Practice Nurse Prescriber

NHS; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS is seeking a Practice Nurse responsible for delivering high-quality medical care to all patients within the practice. This role includes assessing patient needs, managing health conditions, and working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates must be RNs, prepared to deliver comprehensive care and possess strong organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Registered Adult, Child, Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse.
• Previous experience in General Practice, NHS or Healthcare setting.
• Good general computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver general practice nursing to the practice population.
• Assess, plan, and implement health programs.
• Provide evidence-based care for minor injuries and long-term conditions.

Skills

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Time management

Education

Registered Nurse

Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course

General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to the whole practice population. Supported by senior nurses within the practice, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. The post holder will make an assessment of a patients needs and act upon their assessment. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients by providing quality evidence based care. They will support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide nurse leadership as required. The post holder will use their own judgement resourcefulness and common sense and show flexibility with regard to rotas and working patterns.

Main duties of the job

1. To promote and abide by the Practices vision and core values.

2. An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.

3. An ability to use your own judgement, resourcefulness, commonsense and local knowledge to respond to patients enquiries and requests.

4. Excellent interpersonal and telecommunication skills.

5. Flexibility with regards to rotas and working patterns.

6. The post holder would be expected to undertake training commensurate with their post.

About us

Lancaster Medical Practice is a large,at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages. Formed in April 2017 from oursuccessful, legacy practices, Lancaster Medical Practice has continued toevolve to become the strong, high performing Practice it is today, receiving arating of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in August 2018.

We deliver our services from eight locationsthroughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing todevelop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the localcommunity. We are a progressive, modern organisation with patient-centredGeneral Practice at our core. When joining #teamlmp you are joining anorganisation with a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical roles but who allwork together to provide the best care we can to our patients.

LMP iscommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young peopleand vulnerable adults. All successfulcandidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure andBarring Service (DBS). All staff aretherefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment andwill be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults whothey come into contact during their work.

Please be aware that in the event that we receive a high number ofapplications, we reserve the right to close the post before the closing date.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Skills - Health and well-being

Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and well being and prevent adverse effects on health and well being

Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition

Identify and manage as appropriate treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations including initiation of effective emergency care

Deliver opportunistic health promotion

Provide information and advice on prescribed or OTC meds on medication regimens side effects and interactions

Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments

Assess and care for patients presenting with minor injuries

Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs

Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cytology

Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children

Advise, support and where appropriate administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad

Promote use of PGDs

Promote and deliver evidence based care for patients presenting with aural conditions

Other tasks carried out by the practice nurse, which may include:

o Dressing and wound management

o Venepuncture

o ECG

o 24 Hour BP/ECG

o Removal of clips and sutures

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Adult, Child, Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse
• Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course
• (General Practice Nurse Foundation
• Programme)

Experience

• Previous experience that demonstrates good attention to detail.
• Experience of working in a confidential environment
• Previous experience of working in General Practice, NHS or Healthcare setting.

Skills

• Good general computer skills, including the ability to use Microsoft Office, email and the internet
• Evidence of excellent administration and organisational skills
• An excellent standard of grammar and spelling in the English language
• A conscientious approach and commitment to working in an adaptable and flexible manner.
• The ability to work effectively when busy and multi-task when required.
• The ability to deal with personal information sensitively and respect peoples right to confidentiality.
• Time management
• Management of long-term conditions
• Cervical cytology sampling
• Vaccinations and immunisation
• Dressing and wound care

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.