Practice Nurse

High Street Surgery; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Rotherham is seeking a dedicated Practice Nurse to provide high-quality nursing care. The role involves supporting GPs, managing chronic diseases, and educating patients on health care. The ideal candidate must be registered with the NMC and have relevant qualifications. This position offers opportunities for professional growth in a friendly team environment.

Qualifications

• Must have relevant practice nursing qualifications.
• Registered with the NMC.
• Knowledge of QOF required.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality nursing care to patients.
• Support GPs in chronic disease management.
• Conduct patient health education and counselling.

Skills

Team player

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Relevant Practice nursing qualifications

Educated A to C in Maths and English

Registered with NMC

Tools

System One

Microsoft Excel

Job description

We are a medium sized friendly practice. Our nursing team all work together as a team and help each other, and also have good interactions with all the other teams in the practice. We are looking for a team player to join our friendly team. We are also a training practice with Registrars, student nurses and medical students.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with other clinicians to provide basic and higher level skill to ensure patient receive the best care possible. To ensure QOF coding is correct and reviews are followed up

About us

We have 7800 patients and our team consists of 2 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GP's 3 Nurse Prescribers, 2 Nursing Associates, 1 Phlebotomist and a Physician Associate. We also have 1 Practice Manager, 1 Assistant Practice Manager, 1 Care Co-Ordinator, 2 Secretaries and 7 receptionist.

Job responsibilities

Practice NurseJob Description

Hours of duty:Responsible to: Lead PracticeNurse Prescriber/QOF ManagerAccountable to: GPPartners/Practice Manager

Salaryscale: dependent on past experience

JobPurpose: This position in the practice aims to provideprovision of high quality nursing care to meet the needs of the practicepopulation; which includes treatment, screening, preventative care, patienteducation, clinical quality systems maintenance; and the supervision of anyless qualified clinical colleagues, while working in partnership with otherclinical, management and administrative colleagues to meet stated practicedevelopmental goals.

Keyresponsibilities:

Clinical:

It is accepted that all clinical skillsand competencies may not be available on joining. Training will be available ifrequired and agreed.

Toprovide basic and higher levels of nursing care as needed for patients.

Toprovide care for minor injuries, dressings, ear car (including dressings)including pressure bandaging and higher level wound care, liaising directly,where appropriate with community and secondary care counter-parts, escalatingto a GP as necessary and also provide supervision for less qualified nursingcolleagues in the practice.

Tosupport the annual flu campaign and other mass population vaccinationprogrammes as needed in line with national guidance.

Toconduct family planning consultations and assist the GPs in providing LARCservices. T

Toact as a chaperone or similar support for other colleagues as needed.

Toconduct anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, spirometry, urinalysis,phlebotomy, microbiology samples, ECG, ABPM, peak flow and other practice basedtests as needed in the course of the care of patients.

Toprovide patient health promotion/ disease prevention education and counsellingfocusing on health behaviour change.

Toassist members of the clinical team in providing a seamless service through anillness episode providing specific nursing capabilities and directing thenursing component of any illness episode.

Toliaise with community nursing colleagues to continue the provision of nursingcare in the home if patients are unable to attend the practice and to transferor share care as appropriate, visiting outside the practice if needed onexceptional circumstances to meet the needs of patients.

Toprovide support to the GPs in the management of chronic diseases such asdiabetes, COPD, Asthma, Hypertension etc. by providing specifically definedclinical sessions, working closely with the GP to manage a patients overallcare.

Tomanage and maintain chronic disease registers and work with admin staff toconstruct and maintain robust call and recall systems for chronic disease,cervical cytology, mammography, immunisation and other populations based healthpromotion and disease prevention care programmes, escalating where necessarypatients who need intervention from a GP to insure a review as appropriate,constructing and maintain care pathways where patients receive appropriateinvestigations and reviews by an appropriate clinician at the appropriate timeinterval.

Topromote the health and well being of patients by counselling patients on thenature of their conditions, the use of their medications, diet, exercise andother health behaviours.

Toprovide support and guidance to patients in times of crisis, breaking bad newswhere necessary to patients and carers and provide on going support as needed.

Tocounsel patients on the meaning of test results and other medical information,conducting phone and in person consultations; triaging patients to anappropriate clinician, finishing a line of investigation, or arrange additionalinvestigations as appropriate in line with practice guidelines and protocolsand in partnership with clinical colleagues.

