Job summary
Come and be part of Team Orchard.
Orchard Surgery Dereham are looking to recruit and experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly, forward thinking, clinical team.
The Successful candidate should be able to demonstrate high standards of care and have excellent interpersonal skills.
Salary is negotiable depending on experience
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice's multidisciplinary team who provide care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, cervical screening and immunisations.
About us
Orchard Surgery is a purpose built surgery in the centre of East Dereham.We currently have 11,200 patients registered with us and we are due to have a refurb with additional clinical rooms and expand our practice list.
We are currently rated as "Good" by the CQC and are a research accredited practice.
We work closely with neighbouring practices to form Mid-Norfolk Primary Care Network.
We can offer a friendly, supportive working environment.
Working hours and days are negotiable
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse:
- Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes.
- Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
- Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients' health.
- Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and NSF
- Provide wound care and post-operative care to patients including clip and stitch removal
- Provide travel medicine services
- Request and process pathology results
- provide chronic disease clinics (Diabetes), delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
- Provide Women's health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
- Ensure read codes are used effectively to ensure QOF optimisation
- Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients)
- Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
- Support of clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
- Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
- Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
- Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse:
- Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes.
- Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
- Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients' health.
- Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and NSF
- Provide wound care and post-operative care to patients including clip and stitch removal
- Provide travel medicine services
- Request and process pathology results
- provide chronic disease clinics (Diabetes), delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
- Provide Women's health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
- Ensure read codes are used effectively to ensure QOF optimisation
- Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients)
- Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
- Support of clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
- Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
- Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
- Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Postgraduate diploma or degree (primary care)
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Wound care / removal of sutures and staples
- ECGS
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Travel medicine
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- CHD
- Immunisations
- Women's health
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to ANP/GP
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- SystmOne user skills
- Effective time management
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable
- Venepuncture
- Knowledge of local and national public health issues
- Experience with Audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Experience of clinical risk management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Interest/Qualification Long Term Conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Postgraduate diploma or degree (primary care)
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Wound care / removal of sutures and staples
- ECGS
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Travel medicine
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- CHD
- Immunisations
- Women's health
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to ANP/GP
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- SystmOne user skills
- Effective time management
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable
- Venepuncture
- Knowledge of local and national public health issues
- Experience with Audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Experience of clinical risk management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Interest/Qualification Long Term Conditions
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).