Practice Nurse

Old Catton Medical Practice; Norwich; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Norwich seeks a dedicated Practice Nurse to enhance community healthcare services. You will lead Infection Prevention Control and support various public health initiatives. Responsibilities include managing chronic diseases and performing clinical duties. The ideal candidate should have active NMC registration and experience in primary care. Work collaboratively within a friendly team environment focused on quality improvement and patient care delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong background in infection prevention and control.
• Experience in chronic disease management and public health.
• Familiarity with Standard Operating Procedures in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Infection Prevention Control initiatives.
• Support in developing long-term care management programs.
• Conduct immunisations, vaccinations, and cervical screenings.

Skills

Infection Control

Chronic Disease Management

Public Health

Health Promotion

Education

Current NMC registration with active PIN

Additional qualifications in Asthma, COPD, Immunisations, Mental Health

Tools

SystemOne

Ardens

Job description

The Practice Nurse is to support healthcareprofessionals within the organisation and across the wider network to enhance integrationwith community, secondary, and social care services.

This role is responsible for the delivery of evidence-basednursing services, working as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team,delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patientpopulation.

Working autonomously, the PracticeNurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as public healthand screening programmes, including infection prevention and control, chronicdisease management, immunisations, health promotion and prevention, wellman/woman clinics and cervical screening, Furthermore, they embed populationhealth management approaches within general practice, targeting healthinequalities and improving access.

The post-holder will be an integralpart of the general practice team. They are to participate in formaltraining events and to promote best practice in their area of expertise as wellas supporting the practice management team in the reviewing and delivery ofclinical policy and procedure.

Main duties of the job

• Lead for Infection Prevention Control (IPC), working to the IPC Policy, attending meetings and providing updates to the team.
• Support in long-term condition management within the organisation, including being involved with quality improvement and assurance initiatives
• Support public health and screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations, and cervical screening and also provide opportunistic health promotion advice
• Embed population health management approaches within general practice, targeting health inequalities and improving access
• As required, provide routine nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Support with the development, and updating of practice protocols/guidelines and procedures locally
• Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
• Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance
• Attend a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months.
• Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.) to patients
• Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with relevant guidance
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

About us

We are a growing practice on the outskirts of Norwich, residing in the popular location of Old Catton.Our current patient list size is approx. 8,700 patients.

We are led by three GP partners and have one salaried GP, as well as a varied team of amazing support staff. More recently we have become a teaching Practice so you will see students from time to time, as well as a resident GP registrar.

The team at Old Catton Medical Practice is small and very friendly, with many longstanding members of staff. We get through the more challenging days with the support of each other, a good sense of humour and a supply of coffee!

Job responsibilities

Assume the position of Lead for Infection Prevention Control (IPC),working to the IPC Policy, attending meetings and providing important updatesto the wider team.

Consult with patientsand their families to undertake assessments of patient need

Support in the long-termcondition management within the organisation, including being involved withquality improvement and assurance initiatives

Develop,implement and embed an effective care management programme for the frail andhousebound patients registered with the organisation

Support public healthand screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations, and cervical screeningand also provide opportunistic health promotion advice

Embed population healthmanagement approaches within general practice, targeting health inequalitiesand improving access

As required, provide routine nursing care to patients in accordancewith clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

Teach and advisepatients and their families on how to manage their condition

Participate in clinicalaudits and research projects and implements changes as required, includingsupporting with the development, and updating of practice protocols/guidelinesand procedures locally

Work within nationaland local protocols where these exist

Recognise theboundaries of their practice and know when and to whom patients should bereferred

Support in the deliveryof enhanced services and other service requirements

Be aware of duties andresponsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policiesand procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children

Participate in themanagement of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in theidentification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents andnear-miss events

Undertake all mandatorytraining and induction programmes

Contribute to andembrace the spectrum of clinical governance

Support the practiceteam with the reviewing and implementation of practice policies and protocols,ensuring conformance to extant legislation

Attend aformal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months. Once aperformance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on aregular basis so that new objectives can be agreed

Provide wound care(ulcer/Doppler, etc.) to patients

Maintainaccurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation ensuring thatSNOMED CT codes are used effectively

Contributeto practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with relevant guidance

Maintainchronic disease registers and implement an effective call/recall system

Maintain a clean, tidy,effective working area at all times

Chaperonepatients where necessary

Supportthe team in dealing with clinical emergencies

Liaisewith external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supportedappropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)

There may be, on occasion, a requirement tocarry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload andstaffing levels

In addition to the primary responsibilities,the Practice Nurse has the following wider responsibilities:

Develop, review and implement nursing protocolsin conjunction with the partners

Participate in local initiatives to enhanceservice delivery and patient care

Support and participate in shared learning inorder to improve patient care

Support with the planning and implementation ofchanges within the nursing team, enhancing the provision of services topatients

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration with active PIN
• Additional qualifications in the monitoring and management of any of the following area's would be advantageous:
• Asthma
• COPD
• Immunisations
• Mental Health

Experience

• Working as part of a multi-skilled nursing team.
• Experience in the following area's would be advantageous:
• Working in a primary care setting.
• Using SystemOne and Ardens.
• Using and reporting on INR Star
• Women's health, to include contraception advice and administration as well as cervical screening

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.