Practice Nurse - Respiratory - Ilminster, Somerset

Practice Nurse - Respiratory - Ilminster, Somerset

Symphony Healthcare Services has a maternity cover opportunity for a Practice Nurse with Respiratory qualification, to join our team of Practice Nurses at The Meadows Surgery in Ilminster, Somerset.

This is a part-time post of 20 hours per week, on a 12-month fixed term contract to start at the beginning of August.

The annual salary range for this post is £39,146 - £41,851 per annum, depending on experience (pro rata for part-time hours).

Main duties of the job

The main duties of a SHS Practice Nurse are:

• Assisting the whole practice team to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients and their needs.
• Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data for contract purposes is also required.
• Contributing to the development of policies / protocols / guidelines within the practice.
• Aiding the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services.
• Encouraging the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice-based teams and multidisciplinary working.

About us

Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.

Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from a central support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision.

We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do.

Symphony welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, SHS is committed to equality of opportunity for all.

Symphony offers an NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes, along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home/office-based working where appropriate to the role.

We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification document (JD) for a full list of duties, tasks, and expectations associated with this role.

Please read this carefully before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse.
• Evidence of appropriate continuing personal development.
• Clinical Supervision Training and experience.

Experience

• At least 2 years recent nursing experience of working with patients with chronic conditions.
• Audit.
• QI.
• Health-needs assessment.
• Research.
• Knowledge of EMIS/SystemOne and Ardens.

Knowledge and Skills

• Management of patients with chronic diseases.
• Management of patients with complex needs.
• Local and national health policy.
• TEPs review.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Resource management.
• Clinical examination skills (PACR).
• Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP).
• Change management.

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.