Practice Nurse jobs in Großbritannien

We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our team. You will be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within your scope of practice to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention as well as supporting the management team in reviewing clinical policy and procedure.

Darwen Healthlink is a forward‑thinking, proactive training practice situated within the West Pennine Moors.

We are a member practice of the Blackburn with Darwen LPC Federation.

This is a 30‑hour position with the hours of work as stated: Monday 08:00–18:30, Thursday 09:30–20:00, Friday 08:00–18:30. You will be required to be flexible to cover the needs of the service.

• 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, preventing adverse effects on the patients’ health.
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NHS.
• Request pathology services as necessary and process pathology results as required.
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation and ensure read codes are used effectively.
• Maintain chronic disease registers.
• Develop, implement and embed well‑woman and well‑man clinics.
• Chaperone patients where necessary.
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children.
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over‑the‑counter medicines (within your scope of practice).
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.).
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

Darwen Healthlink is a high QOF achiever and we use EMIS Web, LexCom, Remote Access and Iplato. Our patient list size is currently around 16,000 patients and we are located in a modern multipurpose health centre with a variety of community‑based healthcare providers within the building such as treatment rooms, dental, podiatry, MSK, audiology and an on‑site community pharmacy. The health centre is located just off junction 4 of the M65 providing easy access to the motorway networks.

Our practice team consists of 4 GP partners, 1 practice manager, 2 salaried GPs, 1 advanced nurse practitioner, 1 clinical pharmacist, 5 practice nurses and 1 healthcare assistant who are supported by an effective and professional administrative team who have been provided with training on workflow optimisation and care navigation.

• 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, preventing adverse effects on the patients’ health.
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NHS.
• Request pathology services as necessary and process pathology results as required.
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation and ensure read codes are used effectively.
• Maintain chronic disease registers.
• Develop, implement and embed well‑woman and well‑man clinics.
• Chaperone patients where necessary.
• Assist GPs with minor surgery when required.
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children.
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over‑the‑counter medicines (within your scope of practice).
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.).
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual). 
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
• Complete audits as instructed by the practice utilising the audit cycle.
• Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments.
• Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary.
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
• Support and participate in shared learning within the practice.
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate.
• Participate in the review of significant and near‑miss events applying a structured approach (RCA).

• Registered Nurse
• Post‑graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Understands the importance of evidence‑based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and knowing when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning & organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem‑solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward‑thinking
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Occupational Health clearance
• NMC registration
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management
• ECG
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Diabetes
• Asthma
• CHD
• Immunisations (routine childhood and travel)
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Experience with audit and ability to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

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.