the clinical team to cover clinical governance, safe guarding, palliative care and complex presentations

We are an innovative practice embracing new ways of working including new IT technologies.

We are committed to reducing health inequalities and developing services to maximise patient access.

There is a Director of Nursing who supports the Nursing leads at each site.

We encourage and support all members of our team in developing their careers through additional training and courses. A number of our Practice Nurses have attended courses on blood test interpretation and are undertaking nurse prescriber courses.

Job responsibilities

• To provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice working in accordance with the NMC Code of conduct
• Provide nursing treatments to Patients independently or in participation with other clinical colleagues working to agreed protocols and guidelines
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the Practice Patients within agreed protocols and guidelines referring to other members of the clinical team as necessary
• To manage Patients with chronic diseases; running specific clinic sessions and maintaining robust call and recall systems
• Participate in national screening work such as cervical cytology and meet targets delivering the national immunisation and vaccination schedule
• Nursing procedures to include:
  • Measuring blood pressure
  • Routine injections as prescribedCervical smears
  • ECG’s
  • Long term conditions – Asthma, Diabetes, COPD
  • Vaccinations and immunisations
  • Assisting with minor surgery and IUCD insertion
  • Cold Chain
• Provide advice to Patients for general health care and minor ailments, with referral to another clinician as necessary
• To participate in research within the Practice
• To be responsible for the efficient running of the treatment room and equipment
• To assist with the management of leg ulcers
• Select, carry out and interpret results of specific tests
• Ensure all statutory regulations (e.g. Infection control, Health & Safety, COSHH, etc.) are implemented and adhered to
• To maintain accurate, comprehensive records of all consultations and treatments in the Patient’s notes, both written and computerised
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with Patient health care and registration with the Practice
• Ensure collection of statistical information is required for regular and ad hoc reports
• To have working knowledge of equipment used in the surgery
• Ensure compliance with Patient confidentiality at all times in line with current legislation
• Contribute to the development of new Patient services
• Inform your line manager of any reported or suspected failings in the provision of care within the Practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing Programme of education approved by NMC
• Experience of working in General Practice.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Experience

• Experience of working in General Practice.
• Working within a nursing team.
• Experience of Chronic disease management.
• Experience of Child immunisation and Cytology sample taking.
• Experience of supervising HCAs
• Experience of home visits
• Experience of working with Learning Disability patients

Personal Skills and Qualities

• Confident and effective communication skills, verbally and in writing.
• Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work flexibly as part of a team.
• Able to work under pressure and have clear systems and strategies in order to prioritise workload.

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.