Practice Nurse

Integrated Care System; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary care provider is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse in Welwyn Garden City. The successful candidate will support healthcare improvement, provide treatment room duties, and collaborate with GPs and the nursing team. This permanent position requires NMC registration, with responsibilities ranging from ECGs to chronic disease management and health promotions. Benefits include working within a multidisciplinary team and contributing to quality healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in General Practice.
• NMC registration is mandatory.
• Cervical Screening certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing services to the practice population.
• Administer vaccinations and conduct health assessments.
• Collaborate with GPs and nursing teams.

Skills

Patient assessment skills

Wound care

ECG administration

Chronic disease management

Communication skills

Education

NMC registration

Cervical Screening Certification

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our multi-disciplinary primary care team to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients .

Although working independently, you will work alongside our GPs, Pharmacists and Nursing Team. The succesful candidate will provide all teatment room duties and support with CQC compliance.

This is a permanent position up to 32 hours. In addition you will be required to take part in the Extended Access rota on Saturday mornings and annual vaccination clinics.

Main duties of the job

To provide nursing services to a defined practice populationwith the assistance of, and in collaboration with, the Nursing Team and GPcolleagues. Clinical duties to include: ECGs, wound care (leg ulcer level 1),BPs, Ear irrigation, Injections, cervical screening, chronic disease managementand care planning and other clinical duties as requested within capability. Tocontribute in the development of services provided by the Practice and toparticipate in clinical audit. To workwith the GPs to develop and implement the Practice Development Plan, and tomeet key performance indicators within Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) andEnhanced Commissioning Framework (ECF). You will be expected to work within heNMC Code of Conduct and to agreed practice standards and protocols.

About us

The Garden City Practices is committed to development of its staff and is an accredited training practice. Our clinical team consists of 6 GP partners, 2 ANPs and a Nursing Associate as well as clinical support via the PCN Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)

We are based 5 minutes walk for the town centre, with onsite parking, and are an active member of the WGC PCN with our neighbouring practices and part of the local Federation, Ephedra.

There is an experienced, friendly team of administrative staff including the Practice Manager, Deputy Practice Manager, Reception Manager & Team, Senior Administrator and Secretaries.

Our list size is growing and currently we have around 12 500 patients.

Job responsibilities

• To work with the Nursing team to assess, plan and provide health care and nursing services to the practice population, ensuring they are effective, relevant, evidence-based and of a high standard
• To work with the Nursing team to provide a comprehensive general practice nursing service, to include wound care, urine tests, childhood immunisations, seasonal influenza and childhood nasal influenza, pneumonia, shingles, rotavirus immunisations, covid -19 vaccinations, NHS assessments, ECGs, blood pressure, travel immunisations and lifestyle and dietary advice following cholesterol and HBA1c blood tests.
• To provide a womens health service, to include cervical screening and advice and information regard breast screening, Chlamydia testing and family planning
• With the Nursing Team and GP colleagues to achieve and maintain cervical screening targets. To record and monitor result, including efficient and accurate call and recall systems.
• To work with the Nursing team to provide an effective health promotion service, to include healthy lifestyle clinics.
• To work with child health, to include the administration of the childrens immunisation programme according to current schedules, the accurate recording of the information in the child health records and to participate in measures (such as education sessions) to improve the uptake of childhood immunisations, especially the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine, whooping cough in pregnancy.
• To work with the practice team to organise, implement and administer the annual influenza and pneumococcal vaccination programme, to include the identification, targeting and immunisation of vulnerable patients within the practice population, to ensure that local and national targets are met.
• To work with the Nursing team to identify and maintain registers of those patients with chronic disease such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (spirometry), diabetes, thyroid disease, epilepsy and coronary heart disease, hypertension.
• To assist in the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of programmes of care for those patients with chronic disease as dictated by the National Service Frameworks targets and to meet and maintain the quality indicators laid down in the nGMS contract initiated in April 2004
• To ensure that professional responsibilities are met as practitioner supplying and administering medicines in accordance with a Patient Group Directions .
• To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and works with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct to provide care for patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
• To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools, to communicate effectively with patients to deliver effective healthcare. This will include patients who have special communication needs, e.g., those patients who are sensory impaired or who have mental health issues.
• To work with the practice team to ensure clinical governance standards are met, including managing clinical risk within own clinics.
• To work closely with the practice team, primary care and community nurses, allied health professionals and social services colleagues by active participation in clinical meetings, to ensure effective lines of communication to achieve high standard and continuity of care for the practice population.
• To work with the Nursing team and GP colleagues to develop local enhanced services, if required.

To be professionally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care, always practising in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

To maintain a professional portfolio which reflects personal development and to attend clinical supervision.

To be responsible for maintaining competency to practices through ones own continuous personal and professional development activities, To maintain an annual professional development plan through appraisal, in accordance with the CCG. Performance Development Scheme and that is relevant to the practice development plan.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work using audit (such as cervical smear adequacy), outcome measures and evidence-based practice projects.

To carry out other duties commensurate with the grade as directed by doctors or management.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in General Practice

Qualifications

• NMC registration
• 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.