Practice Nurse

Ridgeway View Family Practice; Swindon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

5 weeks annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday day off

Professional development

Competitive salary

Job summary

Ridgeway View Family Practice is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to join a busy two-site practice in Swindon. The role involves autonomous patient care, immunisations, chronic disease management, and supporting a multi-disciplinary team.

The post offers 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays, NHS pension, ongoing professional development, and a competitive salary. Applicants must be car owners and able to work across sites in Wroughton and Chiseldon.

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC and hold a valid nursing qualification.
• Non-medical independent prescribing where applicable.
• Experience in chronic disease management and wound care.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous nursing care within professional scope for patients face to face, by telephone, and home visits.
• Maintain accurate documentation of care and ensure continuity of professional development.
• Provide support for HCAs and Trainee Nurses and supervise junior staff as appropriate.
• Administer adult and child immunisations in line with national programmes.
• Deliver chronic disease management and up-to-date wound care guidance; cervical screening.

Skills

NMC registered

Non-medical prescribing

Chronic disease management

Wound care

Infection control

Women's health

Education

NMC registration

Nursing qualification

Job description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an experienced Practice Nurse to complement our existing nursing team.

We are committed to providing a patient-centred, professional service, in a happy, supportive and well-organised working environment. Applicants should be motivated, flexible and have excellent communication skills.

In return we offer 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays and a day off for your birthday, NHS pension, a commitment to your continued professional development and a competitive salary.

The successful candidate must be a car owner and be able to work across sites.

You will be welcomed into a friendly, enthusiastic and supportive team.

Main duties of the job

The Practice Nurse will act autonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, telephone consultations and, occasional home visits

About us

Ridgeway View Family Practice is a ~15,000 patient, busy General Practice surgery based across two sites in Wroughton and Chiseldon.

We are part of Brunel Healthcare Group (Brunel PCN 1) working together with other practices across Swindon to achieve best practice outcomes and economy of scale working. Examples of this are the former STEAM vaccination centre and our current joint Saturday Extended Access clinic.

We have a strong team of nurses, ACPs, Paramedic, Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescriber and highly trained GP Assistants, who mange the burden of referrals, clinical coding and correspondence.

We are fully embracing digital technologies and we buy in to services which cover our Extended Access requirement and offer our patients more accessibility. There is no working outside of core hours expected.

Brunel PCN 1 is one of the first "Approved Learning Organisations" in the area and as such as embrace learning and development within our practice and we enjoy hosting GP Registrars as well as Medical and Nursing students.

We prioritise work / life balance and work hard to maintain a calm, happy and supportive workplace.

Job responsibilities

• Practice independently in accordance with NMC code of conduct and with reference to practice guidelines
• Maintain accurate documentation of care
• Ensure continuation of own personal and professional development, facilitated by clinical supervision networks.
• Provide support for HCAs and Trainee Nurses, as well as more junior nurses appropriate to level of competence
• Administer adult and child immunisations and vaccinations in accordance with national and local programmes.
• Competent in BLS, anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques as well as keeping up to date with all mandatory professional training.
• Chronic disease management.
• Up to date with latest wound care guidance.
• Cervical screening.
• Willing to work as part of a team to ensure that all essential nursing activities are completed and well managed.
• We are particularly interested in applications from Nurses with specialisms in Asthma / COPD, Women's Health (HRT), Heart Failure and Infection Control
• We are currently outsourcing Infection Prevention and Control work but this still requires a practice contact / co-ordinator and we are looking to recruit someone with experience or someone who is willing to develop in this area.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Motivated and positive approach to work and patient care
• Enjoy working as part of a positive team
• Good time management and ability to prioritise own workload
• Willingness to take on new challenges and commitment to ongoing professional development

Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing Qualification
• Registered with the NMC
• Non-medical independent prescribing
• Diploma / interest in a specialist area, such as asthma, women's health, minor illness, IPC
• Chronic Disease Management
• Wound care and management
• Cytology registered
• Vaccination and baby immunisation
• Experience working in Primary care / GP
• Doppler and compression bandaging
• IPC interest / experience
• Women's health interest / experience

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.