Practice Nurse (Experienced) Birmingham

Meeveem Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Midlands Medical Partnership in Birmingham seeks a qualified nurse to provide high-standard care, education, screening and immunisation services on a fixed-term 6-month contract, mainly at South Sites with some travel to the North.

You will work with the general practice team, supporting patient care, adhering to protocols and contributing to infection prevention and governance processes.

Qualifications

• Must be NMC registered and have adult nursing qualifications.
• Experience in primary care or GP settings preferred.
• Current UK professional registration required.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, screening, treatment services and health education.
• Coordinate nursing services for the surgery with Site Lead.
• Deliver nursing treatments with GP collaboration or independently per protocols.
• Maintain accurate notes and documentation in clinical systems.
• Lead infection prevention and control within the surgery.
• Participate in governance, training and annual performance reviews.

Skills

Experience of nursing team

Care for vulnerable patients

Adult Nursing

Education

NMC Registered

UK Registration

Job description

Job summary

Midlands Medical Partnership (MMP) is a Birmingham super-partnership currently caring for 72,000 Birmingham Cross-City CCG patients across North and South Birmingham operating out of 11 sites. The partnership was established in April 2009 and continues to grow as a single integrated primary care provider, alongside collaborative working with other similar organisations in our region as part of its strategic forward view.

Job Role Purpose

To provide a high standard of nursing care, health education, screening and immunisation, working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team on a fixed term contract for 6 months to the South Sites mainly with some travel to the North.

Main duties of the job

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing assessment screening and treatment services and health education advice
• Organise and coordinate the provision of nursing services for the surgery
• Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the surgery patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary

About us

The vision behind the creation of MMP is to improve and develop all that is excellent about traditional GP services local GPs leading and working in local surgeries to provide long-term doctor/patient relationships based on the established values of trust and personalised care, whilst at the same time being part of a larger, more corporate business structure, allowing our practices and patients to benefit from the resources of a larger organisation, enabling us to improve the range and quality of patient services, improve access and patient responsiveness and improve learning across our organisation.

MMPs core purpose is to work within a culture of quality to constantly improve the care and service we give our patients.

This dynamic partnership with a team of over 250 clinicians and staff is managed by a single executive board, with centralised organisational functions, strong leadership and clinical governance structures. The ambition and vision of the partnership is to provide large scale, integrated, multi-speciality care for its patients. Most of our sites are training practices and training in areas of special interest is greatly supported.

Job responsibilities

• Supplies and equipment – Treatment room and other areas
• In participation with the Site Lead officer, ensure the maintenance of equipment and stock levels relating to patient care
• Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures
• Following appropriate training, undertake the collection, storage and despatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc. perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPs
• Administrative and professional responsibilities
• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the surgery team
• Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients’ notes on the clinical computer systems as appropriate
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the surgery
• Take the lead in infection prevention and control in the surgery
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports
• Attend and participate in meetings as required
• Assist in the formation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy and develop appropriate protocols
• Maintain a notice board in the waiting room area designated for patient health care education
• Research
• Cooperate and participate as required in any research projects with in the surgery
• Liaison
• Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care
• and with all other disciplines within the surgery, with regard to confidentiality
• Professional development
• Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development
• The post holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment
• To participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Take a responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
• 3. Other Responsibilities
• Health and Safety
• To comply with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
• To take responsibility for their own health and safety and that of other persons who may be affected by their own acts or omissions.
• To ensure all staff are fully trained and conversant with fire regulations and health and safety and understand what to do in an emergency.
• Ensure a trained first aider is available in the building.
• Ensure fire alarms are tested regularly and within the set guidelines.
• Equality and Diversity
• To carry out at all times their responsibilities in line with Equal Opportunities Policy and Procedure.
• Risk Management and Clinical Governance
• To work within the Clinical Governance Framework of the practice, incorporating Risk Management and all other quality initiatives and all aspects of CQC implementation.
• Confidentiality
• To maintain confidentiality of information relating to patients, clients, staff and other users of the services in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 including outside of the work environment. Any breach of confidentiality may render an individual liable for dismissal and/or prosecution.

Safeguarding

• Whilst in post, staff are expected to acquire and update their knowledge on safeguarding as per the intercollegiate document requirements and MMP policies.
• General
• To undertake any other duties commensurate with the role, within the bounds of his/her own competence as guided by the attached management framework.
• To work across the various MMP sites as required.
• In light of national policy and due to the needs of the business it may be necessary for the Partnership to alter the opening hours of the surgeries. This could incorporate different opening hours and weekend working which may effect when you are required to work. The post holder is expected to be flexible and accommodating, following consultation, in terms of any changes to operating times in the future.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a nursing team
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
• NMC Registered
• Adult Nursing

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.