Practice Nurse

Adur Health Partnership; Shoreham-by-Sea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable GP practice in Shoreham-by-Sea is looking for an experienced Primary Care Practice Nurse to join their supportive team. Your responsibilities will include delivering high-quality nursing services, administering medications and vaccines, and conducting health assessments. Ideal candidates will have proven primary care experience and up-to-date NMC registration. This vibrant practice is committed to ongoing professional development and offers a full-time position with shifts including evenings.

Benefits

Support for continuing education

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a primary care setting.
• Up-to-date NMC registration and evidence of CPD.
• Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, quality primary care nursing services.
• Administer medications, vaccines, and conduct health assessments.
• Recognise health promotion opportunities for lifestyle advice.

Skills

Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

Effective time management

Ability to work as a team member and autonomously

Good interpersonal skills

Problem solving and analytical skills

High levels of integrity and loyalty

Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

AdurHealth Partnership is a successful GP practice based over 4 sites in Shorehamand Southwick. This is an exciting time to join our practice as we strive toprovide our community with excellent patient care.

This is afantastic opportunity for an experienced Primary Care Practice Nurse to joinour well established and supportive nursing team.

Candidateswill ideally have proven experience in a primary care setting and beresponsible for consulting with patients in respect of their continuing medicaland nursing needs. Candidates will be qualified with an up to date NMCregistration, plus evidence of continual professional development.

Applicantswith little or no general practice nursing experience may be considered, and ifsuccessfully appointed will be supported and fully funded to attend allnecessary training in order to offer the full range of treatment room servicesas outlined in the Job Description, including immunisations, cervicalscreening, and wound care.

If you wantto be part of a forward thinking practice who ensures their staff are well ledand where everyone is important to ensure the practice runs smoothly andeffectively. Apply today to be part of our team.

Main duties of the job

Tobe responsible for the delivery of safe, high quality primary care nursingservices. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct the post holder will deliverprimary health care interventions to the practice population.

Hours: Full time - minimum 34 hours and must be able to work aThursday evening until 8 pm with a day off in the week (Tuesdays)

About us

Adur Health Partnership in Shoreham-by-Sea and Southwick issituated just 15 minutes from the vibrant city of Brighton, close to both theseaside and the South Downs, making it an ideal place to live and work.

Job responsibilities

Thefollowing are the core responsibilities of the Treatment Room Nurse. There maybe, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependentupon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Administermedications by injection with the appropriate legal authorisation.

Recognisehealth promotion opportunities and give brief, focussed lifestyle advice usingmotivational interviewing techniques which may include:

oWeightmanagement

Undertakeinitial assessment of patients presenting with wounds, working within expertiseto manage independently or refer to other services as necessary.

Removewound closure materials including sutures, clips and staples.

Takesamples for the cervical screening programme according to recognised standards.

Provideear care including removal of cerumen and provide education and advice.

Administervaccines to adults and children according to the UK immunisation schedule.

Providea pre-travel health service including administration of vaccines and adviceafter undertaking appropriate risk assessment.

Administerprescribed therapies such as contraceptive injections, vitamin B12, and deponeuroleptic medications recognising side effects and contraindications.

acomprehensive approach to handling long-term health conditions like diabetes,COPD or asthma,

Recognisesigns and symptoms that may indicate undiagnosed long term conditions e.g. poorwound healing, winter cough in smokers and also factors that may indicatemental health problems and use relevant referral pathways.

Workingwithin guidelines and protocols undertake and record:

• Urinalysisand preparation of specimens for laboratory analysis
• Temperature,pulse and respiratory rate
• Weight,height, waist circumference and Body Mass Index
• Measurementof legs for compression hosiery
• ECGs,ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• Dopplerultrasound measurement
• Measurementof airway function (peak expiratory flow rate and Feno)

Obtain venous blood samples fromindividuals for investigation.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures

Other Requirements

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Ability to travel between sites
• Occupational Health clearance
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of a Treatment Room Nurse

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (NMC)

Skills and Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and co-operative
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations

Clinical Skills

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Chaperone procedure
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ear Syringing
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• a comprehensive approach to handling long-term health conditions like diabetes, COPD or asthma,

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.