Registered Nurse Enhanced Access

weareprocare; Haslemere; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Procare Community Services is looking for a Registered Nurse to join the Enhanced Access Service across multiple GP practices in the Haslemere area. The role involves delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in evenings and weekends, within a multidisciplinary team, and providing wound care, cervical screening, and treatment as required.

Hours are on a zero-hours contract with shifts 18:00-20:00 on weekdays and 09:00-13:00 Saturdays, across West Waverley GP practices.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse MNC

Responsibilities

• Deliver wound assessment and management, including dressing changes and post-operative care.
• Undertake venepuncture following standards.
• Provide cervical screening and immunisations within scope and training.
• Administer medications via SC/IM routes as directed.
• Record assessments and outcomes in EMIS and obtain informed consent.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Job description

Were looking for Registered Nurses to join our Bank at Haslemere Health Centre, Grayshott Surgery and Witley Surgery

Main duties of the job

The Registered Nurse will provide safe, high quality, patient centred nursing care within Enhanced Access clinics.

Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care in accordance with professional standards, organisational policies and evidence based practice. The role will support the delivery of accessible healthcare services during evening and weekend clinics, ensuring patients receive timely assessment, treatment, advice and referral as appropriate.

Key areas of responsibility include

• Wound care and dressings
• Cervical cytology (smear) screening

About us

Procare Community Services is the GP Federation for Guildford & Waverley. Our aim is to support General Practice to work at scale in order to achieve efficiencies of scale whilst respecting the autonomy of individual General Practices. This includes working with other local healthcare providers to develop and provide health services to the benefit of our patients.

We help member practices to work together to jointly address issues which are difficult to resolve individually and offer extra expertise and skills. By working at scale, we can ensure the projects we take forward on behalf of our members will allow patients in our area to have more consistency in, as well as choices about, their care.

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title

Registered Nurse Enhanced Access Service

Department

Procare Primary &Community Division

Reports toPrimary & CommunityDivision Clinical Lead

£30 per hour

Hours of work

Zero hours contract. Hourswill be offered according to service requirements and clinic availability.

Day of work BetweenMonday to Friday: 18:00 to20:00

Saturday: 09:00 to 13:00

Work BaseVarious GP practices acrossWest Waverley

JobSummary

The RegisteredNurse will provide safe, high-quality, patientcentred nursing care withinEnhanced Access clinics. Working autonomously and as part of amultidisciplinary team, the post holder will assess, plan, deliver and evaluatecare in accordance with professional standards, organisational policies andevidence-based practice. The role will support the delivery of accessiblehealthcare services during evening and weekend clinics, ensuring patientsreceive timely assessment, treatment, advice and referral as appropriate.

Key areas ofresponsibility include

Wound care anddressings

Cervical cytology(smear) screening

Keyresponsibilities

1.Clinical Duties

Deliver wound assessment andmanagement, including dressing changes and post operative care, and undertakeremoval or clips or sutures

Undertake venepuncture inaccordance with national and local standards, maintaining high standards ofclinical practice

Provide support and clinicaloversight to phlebotomy staff, where required

Perform cervical screening in linewith national guidance and local protocols (following appropriate training andaccreditation)

Administer medications viasubcutaneous and intramuscular injection routes within scope of practice and inaccordance with Patient Specific Directions

Accurately record assessments,interventions and clinical outcomes within the relevant clinical systems (EMIS)

Obtain and document valid informedconsent prior to treatment or intervention

Assess and respond appropriatelyto issues relating to consent, mental capacity and best-interestdecision-making, seeking advice and escalating concerns where required

Recognise and escape clinicalconcerns appropriately to the Lead Nurse, GP or other appropriate clinician

Adhere to infection prevention andcontrol policies, maintaining best practice standards at all time

Work within professional competence,accountability and scope of practice, escalating where patient needs falloutside own level of expertise

Ensure enquiries and actionsrequiring timely intervention are prioritised and managed appropriately

Maintain patient confidentialityand ensure all information is handled in accordance with informationgovernance, data protection and organisational policies.

Work independently within professional competence, exercising clinicaljudgement and accountability for decisions made within scope of practice.

Recognise limitations and seek support or upscale concerns when required to ensure patient safety.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse MNC

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.