Practice Nurse - Band 5

Weavers Medical; Kettering; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice based in Kettering is seeking a Treatment Room Nurse to provide nursing treatment and advice to patients. The role involves administering childhood and travel immunisations, undertaking various injections, and ensuring accurate record keeping. Candidates must be RGN with at least one year of experience with NMC registration. The position offers a permanent contract with a working week of 27.5 hours and is suitable for applicants who can reliably commute or relocate before starting work.

Benefits

Company pension

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Must be RGN with at least one-year post and registration experience.
• Current NMC registration is required.
• Experience of working in a GP practice for a minimum of 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing treatment and advice to patients attending the treatment room.
• Administer childhood and travel immunisations.
• Perform various injections and record them appropriately.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience in primary care nursing

Childhood immunisation training

Travel immunisation training

Education

Nursing Degree

Certificate of Higher Education

Job description

To provide nursing treatment and advice to patients attending the treatment room. Working within

agreed clinical and administrative protocols.Clinically responsible to the partners of the practice.

Line responsibility to the Practice Manager

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking various injections and recording on clinical system
• Childhood Immunisations
• Travel Immunisations

About us

Weavers Medical is a large practice spread across two locations, Kettering and Mawsley looking after almost 30,000 patients. The practice has a large clinical team comprising of GPs, practice nurses, HCAs, mental health practitioners and a paramedic. The clinical team is supported by a large administrative team.

Job responsibilities

WEAVERS MEDICAL

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Treatment Room Nurse

Reporting to-Practice Manager

Hours of Work-27.5 hours

Type of Contract-Permanent

Location- Weavers Medical, 121 Lower Street, Kettering, NN16 8DN or Weavers Medical, Mawsley Branch Site, School Road, Mawsley, NN14 1SN

Main Purpose

To provide nursing treatment and advice to patients attending the treatment room. Working within

agreed clinical and administrative protocols.Clinically responsible to the partners of the practice.

Line responsibility to the Practice Manager

KEY OBJECTIVES

Treatment Room

Undertaking various injections and recording on clinical system

• Taking/recording patient blood pressure measurements.
• Testing urine samples recording on the clinical system.
• Chaperoning patients for other clinical staff members.
• Nebulising patients as directed by medical staff.
• Carrying out ECG recordings as indicated by medical staff
• Undertaking dressings and/or supporting HCAs when undertaking dressings.
• general injections given by RGN

Childhood Immunisations

• Undertake clinics for childhood immunisations, administering immunisations in accordance with national guidelines and immunisation schedules.
• Produces immunisation schedule for children who have missed immunisations in standard schedule.

Travel Immunisations

• Undertake clinics for Travel immunisations, administering immunisations in accordance with national guidelines and immunisation schedules.

Other Duties

• Participates from time to time in telephone consultations with patients in respect of various data and health promotion and advice.

Administration and Liaison

Ensures accurate entries in computer are made for all patient contacts, either face to face consultations or telephone consultations.

Ensures all communication media are checked during every duty period to facilitate good timely awareness and communication throughout the practice.

Participates in regular Nursing Team Meetings

Maintains effective liaison with all other disciplines in the practice with relevant regard to confidentiality.

All of the above tasks undertaken in accordance with practice protocols, sensitive to patient needs/requirements. Record keeping is of paramount importance all tasks must be recorded correctly in patient electronic notes.

All services to patients are provided by appointment.

Professional development/special requirements of the post.

Must be RGN with at least one-year post and registration experience.

Must work in accordance with UKCC Code of Conduct.

Must have excellent communication skills.

Must be a member of a professional body e.g. RCN - MDU etc.

Any other duties as agreed within the practice manager and nursing team from time to time.Health & Safety & Fire Safety:

• The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy
• The post holder will adhere to the Prospect House Fire Strategy.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights

Personal/Professional Development:The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Communication:The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Job Type: Permanent

• Company pension
• On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kettering NN16 8DN: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Certificate of Higher Education (required)

Experience:

• Primary Care Nursing : 1 year (required)

Language:

Licence/Certification:

• NMC registration (required)

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing Degree
• Current NMC registration
• Childhood immunisation training
• Travel immunisation training

Experience

• Experience of working in a GP practice for minimum of 1 year

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.