Senior Nurse – Primary Care RGN

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Bierton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced registered nurse to provide high-quality primary and mental health care for adults in the HMP Aylesbury setting. The role involves clinical governance, multidisciplinary collaboration and delivering evidence-based physical health assessments and treatments.

You will work within a supportive team, maintain accurate records, attend audits, and contribute to service development while ensuring compassionate,

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with active NMC registration.
• Experience in clinical governance and safe patient care.
• Ability to manage care plans, risk assessments and changes.
• Experience running clinics or group activities is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions using evidence-based care.
• Safeguard vulnerable patients per Trust policy.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care pathways and referrals.
• Maintain high standards of clinical records and audits.
• Contribute to clinical governance and service development.

Skills

NMC Code of Conduct

Clinical governance

Record keeping

Risk assessment

Communication with patients

Team collaboration

Working under pressure

MS Word

MS Excel

Education

Registered General Nurse

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Job description

Job Overview

The post holder will deliver an expert healthcare service to adults within HMP Aylesbury. They will offer advice to clinicians, allied healthcare professionals.

They will provide a comprehensive primary care physical health service and work primarily within primary care which is part of an integrated healthcare service which includes Primary care, wellbeing (which includes mental health and substance misuse).

To undertake physical health assessments, undertake clinics, provide and evaluate a range of health treatments and interventions, to meet the patient's healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of healthcare services.

Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options to provide physical health clinical guidance to all staff on matters relating to physical health and wellbeing.

To ensure high standards of primary care services are delivered in a changing healthcare environment, ensuring that the needs of the patients are at the centre of practice.

The post holder is expected to continually promote high standards of service within the nursing team and contribute to development of a culture of professionalism within the team.

Main duties of the job

• To plan, deliver and evaluate interventions for treatment as clinically appropriate using evidence-based models.
• To set up processes/protocols for effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for those patients with physical and mental health and substance misuse problems.
• To safeguard vulnerable patients in line with Trust safeguarding policy.
• To apply local Risk Assessment and management protocols.
• To make appropriate referral to other available services for longer term interventions.
• Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused and integrated care and treatment programmes/packages.
• To be aware of the appropriate handling of aggressive patients and the appropriate procedures for dealing with them.
• Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. officers and governors to provide integrated and coordinated care.
• To work within own competency and ensure that any training needs are communicated to the team manager.
• To participate in local audits and trust audits to enhance quality of care. To participate in clinical governance and utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the multi-disciplinary team.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To liaise with other professional services
• To work in a highly emotive atmosphere with clients with offending histories and / or mental health problems on a regular basis, and be able to communicate sensitive and complex information, whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism at all times.
• To ensure that efficient pathways of care are being created for the trainees, including collecting collateral information for new trainees and making appropriate referrals into the community when they are approaching discharge.
• To work closely with colleagues to ensure information in relation to risk is collected and communicated sensitively and comprehensively.
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording.
• To ensure that with all aspects of professional activity (e.g. communication with patients, relatives, colleagues as well as in the assessment, development/delivery of interventions) issues of diversity such as race, culture, identity, gender and sexuality are sensitively considered and incorporated to reflect individual differences appropriately.

Person specification

Other

Essential criteria

• Willingness to undertake further training relevant to clinical area.

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of medication rounds and the safe storage and administration of drugs.
• Knowledge of, and ability to follow, NMC code of conduct
• Demonstrates the ability to manage work under pressure
• Knowledge of, and ability to follow, NMC code of conduct
• Ability to assess plans, implement and evaluate patient care & act accordingly if untoward changes occurred.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and management and its implementation.
• Ability to treat patients with respect and dignity.
• Ability to use computer to access patient information and use email.
• Able to use computer software packages such as MS Word and Excel
• Demonstrates the ability to manage work under pressure
• Sensitive to colleagues and able to promote a positive motivating environment.
• Problem solving skills & Stress management skills & Conflict resolution skills
• Ability to maintain patient records within standards required by locally, Trust & NMC
• Understand the different roles of the multi -disciplinary team and own role within it
• Ability to demonstrate evidence -based practice & understanding of clinical governance in maintaining quality of care
• Ability to provide and accept feedback, support, clinical/managerial supervision
• Knowledge of current developments in specialist clinical area.

Desirable criteria

• Leadership skills (motivating, using initiative, change management).

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience at senior band 5 grade
• Experience in providing and receiving supervision
• Experience of running clinics and/or group work.
• Ability to keep accurate records.Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a secure environment
• Experience of systmone IT system

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered General Nurse
• Evidence of personal and professional development in Nursing since Registration

Desirable criteria

• Post registration qualification appropriate to speciality
• ENB 998 or equivalent
• Chronic disease management or long term condition qualification

Working for our organisation

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.