Job summary
We are a
progressive and friendly 9 GP training Practice and are offering an exciting
opportunity for a qualified, enthusiastic and motivated Practice Nurse to
join our existing team in Longridge, in the heart of the Ribble Valley.
This is a post where we want to develop an interest in Diabetes and we envisage that the post holder will work up to 37.5 hours per week. We are happy to consider applications from candidates working full or part time.
We also acknowledge that the Job Description is very detailed, we would encourage you to apply if you have competencies within the the scope of the role, even if you do not possess experience in all of the areas. We are happy to engage in the relevant training for the appointed candidate.
This role is to compliment our existing multi skilled nursing team consisting of Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and HCAs.
We are a
training Practice and are keen to further develop and expand our team. Experience of working in a primary care environment would be an advantage.
We would welcome additional skills in mentorship of the nurse team, a nurse prescriber and someone with an interest in the future Management of the nurse team, although these are not essential.
You will be
employed by Drs Griffin, Lakeland, Gee and Miller and will be eligible to join
the NHS Pension Scheme.
Although you will be paid in line with the Agenda for Change pay rates, this is not an AFC contract.
Main duties of the job
Practice Nursing is a fundamental part of our nursing team and we are seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to join our multi skilled and diverse nursing team.
The main areas of responsibility will be the management of patients with long-term conditions, with a special interest in diabetes A knowledge and experience of asthma, diabetes and COPD would also be an advantage.
Experience is preferred but we are willing to accommodate a training pathway for the right candidate.
There will be the opportunity to take over the management of the nursing team at a later date, so if you aspire to take on a management role, this would be an advantage.
About us
We are a committed team and our organisation has been a recognised training Practice for many years. We have 9 GPs and look after approximately 14,200 patients from excellent fully equipped premises.
We have a fantastic nursing team which consists of Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and Health Care Assistants.
We have an experienced reception and admin team supporting our range of services and personnel in addition to a paramedic, and a first contact physiotherapist.
We commend ourselves on our team spirit and ethos and whilst working under immense pressure we deliver care of a high standard. We are fortunate to work in excellent premises, including a staff gym, it is a positive place of work. We will offer the successful candidate a salary package dependant upon experience, within the pay range of Agenda for Change band 6/7 depending on experience and skill set, you can join the NHS pension scheme and enjoy holiday entitlement in line with Agenda for Change.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE with a special interest in Diabetes
REPORTS TO: NURSE MANAGER/THE PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE PRACTICE DIRECTOR (Administratively)
HOURS: up to 37.5 hours per week
Job summary:
The practice nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing General Medical Services to the patients of practice.
Job responsibilities:
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs in line with NICE guidelines and Practice policy and procedures.
- Specialist interest in Diabetes
- Interest in Coronary Heart Disease
- Interest in Stroke and TIA management
- Interest in COPD and the management of patients in primary care
- Interest in Asthma and the management of patients in primary care
- Interest in Contraception and womens health
- Interest in Learning Disabilities
- Interest in Frailty
- Hypertension Management in primary care
- Provide telephone triage and consultations as required
- Routine immunisations including influenza and covid
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
- At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
- A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks
- Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
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 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 may 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 from any source is to be regarded as confidential
- Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons, in accordance with practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Health & safety
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
- Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
- Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
- Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff
- Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice
- Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
- Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
- Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
- Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
- Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
- Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
- Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
- Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
- Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
- Spillage control procedures, management and training
- Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
- Maintenance of sterile environments
- Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues by:
- Acting 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
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE with a special interest in Diabetes
REPORTS TO: NURSE MANAGER/THE PARTNERS (Clinically)
THE PRACTICE DIRECTOR (Administratively)
HOURS: up to 37.5 hours per week
Job summary:
The practice nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing General Medical Services to the patients of practice.
Job responsibilities:
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs in line with NICE guidelines and Practice policy and procedures.
- Specialist interest in Diabetes
- Interest in Coronary Heart Disease
- Interest in Stroke and TIA management
- Interest in COPD and the management of patients in primary care
- Interest in Asthma and the management of patients in primary care
- Interest in Contraception and womens health
- Interest in Learning Disabilities
- Interest in Frailty
- Hypertension Management in primary care
- Provide telephone triage and consultations as required
- Routine immunisations including influenza and covid
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
- At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
- A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks
- Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
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 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 may 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 from any source is to be regarded as confidential
- Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons, in accordance with practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Health & safety
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
- Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
- Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
- Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff
- Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice
- Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
- Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
- Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
- Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
- Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
- Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
- Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
- Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
- Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
- Spillage control procedures, management and training
- Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
- Maintenance of sterile environments
- Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues by:
- Acting 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
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate
Person Specification
Work Related Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Qualified in Diabetes management in primary care and ability to demonstrate this.
- Cardiovascular Disease/Cholesterol Management.
- Hypertension Management.
- An interest in mentorship of less experienced nurses and HCAs.
- Keen to continue to learn and develop as required for the role.
Desirable
- Insulin and GLP1 initiation and management in Type 2 Diabetes.
- Asthma management in primary care.
- COPD management in primary care.
- Coronary Heart Disease management in primary care.
- Stroke and TIA mangement in primary care.
- Cervical Cytology
- Contraception and womens health
- Emis system use
- Frailty
- Immunisations and vaccinations
- Learning disabilities
- Telephone triage.
- Telephone consultation management of long term conditions.
- QOF and clinical contracts used in primary care.
- An interest in the management of the Nursing team.
- Nurse prescriber.
Clinical Management
Essential
- Experience of dealing with patients/public
- Flexibility to meet the service needs
- Excellent communication skills
- Have the ability to work in a non-judgemental manner
- Conscientious and self-motivated
- Excellent team worker
- Have the ability to work on ones own initiative and to obtain support and advice when needed
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- To act in an advisory capacity to other staff members, as required
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Have the ability to recognise ones own limitations
- Other
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Good attendance record
Desirable
- Knowledge of PGDs and PSDs
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in primary care
Desirable
- Previous experience of Previous experience of working within primary care/community
- Evidence of continuing professional development in relevant areas
- Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Current registration with NMC
Person Specification
Work Related Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Qualified in Diabetes management in primary care and ability to demonstrate this.
- Cardiovascular Disease/Cholesterol Management.
- Hypertension Management.
- An interest in mentorship of less experienced nurses and HCAs.
- Keen to continue to learn and develop as required for the role.
Desirable
- Insulin and GLP1 initiation and management in Type 2 Diabetes.
- Asthma management in primary care.
- COPD management in primary care.
- Coronary Heart Disease management in primary care.
- Stroke and TIA mangement in primary care.
- Cervical Cytology
- Contraception and womens health
- Emis system use
- Frailty
- Immunisations and vaccinations
- Learning disabilities
- Telephone triage.
- Telephone consultation management of long term conditions.
- QOF and clinical contracts used in primary care.
- An interest in the management of the Nursing team.
- Nurse prescriber.
Clinical Management
Essential
- Experience of dealing with patients/public
- Flexibility to meet the service needs
- Excellent communication skills
- Have the ability to work in a non-judgemental manner
- Conscientious and self-motivated
- Excellent team worker
- Have the ability to work on ones own initiative and to obtain support and advice when needed
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- To act in an advisory capacity to other staff members, as required
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Have the ability to recognise ones own limitations
- Other
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Good attendance record
Desirable
- Knowledge of PGDs and PSDs
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in primary care
Desirable
- Previous experience of Previous experience of working within primary care/community
- Evidence of continuing professional development in relevant areas
- Knowledge and understanding of Primary Care
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Current registration with NMC
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).