PRACTICE NURSE - MATERNITY COVER

The Methodist Church in Britain; Borth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Borth Surgery in Wales is seeking a Practice Nurse for a 12-month maternity cover to join its multidisciplinary team.

The role centers on assessing patients, managing chronic disease, running immunisation and well woman/man clinics, and supporting clinical policy. Flexibility beyond core hours is required in this primary care setting.

Qualifications

• NMC registration with evidence of revalidation and CPD.
• Postgraduate diploma/degree in chronic disease management.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' needs and provide evidence-based care
• Manage chronic disease patients through individual treatment plans and oversee chronic disease clinics
• Develop and deliver health promotion and wellbeing programmes, including opportunistic health promotion
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Prescribe under PGDs and within own scope, and review patient medications
• Develop and run well woman and well man clinics
• Support the Infection Prevention Control lead, IPC policy and the annual IPC statement
• Identify and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions; provide routine nursing care in line with NICE and NSF, and diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions

Skills

Wound care

ECGs

Venepuncture

Immunisations

Chronic disease management

Public health

Communication skills

Autonomous work

Education

Postgraduate diploma or degree in chronic disease management

Job description

This 12-month maternity cover post places a Practice Nurse within the multidisciplinary team at Borth Surgery, a GP practice. The role centres on assessing patients, managing chronic disease, running health promotion, immunisation and well woman and well man clinics, and supporting clinical policy. The practice also runs respiratory, diabetes and cardiovascular clinics and is an established training practice. NMC registration and a chronic disease management qualification are required, along with some flexibility beyond core office hours.

What the job involves

• Assess patients' needs and provide evidence-based care
• Manage chronic disease patients through individual treatment plans and oversee chronic disease clinics
• Develop and deliver health promotion and wellbeing programmes, including opportunistic health promotion
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Prescribe under PGDs and within own scope, and review patient medications
• Develop and run well woman and well man clinics
• Support the Infection Prevention Control lead, IPC policy and the annual IPC statement
• Identify and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditionsProvide routine nursing care in line with NICE and NSF, and diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions
• Maintain accurate clinical records, chronic disease registers and read codes
• Liaise with external services for vulnerable patients, refer mental health needs and support safeguarding
• Support the team with clinical emergencies and assist GPs with minor surgery

Qualifications

• Postgraduate diploma or degree in chronic disease management

Registration & licences

• NMC registration, with evidence of revalidation and CPD

Experience

• Working in a primary care environment
• Chronic disease management
• Working as a practice or community nurse
• Infection prevention and control measures
• Quality initiatives such as benchmarking

Skills & knowledge

• Clinical skills in wound care, suture and staple removal, ECGs and venepuncture
• Routine, childhood and travel immunisations
• Requesting pathology tests and advising patients on results
• Understanding of PGDs, chaperone procedure and clinical governance
• Knowledge of public health issues and health promotion strategies
• Excellent written and oral communication, strong IT skills, and ability to work autonomously within own scope

Checks & eligibility

• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational health clearance

Other

• Flexibility to work outside core office hours

Nice to have

• Mentor or teaching qualification
• Nurse prescriber qualification
• Family planning qualification
• Travel medicine
• Spirometry