Practice Nurse - Primary Care

Baddeley Green Surgery; England; In loco; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Baddeley Green Surgery invites applications for a Practice Nurse to join its primary care team. You will deliver chronic disease management, immunisations, wound care and travel vaccines, maintain records and support audit processes.

The role emphasizes QoF/QiF adherence, management of long-term conditions, and collaboration with GPs and other staff. NMC registration and primary care experience are essential; post-registration skills in diabetes and asthma are desirable.

Competenze

• NMC registered nurse with primary care experience.

Mansioni

• Provide chronic disease management and refer to secondary care as required.
• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes.
• Lead on QoF and QiF adherence to meet targets.
• Act as audit lead and review significant/near-miss events.
• Provide wound care including Doppler assessment.
• Deliver travel vaccination and advisory services.
• Request and process pathology tests and results.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and chronic disease registers.

Conoscenze

Wound care

ECGs

Venepuncture

Immunisations

Travel vaccination

Chronic disease management

Audit leadership

cervical cytology

Formazione

Post-registration diabetes and asthma management

Strumenti

EMIS

Arden's template

Descrizione del lavoro

Baddeley Green Surgery is recruiting a Practice Nurse to deliver practice nursing services within its primary care team. Core work covers chronic disease management, immunisations, wound care, pathology requests and clinical records, with referrals to secondary care where needed. The post also leads on QoF and QiF targets, runs well woman and well man clinics, and acts as audit lead, alongside infection control duties. Essential requirements include NMC registration and prior primary care and chronic disease experience.

What the job involves

• Provide chronic disease management, delivering patient care and referring to secondary or specialist care as required
• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions
• Provide routine nursing care in line with evidence, NICE, NSF and other frameworks
• Provide wound care, including ulcer care and Doppler assessment
• Provide travel vaccination and advisory services
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Request and process pathology tests and results
• Maintain accurate clinical records and chronic disease registers, using read codes effectively
• Lead on QoF and QiF adherence to meet targets
• Act as audit lead and review significant and near-miss events

Qualifications

• Post-registration qualifications in diabetes management and asthma

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a registered nurse

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience with audit and of leading audit programmes

Skills & knowledge

• Wound care and removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs, venepuncture and new patient health checks
• Chaperoning and requesting and processing pathology tests
• Management of diabetes, hypertension, asthma/COPD and CHD, including spirometry
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel) and travel medicine
• Women's health, including cervical cytology and contraception

Other

• QoF, QiF, LES, DES and CQC clinical and administrative work
• Infection prevention and control, including local public health issues
• Understanding of PGDs, PSDs and related clinical policy
• Excellent written and oral communication, and strong IT skills in Office and Outlook

Nice to have

• Postgraduate diploma or degree in primary care
• Experience of leading a team
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• EMIS skills, including Arden's template use