Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly and dedicated nursing team.
The successful candidate will take a proactive role within the team to provide high standards of nursing care, disease management and health promotion to our Practice population. Delivering specialist chronic disease management to diabetic patients.
This is a part time role, hours are negotiable in the range of 18 - 25 per week.
Main duties of the job
Implement and evaluate individual
treatment plans for chronic disease patients, particularly those with diabetes
Manage routine consultations using a
holistic approach
Health promotion and Long Term Conditions
clinics
Carry
out routine treatment room duties i.e. cervical smears, childhood
immunisations, travel vaccines
Wound care, removal of sutures
ECGs, Venepuncture, INR monitoring (where
HCA availability is limited)
Understand and participate in the
delivery of QOF, local and national Enhanced Services, research and recalls
Support
the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and
national policies
Deliver
opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Maintain
standards for infection control, hygiene and tidiness
Maintain
accurate records at all times
About us
We are a high achieving innovative 3 partner dispensing Practice with a growing list size of over 5000 patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
The post holder will take a proactive role within the clinical team to provide high standards of nursing care, disease management and health promotion, as directed by the GPs and in accordance with Practice protocols. Delivering specialist chronic disease management to diabetic patients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients, particularly those with diabetes
- Manage routine consultations using a holistic approach
- Health promotion and Long Term Conditions clinics
- Carry out routine treatment room duties i.e. cervical smears, childhood immunisations, travel vaccines
- Wound care, removal of sutures
- ECGs, Venepuncture, INR monitoring (where HCA availability is limited)
- Understand and participate in the delivery of QOF, local and national Enhanced Services, research and recalls
- Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
- Maintain standards for infection control, hygiene and tidiness
- Maintain accurate records at all times
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 will 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 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:
Assist in promoting and maintaining own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice policy, to include:
- Identify risks involved in work activities and act in a way that manages those risks
- Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
Equality and Diversity:
Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
- Act 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
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Quality:
Strive to maintain quality within the Practice, including:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
- Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance at all times
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
The post holder will take a proactive role within the clinical team to provide high standards of nursing care, disease management and health promotion, as directed by the GPs and in accordance with Practice protocols. Delivering specialist chronic disease management to diabetic patients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients, particularly those with diabetes
- Manage routine consultations using a holistic approach
- Health promotion and Long Term Conditions clinics
- Carry out routine treatment room duties i.e. cervical smears, childhood immunisations, travel vaccines
- Wound care, removal of sutures
- ECGs, Venepuncture, INR monitoring (where HCA availability is limited)
- Understand and participate in the delivery of QOF, local and national Enhanced Services, research and recalls
- Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
- Maintain standards for infection control, hygiene and tidiness
- Maintain accurate records at all times
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 will 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 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:
Assist in promoting and maintaining own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice policy, to include:
- Identify risks involved in work activities and act in a way that manages those risks
- Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
Equality and Diversity:
Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
- Act 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
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Quality:
Strive to maintain quality within the Practice, including:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
- Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance at all times
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in management of diabetic patients, and the initiation of treatment in newly diagnosed diabetic patients, or the willingness to learn
- Able to manage own workload
- Experience within Primary Care
Desirable
- Experience in managing the type of minor illnesses that present in Primary Care
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Nursing Degree / NMC Registration
- Qualifications or Continuing Professional Development in Chronic Disease Management, immunisations, health promotion, cervical cytology, Diabetes, wound management, travel health and warfarin therapy.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in management of diabetic patients, and the initiation of treatment in newly diagnosed diabetic patients, or the willingness to learn
- Able to manage own workload
- Experience within Primary Care
Desirable
- Experience in managing the type of minor illnesses that present in Primary Care
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Nursing Degree / NMC Registration
- Qualifications or Continuing Professional Development in Chronic Disease Management, immunisations, health promotion, cervical cytology, Diabetes, wound management, travel health and warfarin therapy.
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).
Additional information
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).
