Job summary
St John's Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse to join our enthusiastic and supportive Practice Team. The successful candidate must be organised, motivated and caring to ensure the highest levels of care are delivered to our patient population through patient assessments, diagnosis and clinical management.
St John's Medical Centre is a large, fast paced GP surgery located in Grantham, offering excellent transport links with easy assess to the A1 and on the mainline for London. Two notable Grammar schools in Grantham are Kesteven and Grantham Girls School and The Kings School. We currently have circa 13,000 patients registered at the Surgery and retained our 'Good' rating in our latest CQC Regulatory Review.
The role is for 30 hours a week and includes working: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Pay is dependant on experience.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery
of practice nursing services, working as part of the practices
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, well woman and well man clinics, as well as supporting the
management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.
About us
St John's Medical Centre is a large, well established Practice with circa 13,000 patients registered. We are a Training Practice and regularly welcome GP Registrars, Nursing Placements and Work experience from Colleges/ Schools in the local area. In our last CQC Inspection we retained our 'Good' rating.
In working for the Practice, you can benefit from the following:
- Free Staff Parking
- Generous Annual Leave Entitlement
- NHS Pension Scheme
- NHS Discounts at Retailers/ Restaurants
- Full training & support
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary
Duties and Areas of Responsibility
-
To liaise with the registered GP and
other practice based staff in addition to all other providers and services
utilising, where appropriate a multi-disciplinary approach
-
To implement and review individual
care plans, self-management plans ensuring preventative measures are detailed
and agree trigger thresholds to contact the surgery
-
Carrying out home-visits to patients
where an urgent clinical need has been identified including those esculated by
EMAS or a member of the Neighbourhood Team
-
Liaise with primary, secondary and
specialist care services as required
-
Work with the Neighbourhood Team to
help identify patients at risk of loss of independence or admission to hospital
as a result of inadequate social support
-
Act as a point of contact between GP,
Neighbourhood Team, people and their carers
-
Ensure care plans are communicated to
GPs and other members of the Neighbourhood Team involved in the patients care
-
Maintain accurate and up to date
records of patients consultations using relevant software e.g Systm One
-
Complete relevant health checks in
line with patient needs
-
The ability to work alone- when
undertaking home visits/ work in the community
-
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 the
NSF
-
Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler
etc.) to patients
-
Provide travel medicine services
-
Request pathology services as
necessary
-
Process pathology results as required
-
Provide chronic disease clinics,
delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to
secondary/specialist care as required
-
Maintain accurate clinical records in
conjunction with extant legislation
-
Ensure read codes are used effectively
-
Maintain chronic disease registers
-
Develop, implement and embed well
woman clinics
-
Develop, implement and embed well man
clinics
-
Chaperone patients where necessary
-
Assist GPs with minor surgery when
required
-
Prioritise health issues and intervene
appropriately
-
Support the team in dealing with
clinical emergencies
-
Recognise, assess and refer patients
presenting with mental health needs
-
Implement vaccination programmes for
adults and children
-
Support patients in the use of their
prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of
practice)
-
Liaise with external services/agencies
to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
-
Delegate clinical responsibilities
appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of
practice of the individual)
-
Support the clinical team with all
safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
-
Understand practice and local policies
for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary
Duties and Areas of Responsibility
-
To liaise with the registered GP and
other practice based staff in addition to all other providers and services
utilising, where appropriate a multi-disciplinary approach
-
To implement and review individual
care plans, self-management plans ensuring preventative measures are detailed
and agree trigger thresholds to contact the surgery
-
Carrying out home-visits to patients
where an urgent clinical need has been identified including those esculated by
EMAS or a member of the Neighbourhood Team
-
Liaise with primary, secondary and
specialist care services as required
-
Work with the Neighbourhood Team to
help identify patients at risk of loss of independence or admission to hospital
as a result of inadequate social support
-
Act as a point of contact between GP,
Neighbourhood Team, people and their carers
-
Ensure care plans are communicated to
GPs and other members of the Neighbourhood Team involved in the patients care
-
Maintain accurate and up to date
records of patients consultations using relevant software e.g Systm One
-
Complete relevant health checks in
line with patient needs
-
The ability to work alone- when
undertaking home visits/ work in the community
-
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 the
NSF
-
Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler
etc.) to patients
-
Provide travel medicine services
-
Request pathology services as
necessary
-
Process pathology results as required
-
Provide chronic disease clinics,
delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to
secondary/specialist care as required
-
Maintain accurate clinical records in
conjunction with extant legislation
-
Ensure read codes are used effectively
-
Maintain chronic disease registers
-
Develop, implement and embed well
woman clinics
-
Develop, implement and embed well man
clinics
-
Chaperone patients where necessary
-
Assist GPs with minor surgery when
required
-
Prioritise health issues and intervene
appropriately
-
Support the team in dealing with
clinical emergencies
-
Recognise, assess and refer patients
presenting with mental health needs
-
Implement vaccination programmes for
adults and children
-
Support patients in the use of their
prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of
practice)
-
Liaise with external services/agencies
to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
-
Delegate clinical responsibilities
appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of
practice of the individual)
-
Support the clinical team with all
safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
-
Understand practice and local policies
for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of chronic disease management
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to cover annual leave and sickness when required.
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of chronic disease management
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to cover annual leave and sickness when required.
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
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).
