General Practice Nurse

NHS Jobs; Glastonbury (CT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a skilled practice nurse to deliver comprehensive patient care across wound management, screening, immunisations, infection control and health promotion in a busy primary care setting.

You will perform aseptic wound care, injections, cervical screening (training), travel health advice, chronic disease management and contribute to child and men's/women's health programs, while maintaining high standards of safety and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Perform wound care using aseptic techniques
• Undertake uncomplicated dressings, including leg ulcers
• Suture and clip removal
• Undertake opportunistic screening BP checks, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis, smoking status
• Undertake opportunistic venepuncture INR monitoring
• Cervical screening upon successful completion of training
• Provide healthy eating advice to individuals
• Offer smoking cessation advice individually in opportunistic consultations
• Provide individual advice to patients about increasing activity or exercise
• Offer advice on recommended safe limits for alcohol consumption
• Complete referrals as appropriate
• Administer injections under an individualised prescription or Patient Group Direction
• Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Provide an adult and childhood immunisation service
• Develop and work to Patient Group Directions for POMs
• Undertake ear syringing - following appropriate training
• Advise patients about safe ear care
• Support patients and colleagues in adopting sound infection control measures
• Apply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines, this includes; Universal hygiene precautions
• The collection and handling of laboratory specimens
• Segregation and disposal of waste materials
• Decontamination of instruments and clinical equipment
• Reporting and treatment of sharps injuries
• Dealing with blood and body fluid spillages
• Competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques
• Recognises the signs, symptoms and categories of child abuse
• Understands the importance of recognition, observation, documentation and communication
• Is aware of child health procedures, statutory local procedures and points of referral
• Has knowledge of roles of other practitioners and agencies
• Understands basic legal issues around child abuse
• Raise awareness and give basic advice on issues covering Testicular self examination
• Incontinence and prostatic disease
• Sexual health
• Initiate opportunistic consultations with patients to cover issues of men's health
• Make appropriate referrals
• Family Planning
• Advise patients on available methods of contraception and refer as appropriate
• Support patients attending for emergency contraception and refer as appropriate
• Perform interval health checks for patients using hormonal contraception
• Teach patients how to reduce risk of sexually transmitted diseases and refer as appropriate
• Advise patients on the national and local cervical cytology and mammography screening programmes
• Undertake a programme of cervical cytology sampling under supervision until competent and demonstrate continuing competence
• Promote breast self awareness, demonstrate breast self examination and provide supporting literature
• Advise patients about reducing the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and make appropriate referrals
• Take swabs for microscopy as directed
• Offer health promotion/lifestyle advice to patients
• Advise on basis incontinence management and make appropriate referrals
• Offer a holistic approach to travel health including comprehensive advice for patients prior to travel including; Vaccinations and medications
• Malaria prophylaxis and bite avoidance
• Safe sex
• Food hygiene
• Sun protection
• First aid and emergency medication
• Health insurance
• The practice holds regular specialist practice nurse led chronic disease clinics for the following conditions: Diabetes, Heart Failure, Asthma & COPD.
• Assist and support with management of a chronic disease clinic in line with qualifications
• Assist in clinical audit
• Act as a mentor to other staff as required
• Work effectively in the team
• Monitor and maintain the consistency of professional standards set
• Take appropriate action if standards are not being met
• Recognise the development needs of others
• Support other members of the team
• Participate in evidence based practice
• Be aware of current evidence based approaches to patient care and demonstrate this in practice
• Demonstrate clinical expertise in practice
• Participate in clinical supervision

Job description

Main Responsibilities

Wound Management

• Perform wound care using aseptic techniques
• Undertake uncomplicated dressings, including leg ulcers
• Suture and clip removal

Screening

• Undertake opportunistic screening BP checks, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis, smoking status
• Undertake opportunistic venepuncture INR monitoring
• Cervical screening upon successful completion of training

Health Promotion

• Provide healthy eating advice to individuals
• Offer smoking cessation advice individually in opportunistic consultations
• Provide individual advice to patients about increasing activity or exercise
• Offer advice on recommended safe limits for alcohol consumption
• Complete referrals as appropriate

Vaccinations and Immunisations

• Administer injections under an individualised prescription or Patient Group Direction
• Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Provide an adult and childhood immunisation service
• Develop and work to Patient Group Directions for POMs

Ear Care

• Undertake ear syringing - following appropriate training
• Advise patients about safe ear care

Infection Control

• Support patients and colleagues in adopting sound infection control measures
• Apply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines, this includes; Universal hygiene precautions
• The collection and handling of laboratory specimens
• Segregation and disposal of waste materials
• Decontamination of instruments and clinical equipment
• Reporting and treatment of sharps injuries
• Dealing with blood and body fluid spillages

Emergency Management

• Competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques

Child Health Protection

• Recognises the signs, symptoms and categories of child abuse
• Understands the importance of recognition, observation, documentation and communication
• Is aware of child health procedures, statutory local procedures and points of referral
• Has knowledge of roles of other practitioners and agencies
• Understands basic legal issues around child abuse

Men's Health

• Raise awareness and give basic advice on issues covering Testicular self examination
• Incontinence and prostatic disease
• Sexual health
• Initiate opportunistic consultations with patients to cover issues of men's health
• Make appropriate referrals
• Family Planning
• Advise patients on available methods of contraception and refer as appropriate
• Support patients attending for emergency contraception and refer as appropriate
• Perform interval health checks for patients using hormonal contraception
• Teach patients how to reduce risk of sexually transmitted diseases and refer as appropriate

Women's Health

• Advise patients on the national and local cervical cytology and mammography screening programmes
• Undertake a programme of cervical cytology sampling under supervision until competent and demonstrate continuing competence
• Promote breast self awareness, demonstrate breast self examination and provide supporting literature
• Advise patients about reducing the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and make appropriate referrals
• Take swabs for microscopy as directed
• Offer health promotion/lifestyle advice to patients
• Advise on basis incontinence management and make appropriate referrals

Travel Health Advice

• Offer a holistic approach to travel health including comprehensive advice for patients prior to travel including; Vaccinations and medications
• Malaria prophylaxis and bite avoidance
• Safe sex
• Food hygiene
• Sun protection
• First aid and emergency medication
• Health insurance

Chronic Disease Management

• The practice holds regular specialist practice nurse led chronic disease clinics for the following conditions: Diabetes, Heart Failure, Asthma & COPD.
• Assist and support with management of a chronic disease clinic in line with qualifications.

Personal and Professional Development

• Assist in clinical audit
• Act as a mentor to other staff as required
• Work effectively in the team
• Monitor and maintain the consistency of professional standards set
• Take appropriate action if standards are not being met
• Recognise the development needs of others
• Support other members of the team
• Participate in evidence based practice
• Be aware of current evidence based approaches to patient care and demonstrate this in practice
• Demonstrate clinical expertise in practice
• Participate in clinical supervision