Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE
Reports to: Nurse
Lead (Clinically)
Practice
Manager (Administratively)
Location: Purton
Surgery
Hours between 16 - 24 hours per week
Job summary
Purton
Surgery is looking for a part time Practice Nurse to join our 5-strong nursing
team.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to employ a part time Practice Nurse for between 16 - 24 hours
per week.
The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic team player who
strives to deliver a high standard of care. You will have experience in General
Practice Nursing duties, including, treatment room, wound care, cervical
cytology, childhood immunisations and managing long-term conditions.
About
us
Purton
Surgery is a very friendly and well-respected GP practice. We are an established medical training
practice and have just over 11,000 patients. We have an excellent team of
doctors, nurses and admin who deliver excellent patient care. If you would like
to join our team then we would love to hear from you.
Main
Responsibilities
To
be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part
of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of
practice, the NMC code of conduct and professional boundaries to the patient
population. The practice nurse will be responsible for several clinical areas
such as infection prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease
management and health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in
the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.
Clinical
responsibilities
Wound
care management
Assess routine wounds including trauma and
post-operative
To support good wound management in complex
situations
Treatment
room services
To
see & manage patients in booked treatment room sessions. To arrange
appropriate management and follow-up and liaise with other team members as
appropriate.
Patients
will be seen for:
Administration of injections
Childhood & travel immunisations
Dressings and wound care
Cervical Screening
Phlebotomy
Usually
carried out by the HCA/phlebotomist but, depending on demand or sickness, there
will be a need to see patients for venepuncture
Personal
Development
To understand own responsibilities and
accountability on the delivery of care
To maintain individual professional nursing
standards and encourage the same within the rest of the team
To participate in Clinical Governance activities
and engage with educational opportunities
To take part as appropriate in professional
development and programmes of clinical supervision or mentorship.
To participate in the planning and
implementation of change within own area of responsibility
Team
Working
To work appropriately with other members of
the nursing team to ensure good patient care, adherence to protocols and
procedures and implementation of change when necessary
To attend meetings as appropriate and
indicated by the nursing team leader examples may include clinical, clinical
governance, significant event and prescribing meetings
To work with other team members to ensure
the implementation of the Quality & Outcomes Framework
Service
Delivery
To support the smooth operation of the
practice nurse team. This will include planning for and providing nursing cover
for holidays, study leave and sickness.
To ensure correct use of medical equipment,
report problems and ask for training if needed
To take on any responsibilities as
delegated by the nursing team leader. These may include but are not limited to;
Checking of the medical bags
Health & Safety tasks
Stock checks
Checking and review of medical equipment in
rooms
Ordering and maintaining stocks of drugs
and supplies
Other appropriate tasks
The
practice places great emphasis on team working and aims to foster good
relationships throughout the team. All staff are encouraged to attend regular
staff meetings and take part in other activities important to practice life.
The
changing nature of primary care means that any year may bring new challenges to
take on. This means that the post holder should be prepared, as with all
members of the primary care team, to take on appropriate tasks as directed by
the practice manager and partners.