Practice Nurse

NHS; Minehead; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health service organization in Minehead is seeking a dedicated Practice Nurse to join their multidisciplinary team. This role will focus on delivering high-quality nursing services, managing chronic disease care, and promoting health. The successful candidate will benefit from a supportive work environment, relocation package, and opportunities for professional development. Key requirements include relevant nursing qualifications and experience in primary care settings.

Benefits

Relocation package of £8,000

5 weeks annual leave pro rata

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience required.
• At least 1 year recent primary and community nursing experience.
• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage patients with long-term conditions.
• Perform treatment room procedures including Cervical Cytology.
• Provide advice and support about health promotion and vaccinations.

Skills

Treatment Room Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to support patients to change lifestyle

Management of long-term conditions

Negotiation and conflict management skills

Education

Relevant nursing/health degree

Evidence of a commitment to continuing professional development

Tools

EMIS

Job description

We are looking for a practice nurse to join our friendly, supportive and committed Practice Team. The successful individual will be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as partof the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope ofpractice to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will beresponsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronicdisease management and health prevention. A relocationpackage of £8,000 if moving from outof area and 5 weeks annual leave pro rata

Main duties of the job

• Support patients with long term conditions.
• Perform treatment room procedures
• Undertake Cervical Cytology
• Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines, including Dopplers and removal of sutures
• Carry out as required new Patient Medicals/Urinalysis
• Offer lifestyle advice as appropriate.
• Undertake ECGs
• Undertake Venepuncture
• Support patients with Chronic disease management, undertaking annual reviews and follow-ups.
• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions
• Carry out Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
• Provide Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery and other clinical procedures
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate

About us

Dunster and Porlock Surgeries are two highly rated and welcomingpractices, serving vibrant communities. Dunster Surgery is a rural, familymedical practice with spacious, bespoke premises overlooking the villagecricket pitch. Porlock Medical Centre has views onto the moors and across thesea to Wales yet is located right on the edge of the village.

Both practices CQC rated in 2018 as Outstanding. Bothrated by Severn Deanery as Excellent training locations and this year we wererecognised as one of the Top 100 Practices in the country.

We are a happy, friendly team who support each other toachieve our mission of providing Gold standard care. We actively encouragepersonal and professional development and consider ourselves innovative andforward thinking whilst retaining the ethos of a family practice.

The successful individual would need to be able to work from both practices.

Job responsibilities

Professional

• Support patients with long term conditions.
• Perform treatment room procedures
• Undertake Cervical Cytology
• Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines, including Dopplers and removal of sutures
• Carry out as required new Patient Medicals/Urinalysis
• Offer lifestyle advice as appropriate.
• Undertake ECGs
• Undertake Venepuncture
• Support patients with Chronic disease management, undertaking annual reviews and follow-ups.
• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions
• Carry out Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
• Provide Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery and other clinical procedures
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate.

Other tasks and duties

• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• Ordering of stock
• Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
• Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
• Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines
• Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines
• Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written)
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained
• Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, and emergency equipment
• Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times

Managerial

• Contribute to the assessment of service needs
• Assist patients to identify their health needs
• Contribute a nursing perspective to the practice development plan
• Manage and organise individual patient consultations
• Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards
• To attend staff meetings
• Support the Practice clinical governance agenda
• Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines

Educational

• Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager
• Participate in clinical supervision
• Support others with their training and development needs
• To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills
• Additionally train to support patients with their chronic disease management

Confidentiality

This practice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality at all times. It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This practice is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, well-being and safety. You have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates and environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect

Learning and Development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake and complete mandatory training as directed by the training coordinator, as well as participating in the practice training programme. Staff will also be permitted (subject to approval) to undertake external training courses which will enhance their knowledge and skills, progress their career and ultimately, enable them to improve processes and service delivery.

Quality & Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re‑examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication is essential and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualifications
• Relevant nursing/health degree Evidence of a commitment to continuing professional development

Experience

• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions, Knowledge of health promotion strategies Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service. Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area EMIS experience QOF

Skills and Qualities

• Treatment Room Skills
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines Experience of audit
• Experience in the managing of patient case-loads
• Have the ability to support patients to change lifestyle
• Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to communicate difficult messages to patients and families Undertake negotiation and conflict management skills
• Be computer literate Remain calm under pressure
• Minimum 2 years post registration At least 1 year recent primary and community nursing experience Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
• Management of long-term conditions.

Other

• driving licence
• Good interpersonal skills

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.