Toeventually establish and participate in a robust system of clinical audit inpartnership with other clinical and administrative colleagues, leading in areasappropriate, such as infection control, to a nursing skill set and supportingin other areas such as medicines management.

Tomaintain a register of patients receiving nursing on going nursing care.

Toassist in the identification of patients at risk of acute decompensation oftheir baseline state of health and participate in measures needed to avoidemergency admissions and acute unplanned activity.

Toprovide leadership and support in all practice services, PMS, LES, DES andother incentive schemes.

Manage and treatlong-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and practiceneeds

Administrative:

Tomaintain accurate patient records, entering onto the practice system theappropriate agreed codes, using agree standards of data entry, templates andprotocols, completing all documentation, computerised and paper-based, as isrequired for good patient care.

Tomaintain and document in robust systems of data collection, audit and review ofall clinical activities, protocols, care pathways and clinical systems,liaising with fellow colleagues in the practice and in the local and nationalhealth system as needed to insure good patient care and service is maintainedand to satisfy the standards of external regulatory bodies such as the CQC etc.

Tocollate the necessary data collection for QOF and other incentive schemes asneeded by the practice, prompting other members of the team as needed forassistance in gathering the required data.

Tocreate and maintain in cooperation with other nursing and admin colleagues asystem of clinical stock and equipment maintenance, calibration, and supply;working closely with the practice manager to insure cost efficient purchasingof perishable and expensive items.

Toensure that all statutory requirements are met for a safe and therapeuticenvironment for patients and staff in cooperation with the practice manager andpractice services manager.

Tomaintain all documentation needed to carry out your clinical duties.

Toparticipate in Infection Control procedure and protocols and theirimplementation within the practice.

General:

Tomaintain your own annual registration with the NMC and adhere to its Code ofProfessional Conduct.

Topromote a professional approach at all times by dress and attitude to patientsand staff, both in and out of the Practice, setting an example for those underyour direct authority and to the team as a whole.

Tomaintain you own continuous CPD and insure a PDP is kept up to date in linewith the practice and nursing team development plans.

Toparticipate in, and attend practice meetings and in-house training.

Provideappropriate constructive feedback to all members of the team and at times beingprepared to challenge your colleagues, clinical and administrative, to maintainhigh standards of professionalism, patient care, service and excellence,prompting others to fulfil their own explicit and implicit responsibilities topatients and colleagues.

You may be required to perform other duties from time to time to meetthe needs of patients and the practice.

ProbableCompetencies Leading to Success in the Position and Future Development

Abilitywork within a team and develop clinical, administrative and in due courseleadership competencies.

Abilityto work in a team of experienced clinicians: including GP partners

Abilityto work with colleagues of various levels and expertise

Abilityto motivate change, speak to influence, provide constructive feedback andsuggestions for change on an interpersonal and systemic level.

Abilityto think systemically and systematically

Abilityto self-motivate, monitor performance and take action to maintain and improvepersonal effectiveness and performance.

Abilityto institute change, project manage and maintain systems after they areestablished

Excellentcommunication and interpersonal skills articulate and persuasive - with theability to teach, train, coach and persuade colleagues of variable roles,levels of responsibility and competencies.

Abilityto prioritise and manage competing demands

Abilityto accept and respond to no-blame critical culture which seeks to learn frommistakes

Abilityto work under pressure and manage personal stress

Abilityto self-monitor ones own physical and psychological health, take steps tomitigate any effect health may have on patient care, and ask for assistance asneeded from colleagues, ones personal support system and personal GP.

Aworking knowledge of appraisal and HR processes.

High-levelorganisational skills, with competency in the use of most IM&T systems andpaper systems as required. Numerate and able to use Excel and other managerial,productivity software

Highlyfamiliar with System One and otherclinical support software.

Abilityto carry out audits, systematic reviews, and inspections, documenting themappropriately and presenting findings to the practice.

RGNQualification

Accreditedtraining in some CDM areas and willingness to become qualified in others,Diabetes and COPD are desirable

Trainingin cervical smears

Upto date in childhood immunisations and influencing parents in their importance

Familyplanning training

Our equal opportunitiespolicy aims to ensure no job applicant, employee or worker is discriminatedagainst either directly or indirectly on the grounds of age, disability, genderreassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity,race,religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant Practice nursing qualifications
• Educated A to C in Maths and English
• Must be registered with NMC
• Long term conditions
• Knowledge of QOF

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.