Practice Nurse (Maternity Cover)

Rolle Medical Partnership; Exmouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Exmouth is looking for an experienced Practice Nurse for maternity cover. The role involves delivering high-quality care, managing long-term conditions, and working collaboratively within a dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have a Registered Nurse qualification and experience in primary care. This position offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with a focus on continuous professional development.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Continuous professional development opportunities

Participation in team-building activities

Qualifications

• Experience of working in primary care.
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse.
• Understanding of infection prevention and control measures.

Responsibilities

• Deliver general practice nursing to the whole practice population.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Time management

Problem solving

Empathy

Education

Post graduate diploma or degree in Primary Care

Registered Nurse

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse, on a maternity cover basis, to join our friendly supportive and dynamic team in Exmouth, which is on the beautiful East Devon coast. This is a key role within the clinical team and we are looking for someone confident and competent in delivering high-quality care in a busy general practice setting.

We are a very happy practice with strong positive working relationships which contribute to fantastic team working and morale. We have a good reputation as an employer and hold the best parties!

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to the whole practice population. To deliver evidence-based practice for patients presenting with a long-term condition and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population. As an autonomous practitioner the nurse is responsible for the care delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making in the management of patients. They will work collaboratively within the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures.

About us

Rolle Medical Partnership provides high quality primary care under a General Medical Services Contract delivering full general practice and additional enhanced services as well as care and support for our patients with long term conditions who live within our area.

Our list size is around 27,000 and we monitor our size and workload to ensure we have adequate clinical and administrative staff to adapt accordingly. We have four surgery sites, including our dispensing surgery in Lympstone.

We strive to be as effective and efficient as possible in terms of the healthcare we provide. We will be focussed on providing excellent primary care services for patients and listen to feedback to reflect.

We will provide a rich educational environment for our under and post graduate learners and encourage personal and career development for our staff to enhance their skills.

We will maintain our commitment to improvement, by use of innovation, technology and review of our systems.

We will continue to build on our excellent practice team working and our mutual support networks

Job responsibilities

Keyresponsibilities

Clinical practice

Assess, plan, develop, implement andevaluate treatment programmes that promote health and well-being

Assess, plan, implement and evaluateindividual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition

Work with other health careprofessionals to monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions, includingnon-drug-based treatment methods using a management plan, and in line withnational and local policies and practice needs.

Review medication for therapeuticeffectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance withevidence-based practice and national and practice protocols with support fromNMP or GP.

Work with patients in order tosupport adherence to prescribed treatments

Support patients to adopt healthpromotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and applyprinciples of self-care

Support and manage health needs ofwomen presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations

Recognise, assess and refer patientspresenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for MentalHealth

Implement and participate invaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children

Advise, support and administervaccinations where appropriate for patients travelling abroad

Promote and deliver evidence-basedcare for patients presenting with aural conditions

Meet the needs of patients presentingfor opportunistic wound care

Communication

Demonstrate sensitive communicationstyles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

Communicate with and support patientsreceiving bad news

Communicate effectively with patientsand carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication toovercome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferredways of communicating

Anticipate barriers to communicationand take action to improve communication

Estimate and maintain effectivecommunication with individuals and groups within the practice environment andwith external stakeholders

Act as an advocate when representingpatients and colleagues

Delivering a quality service

Recognise and work within owncompetence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC

Produce accurate, contemporaneous andcomplete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policiesand procedures

Prioritise, organise and manage ownworkload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality

Deliver care according to NSF, NICEguidelines and evidence-based care

Assess effectiveness of care deliverythrough self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation

Participate in the maintenance ofquality governance systems and processes across the practice

Evaluation of the quality of the workof self and the team, implementing improvements where required

Collaborate on improving the qualityof health care in partnership with other clinical teams, responding to localand national policies and initiatives as appropriate

Evaluate the patients response tohealth care provision and the effectiveness of care

Support and participate in sharedlearning across the practice and wider organisation

Participate in the management andreview of patient complaints and identify learning from clinical incident andnear-miss events.

Assess the impact of policyimplementation on care delivery

Participate in the performancemonitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate

Understand and apply legal policythat supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults,being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and localguidance

Work within policies regarding familyviolence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and referas appropriate

Leadership - personal and people development

Take responsibility for owndevelopment learning and performance including participating in clinicalsupervision and acting as a positive role model

Support the development of others inorder to maximise potential

Actively promote the workplace as alearning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and fromexternal good practice

Encourage others to make realisticself-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging anycomplacency and actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or usersof services

Act as a clinical leader in thedelivery of GPN services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patientare the priority

Participate in planning andimplementing changes within the area of care and responsibility

Contribute and participate in thedevelopment of local guidelines, protocols and standards

Ensure awareness of sources ofsupport and guidance (eg PALS), and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising anydifficulties and referring where appropriate

Promote the role of the senior GPN in theprovision of care

Understand own role and scope, andidentify how this may develop over time

Work as an effective and responsibleteam member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new waysof working

Delegate clearly and appropriately,adopting the principles of safe practice and assessing competence

Ensure clear referral mechanisms arein place to meet patient need

Prioritise own workload and ensureeffective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of theteam

Work effectively with others toclearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery

Participate in team activities thatcreate opportunities to improve patient care

Participate in and support localprojects as agreed with the practice management team

Management of risk

Manage and assess risk within theareas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protectstaff and patients

Monitor work areas and practices toensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health and safety andsecurity legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines

Ensure safe storage, rotation anddisposal of vaccines and drugs.

Oversee the monitoring, stock controland documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements

Support members of the nursing teamto undertake mandatory and statutory training requirements

Apply infection-control measureswithin the practice according to local and national guidelines

Apply policies that reduceenvironmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access tohealthcare for all

Participate in the localimplementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of generalpractice

Use technology as an aid tomanagement in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting andcommunicating information

Review and process data usingaccurate Read codes to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring andaudit processes

Manage information searches using theinternet and local library databases, for example, the retrieval of relevantinformation for patients on their condition

Understand the responsibility of selfand others regarding the Freedom of Information Act

Learning and development

Act as mentor to students, assessingcompetence against set standards as requested and if appropriately qualified

Disseminate learning and informationgained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform othersabout current and future developments

Assess own learning needs andundertake learning as appropriate

Make effective use of learningopportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectivenessand feeding back relevant information

Provide an educational role topatients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitateslearning

Equality and diversity

Identify patterns of discrimination,take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity

Enable others to promote equality anddiversity in a non-discriminatory culture

Support people who need assistance inexercising their rights

Monitor and evaluate adherence tolocal chaperoning policies

Act as a role model in the observanceof equality and diversity good practice

Accept the rights of individuals tochoose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care.

Assist patients from marginalisedgroups to access quality care

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

• Excellent communication skills written and oral
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organisation)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to onoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team

Experience

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures
• Experience of chronic disease management

Clinical knowledge and skills

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Chaperone procedure
• Diabetes
• Asthma
• CHD
• Understanding the importance of evidence based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Women\'s health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc)

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Post graduate diploma or degree Primary Care
• Prescribing Nurse

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.