Practice Nurse

NHS; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic nurse at Greasbrough Medical Centre to provide comprehensive nursing care. The role involves telephone triage, chronic illness management, and performing routine procedures. Join a dedicated team committed to high-quality patient care in a friendly practice.

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration required.
• Experience in a Primary Care setting needed.
• Familiarity with SystmOne medical system preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive nurse led telephone triage and treatment service.
• Assist in routine tasks related to patient care.
• Maintain accurate records and participate in patient care activities.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Patient care

Infection control

Confidentiality

Communication

Education

Nursing & Midwifery NMC Registered

Diploma in COPD, Asthma, Diabetes, Spirometry

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse to join ourpractice team to undertake all aspects of Practice Nursing, including Long Term Condition Reviews, Baby Clinic, Dressing, Cytology, Travel Vaccine etc.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated nurse to provide a comprehensive, nurse led telephone triage and minor illness treatment service, along with seeing patients in their own right requesting help or guidance from the GPs and other clinical colleagues as required.

The post is a permanent position working 30 hours per week.

We are seeking an enthusiastic nurse practitioner to work within an established team. Candidates must have the following experience and skills:

Current NMC Registration

Have experience in a Primary Care setting

Familiarity with SystmOne medical system would be an advantage.

About us

Greasbrough Medical Centre is an innovative busy, friendly practice of 3,400 patients we operate on TPP SystmOne and general office computer systems. Our practice team is committed to providing a high standard of clinical care and an excellent service to patients. We have a strong multidisciplinary team comprising of two GPs, Practice Nurse, Clinical Pharmacist, HCA and Counsellor. We also have an experienced medical support team of administrators.

Job responsibilities

The practice nurse will work as part of theprimary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the patients ofpractice.

• Assistin and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by seniornursing staff and GPs
• Cytology
• Removalof Sutures
• TravelImms
• ECGs
• Asthma/PeakFlow Readings/Spirometry
• ChronicDisease Management
• Venepuncture
• Earsyringing
• Routineimmunisations/Childhood immunisations
• Requestingpathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Contraception.
• Followingagreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs asappropriate
• Othertasks will include
• Maintainingand cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• MaintainingGP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Chaperoningand assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
• Maintaingeneral tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Orderingof Health Promotion Literature
• Orderingof stock from the DistrictHospital
• Orderingof vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• Participationin administrative systems in the Practice
• Atall times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
• Aduty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within arange of assigned tasks
• Attendand participate in any Practice meetings when required.
• Onoccasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
• Anyother delegated duties appropriate to the post

Confidentiality

• Inthe course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us togather, sensitive information in relation to their health and othermatters. They do so in confidenceand have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and actappropriately
• Inthe performance of the duties outlined in this job description, thepost-holder may have access to confidential information relating topatients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcareworkers. They may also have accessto information relating to the practice as a business organisation.All such information from any source is to be regarded as confidential
• Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues, healthcare workers or thebusiness of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons, inaccordance with practice policies and procedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on a fullrange of promotion and management their own and others health and safety andinfection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, thepractice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policyand published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Usingpersonal security systems within the workplace according to practiceguidelines
• Awarenessof national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory/ contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
• Responsiblefor the correct and safe management of the specimens process, includingcollection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers,storage and transport arrangements
• Managementand maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practiceincluding provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage bystaff
• Responsiblefor hand hygiene across the practice
• Ownershipof infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, andimplementation of those protocols across the practice
• Activeobservation of current working practices across the practice in relationto infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring thatprocedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified,escalating issues as appropriate
• Identifyingthe risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in away that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
• Makingeffective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate andmanage the training of others across the full range of infection controland patient processes
• Monitoringpractice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control,ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc aresufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack offacilities to be escalated as appropriate.
• Safemanagement of sharps procedures including training, use, storage anddisposal
• Usingappropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in atidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation ofremedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsiblemanagement
• Activelyidentifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards andinfection hazards immediately when recognised
• Keepingown work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile,identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areaswithin the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance ofgeneral standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation(where appropriate) with other sector managers
• Undertakingperiodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
• Routinemanagement of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work spacestandards
• Wastemanagement including collection, handling, segregation, containermanagement, storage and collection
• Spillagecontrol procedures, management and training
• Decontaminationcontrol procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
• Maintenanceof sterile environments
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting thewelfare of children.

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights ofpatients, carers and colleagues by:

• Actingin a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpretingthem in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies,and current legislation
• Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behavingin a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmentaland respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implementedby the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participationin an annual individual performance review, including takingresponsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/orprofessional development
• Takingresponsibility for own development, learning and performance anddemonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similarwork

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice,and will:

• Alertother team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assessown performance and take accountability for own actions, either directlyor under supervision
• Contributeto the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activitiesand making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teamsperformance
• Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources

Communication:

The post-holder shouldrecognise the importance of effective communication within the team and willstrive to:

• Communicateeffectively with other team members
• Communicateeffectively with patients and carers
• Recognizepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respondaccordingly

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

• Applypractice policies, standards and guidance
• Discusswith other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelineswill affect own work

Participate in audit whereappropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing & Midwifery NMC Registered
• Diploma in COPD, Asthma, Diabetes, Spirometry- long term conditions
• Qualified to undertake Cytology

Experience

• Experience of working as a Practice Nurse
• Previously worked in a General Practice setting undertaking long terms conditions i.e Diabetes, COPD, Asthma etc

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.