Job summary
The Practice Nurse will be responsible for a
number of clinical areas within the Practice, these include, infection
prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease management, well
women and well man clinics, supervising and assessing students and junior staff
members in their CPD as well as actively supporting the practice management
team in the reviewing and delivery of clinical policy and procedures and QOF.
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 to the entitled patient
population.
Victoria
Medical Centre (VMC) must ensure that the post holder has access to appropriate
clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the organisation to
provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.
Main duties of the job
The
following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to
carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload
and staffing levels: Key
Responsibilities:
- Identify, manage, and
support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing
adverse effects on the patients health.
- Provide chronic disease
clinics and multi-morbidity clinics, delivering patient care as needed
and referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
- Administer childhood
immunisations in line with current PGDs.
- Undertake a programme of
cervical cytology screening.
- Provide travel
vaccinations and administrative services.
- Provide hosiery
measurements as required.
- To administer medication
for patients in accordance with PGDs/PSDs and within own scope of
practice.
- Undertake opportunistic
screening including BP monitoring, urinalysis, weight monitoring,
phlebotomy, ECGs, Doppler, and spirometry.
- Offer suture removal, wound
care, and management of patients with leg ulcers.
- Undertake ear irrigation
and provide ear care advice.
About us
About Victoria Medical Centre
We are now settled into our ultra-modern purpose-built premises post-merger - built in 2021. We are a training practice for Foundation doctors and GP trainees, with 30,000 patients, 33 consulting rooms, 2 operating suites and a private suite. We also have a training academy, daily training huddles, clinical meetings, an active PCN. A branch surgery and separate open access mental health hub in the Foundry, both located in the towns main shopping centre.
Our aim is to improve accessibility to healthcare, working with a variety of Health Care professionals within VMC and our Primary Care Network. If you would like to work in a modern GP Practice, enjoy working with technology and keen to improve the future of Healthcare, this is the role for you.
Benefits of working at Victoria Medical Centre:
- Enrolment to the NHS Pension Scheme
- Competitive salary
- Management support
- Free access for all staff and their family to our Health and Wellbeing support programme
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Open, caring and positive culture
- Friendly, supportive team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full job description available upon request - main duties of the Practice Nurse position are detailed above.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full job description available upon request - main duties of the Practice Nurse position are detailed above.
Person Specification
Clinical knowledge and skills
Essential
- 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)
- Spirometry
Desirable
- Travel medicine
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
- Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
- Good standard of general education
Desirable
- Mentor or teaching qualification
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
Skills
Essential
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS/DOCMAN user skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Able to communicate effectively and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilise resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Person Specification
Clinical knowledge and skills
Essential
- 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)
- Spirometry
Desirable
- Travel medicine
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
- Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
- Good standard of general education
Desirable
- Mentor or teaching qualification
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
Skills
Essential
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS/DOCMAN user skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Able to communicate effectively and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilise resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
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.
