Practice Nurse - Band 6

The Methodist Church in Britain; Yateley; Sur place; GBP 38 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

CPD support

Work-life balance

Training opportunities

Résumé du poste

Oakley Health Group is recruiting a Permanent Band 6 Practice Nurse to join its nursing team serving around 29,000 patients. The role covers treatment-room nursing, immunisations, cervical screening, wound care and long-term condition management, with PGDs/PSDs in place. Hours are up to 37.5 per week, including one evening until 8pm and Saturday rota.

NMC PIN and DBS are required. Applicants should have post-registration experience, autonomous practice, and be able to work within a

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration and valid PIN.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and maintained clinical competence.

Responsabilités

• Provide safe, effective nursing care to patients at the practice.
• Deliver adult and childhood immunisations under current guidance.
• Carry out cervical screening and cytology within competence.
• Perform wound assessment, dressings and routine treatment-room procedures.
• Undertake clinical observations and basic clinical assessment.
• Recognise deterioration and escalate to GP or other clinician.
• Support management of long-term conditions with competence.
• Provide health promotion and preventive care.
• Maintain safe medicines management and cold-chain procedures.
• Keep accurate clinical records and use IT systems effectively.
• Work with GPs, Advanced Practitioners and wider team.

Connaissances

NMC registration

Autonomous practice

Immunisations

Wound care

Clinical assessment

Outils

Clinical IT systems

Description du poste

Permanent Band 6 Practice Nurse post in the nursing team at Oakley Health Group, a large GP practice serving around 29,000 patients. The work covers treatment-room nursing, immunisations, cervical screening, wound care, clinical observations and long-term condition management, under PGDs and PSDs. Hours are up to 37.5 a week, full or part time, with one evening a week until 8pm and Saturday working on a rota. Current NMC registration with a valid PIN and a DBS check are required.

What the job involves

• Provide safe, effective, evidence-based nursing care to patients attending the practice
• Deliver adult and childhood immunisations under current guidance, PGDs and PSDs
• Carry out cervical screening and cytology within current competence
• Perform wound assessment, dressings and routine treatment-room procedures
• Undertake clinical observations and basic clinical assessment
• Recognise deterioration and elevate to a GP, Advanced Practitioner or other clinician
• Support the management and monitoring of patients with long-term conditions, according to competence
• Provide health promotion, screening and preventative healthcare
• Administer and supply medicines safely, assessing vaccination contraindications and maintaining cold-chain procedures
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous clinical records and use clinical IT systems effectively
• Manage and prioritise a varied clinical workload
• Work with GPs, Advanced Practitioners, Healthcare Assistants, Pharmacists and the wider team, supporting students and trainees where trained

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration and valid PIN
• Evidence of continuing professional development and maintained clinical competence

Experience

• Relevant post-registration nursing experience and ability to practise autonomously
• Experience in General Practice, primary care or a transferable clinical setting
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team, with excellent communication

Skills & knowledge

• Competence in cervical screening, immunisations, wound care and treatment-room procedures
• Competence in clinical observations and basic clinical assessment
• Knowledge of infection prevention and control, cold-chain, PGDs, PSDs and vaccination contraindications
• Safe medicines management
• Recognising a deteriorating patient and escalating appropriately
• Good clinical documentation and IT skills

Checks & eligibility

• Appropriate DBS check

Other

• Flexible approach to work
• Ability to work one evening a week until 8.00 pm
• Willingness to work Saturdays on a rota
• Ability to work across the practice sites as required

Nice to have

• General Practice Nursing qualification or relevant postgraduate study
• Practice Supervisor or Mentor qualification
• Chronic disease management, including asthma, COPD, diabetes and cardiovascular disease or hypertension
• Women's health, contraception and sexual health
• Leg ulcer management, ABPI and Doppler assessment, and lower-limb compression therapy
• Spirometry and respiratory assessment
• Travel health and travel vaccinations
• Learning disabilities

What's offered

• Support to develop professionally
• Support for a positive work/life balance
• Continuing professional development and training, including additional training where needed