Practice Nurse

Job responsibilities

Job PurposeThe aim of the post is to utilise specialist clinical skills and knowledge to assist in providing high standards of care for the practice population. The candidate is expected:

• To always act in a professional manner according to the code of conduct as set out by the NMC
• Maintain accurate patient records of all consultations both in the notes and on the computer.
• To be available for direct access by patients for consultation, care, advice and referral.
• To achieve continued professional development by attending courses and study days so that the level of care is maintained.
• To maintain a safe environment with special regard to infection control and the surgery treatment rooms.
• To assist in the teaching and training of others, including nursing colleagues, nursing and medical students and administrative staff

Job Responsibilities

Nursing Role Treatment Room Management

• Venepuncture
• Safe handling and recording of specimens
• Administering vaccines and prescribed injections as agreed
• Carrying out childhood vaccination programmes to DOH
• Giving travel advice and administering travel vaccinations to agreed
• Wound assessment and dressings, including removal of sutures/clips
• Dopplers and measuring for hosiery
• Assessing minor injuries, referring/treating as appropriate
• Ear examination
• Warfarin monitoring
• H Pylori testing
• NHS Health Checks
• HRT checks and advice
• Hypertension/CHD monitoring and advice
• Measuring ambulatory blood pressure, advising and recording accordingly
• Fitting 24 hour blood pressure monitoring
• ECGs
• Cervical smear testing and associated administration
• Sexual health advice and contraceptive monitoring
• Educating patients on self-examination.
• Providing dietary and lifestyle advice to patients
• Administering first aid and supporting the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Collecting pathological specimens and recording results where appropriate
• Assisting the GPs with minor ops, coil fittings and removals, and Nexplanon fittings and removals

Nursing role Administrative nursing duties

• Maintaining stock control of vaccines and monitoring storage temperature
• Maintaining stock control of dressings/venepuncture/minor op equipment
• To undertake other reasonable duties as requested by the Partnership, including attending practice nurse and primary healthcare team meetings

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Phlebotomy
• New patient medicals
• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Chaperone procedure
• Skills
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Chaperone procedure
• Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)

Desirable

• Travel medicine
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within Primary Care

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Experience in implementing protocols and clinical guideline
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Strong IT skills and competent in clinical IT systems

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
• Qualified to degree level

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).