Practice Nurse Moorcroft

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a Registered General Nurse to provide comprehensive patient care within a General Practice setting. You will assess patients on initial contact, plan treatments or referrals, and support a range of nurse-led clinics including travel immunisations and chronic disease management.

With post-registration experience desirable, the role requires adherence to NICE guidelines and maintaining high patient care standards across services.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with current registration.
• Post-registration experience preferred.
• Experience in General Practice advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients on initial contact and devise treatment or referral plan.
• Perform ECGs and present results for GP interpretation.
• Initiate and perform diagnostic tests and refer where appropriate.
• Perform venepuncture and ensure safe specimen collection.
• Contribute to nurse-led clinics (travel, immunisations, diabetes, asthma, HRT and contraception, CHD, smoking cessation, COPD).
• Maintain accurate patient records and ensure retrievable data in electronic systems.

Education

Registered General Nurse

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess patients upon initial contact, and devise an appropriate treatment or referral plan, to change dressings, remove sutures, syringe ears and administer injections.
• To perform ECG's and present results for interpretation to GP.
• To initiate and perform more complex diagnostic tests and to interpret and refer as appropriate.
• To initiate and perform venepuncture and be responsible for safe collection of specimens.
• To perform cervical smears and vaginal swabs.
• To perform health assessments and new patient interviews.
• To be responsible for the management of nurse-led clinics including travel and childhood immunisations, diabetic and asthma clinics, HRT and contraceptive counselling, Coronary Heart Disease clinics, Smoking Cessation clinics, COPD clinics.
• To contribute towards clinical targets included in QOF and QIF.
• To work within current clinical practice and guidelines including NICE.
• To comply with all policies, protocols and systems within the organisation.
• To contribute towards CQC compliance and CQC reporting systems within the practice.
• To improve patient outcomes for long term conditions by completion of standard clinical templates and working with senior clinicians to maximise patient health for example blood pressure, cholesterol, HbA1c within acceptable range.
• To prepare and assist with minor operations, including coil/implant fittings.
• To advise patients on health care, counsel and promote a healthy life-style and to screen for risk factors including cessation of smoking, diet and weight.
• To offer either a brief or intensive intervention or appropriate referral for smoking cessation support, alcohol screening and support and physical exercise and support.
• To help patients to interpret the implications of diagnosis and treatment in situations which might be contentious or sensitive.
• To observe patients' physical and mental conditions and report.
• To be responsible for maintaining accurate patient records and to ensure that all information entered onto the computer is in a retrievable form in order that the database continues to be established.
• To initiate any research projects which are deemed beneficial to the practice and its patients and improve the delivery of care in the practice.
• To be involved in any audit, validation and research which the practice requires.
• To be responsible for the accurate and timely claiming of items of service due to the practice.
• To evaluate the outcomes of any Health Promotion interventions.
• To be responsible for the accurate and timely claiming of vaccines dispensed by the practice.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered General Nurse

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of post registration experience
• Experience of working in General Practice

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patient.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity. We offer a variety of flexible working opportunities for both full and part time staff. Job Share applicants will be fully considered and applications are particularly welcomed from current and previous service users

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• Priority will be given to NHS staff across the region who are at risk of redundancy, where the vacancy is at the same band or one below their current band and candidates meet the essential criteria for this post.
• All employees new to the Trust will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.
• All clinical staff bands 2-4 that are new to the Trust will be required to complete a Care Certificate.

Canvassing of members of the Trust or of any Committee of the Trust directly or indirectly for any appointment under the Trust shall disqualify the candidate for such appointment. The Trust does not pay travel expenses for candidates attending interviews.

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