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WychburyMedical Group is looking for a dedicated PracticeNurse to join our team at our busy practice.

This is a post in General Practice for 30-37 hours per week, to be agreed at appointment, depending on experience and service needs. The role includes extended hours cover with a requirement to work until 8pm on Thursdays.

Join a well-established nursing team of 6 practice nurses with a range of skill mix, 2 nurse associates and 1 healthcare assistant. The Practice has a diverse patient population. We care for 22,000 patients across three surgery sites, with some home visiting required.

We are seeking applicants with some practice nurse experience with management of long term conditions and experience providing essential treatment room services as described in the job description. Experience in wound care and immunisations is essential.

At Wychbury Medical Group, we are committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff.

All posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate be appointed.

JOBTITLE: Practice Nurse

REPORTSTO: Clinical Nurse Manager

JobSummary:

To assist medical personnel in the care of Practice patients to include treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. Care will be provided both in the Practice and community setting.

JobResponsibilities:

Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice

• Providing nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.
• Provide general and specific chronic disease management to patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary.

OtherDuties:

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Cytology
• Removal of Sutures
• Travel advice and vaccines
• ECGs
• Long Term Condition management
• Venepuncture
• Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurse or GPs as appropriate
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
• A duty to advise senior nurse of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any practice meetings when required
• Undertake home visits when required
• Other delegated duties appropriate to the post

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures:

Following appropriate training, undertake the collection, storage and despatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment so used. Perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.

Administrative and professional responsibilities:

• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team.
• Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patient's notes on the clinical computer systems as appropriate.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the Practice.
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.
• Attend and participate in Practice meetings as required.
• Assist in the formulation of Practice philosophy, strategy and policy and develop appropriate protocols.
• Maintain a notice board in the waiting area designated for patient health care education.

Research projects:

• Co-operate and participate as required in any research projects within the Practice

Student/Staff education and training:

Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the induction of all members of practice staff with special responsibility for nursing staff.

Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the Practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.

Professional Development:

Maintain continued professional education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that NMC professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team's performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in an audit where appropriate.

Please note the above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

• Understanding of clinical governance
• Knowledge of NSF
• Qualified in long term conditions management
• Experience in respiratory management

• Experience of working as practice nurse
• Experience in wound care and childhood immunisations
• Experience of managing long term conditions
• Experience of working as a team

• IT literate
• Ability to adapt to change
• Ability to use own initiative
• Enthusiasm and motivation
• Flexibility

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.