Job summary
Role: Practice Nurse
Responsible
to: Nurse Manager
Hours: 15 to 22.5 hours per week (discussion at interview)
Site: Whaddon
Medical Centre (MK3 7QU) and Water Eaton Health Centre (MK2 3HN)
Salary: Dependant
on experience
Main duties of the job
Nursing
Procedures:
Health
Promotion and Illness Prevention:
Housekeeping
and Facilitation:
Administration:
About us
Whaddon Healthcare is an
innovative, well established CQC rated Outstanding GP Practice which also
provides a range of specialist Community Services including Cardiology,
Respiratory, Gynaecology and BLMK Long Covid Service.
We work over two purpose-built
sites in Bletchley with a list size of 22,000 and growing.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Nursing Procedures:
- Removal of sutures
- Ear syringing
- ECG
- Venepuncture
- Following protocols test and review the treatment of patients with chronic illness including diabetes, hypertension, and certain psychiatric problems
- Management of acute asthma attacks
- Family planning
- Dressings
- Child immunisation
- Cervical smears
- Telephone advice to patients where appropriate
- Counselling
- Emergency treatment as required
- Supervise and mentor HCAs.
Health Promotion and Illness Prevention:- Screening health checks
- Blood pressures
- Cervical smears
- Contraception advice
- Foreign travel advice and immunisations
- Participate in all current immunisation programmes for children and adults
- Nutrition and dietetic advice
- Alcohol advice
- Advice on smoking cessation
Housekeeping and Facilitation:
- Ordering and controlling stock in treatment room and doctors surgeries
- Maintenance of injectable and oral drug stocks
- Advice to reception staff
- General liaison with hospital, laboratory, social services, etc
- Maintenance of emergency stock and emergency crash trolley
- Maintenance and supervision of sterile procedures throughout the surgery
- Advice to manager regarding health and safety aspects
- Booking patients to see doctor when appropriate
- Liaising with other nurses and GPs for guidance and advice on patient care
Administration:- Liaise with colleagues and Nurse Manager on staffing needs and holiday cover
- Maintenance of patients records entering accurate and appropriate details onto manual and computerised records
- Keeping up to date with clinical procedures
- Following appropriate procedures for practice claims
- Teaching other staff where appropriate
- Liaising with community colleagues on development of integrated team
- Attending regular primary care meetings with colleagues, GPs, practice manager, community staff
- This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
General Responsibilities:- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
- To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.
- Quality and Patient Safety:
- The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- Implementation of NICE guidance and other statutory / best practice guidelines.
- Infection Control - To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection.
- Incident reporting - To report any incidents of harm or near miss in line with the Whaddon Medical Centres incident reporting policy ensuring appropriate actions are taken to reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
- To contribute to the identification, management, and reduction of risk in the area of responsibility.
- To ensure day to day practice reflects the highest standards of governance, clinical effectiveness, safety, and patient experience.
- To ensure monitoring of quality and compliance with standards is demonstrable within the service on an ongoing basis.
- To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients/ clients, visitors, and staff.
- 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Nursing Procedures:
- Removal of sutures
- Ear syringing
- ECG
- Venepuncture
- Following protocols test and review the treatment of patients with chronic illness including diabetes, hypertension, and certain psychiatric problems
- Management of acute asthma attacks
- Family planning
- Dressings
- Child immunisation
- Cervical smears
- Telephone advice to patients where appropriate
- Counselling
- Emergency treatment as required
- Supervise and mentor HCAs.
Health Promotion and Illness Prevention:- Screening health checks
- Blood pressures
- Cervical smears
- Contraception advice
- Foreign travel advice and immunisations
- Participate in all current immunisation programmes for children and adults
- Nutrition and dietetic advice
- Alcohol advice
- Advice on smoking cessation
Housekeeping and Facilitation:
- Ordering and controlling stock in treatment room and doctors surgeries
- Maintenance of injectable and oral drug stocks
- Advice to reception staff
- General liaison with hospital, laboratory, social services, etc
- Maintenance of emergency stock and emergency crash trolley
- Maintenance and supervision of sterile procedures throughout the surgery
- Advice to manager regarding health and safety aspects
- Booking patients to see doctor when appropriate
- Liaising with other nurses and GPs for guidance and advice on patient care
Administration:- Liaise with colleagues and Nurse Manager on staffing needs and holiday cover
- Maintenance of patients records entering accurate and appropriate details onto manual and computerised records
- Keeping up to date with clinical procedures
- Following appropriate procedures for practice claims
- Teaching other staff where appropriate
- Liaising with community colleagues on development of integrated team
- Attending regular primary care meetings with colleagues, GPs, practice manager, community staff
- This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
General Responsibilities:- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
- To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.
- Quality and Patient Safety:
- The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- Implementation of NICE guidance and other statutory / best practice guidelines.
- Infection Control - To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection.
- Incident reporting - To report any incidents of harm or near miss in line with the Whaddon Medical Centres incident reporting policy ensuring appropriate actions are taken to reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
- To contribute to the identification, management, and reduction of risk in the area of responsibility.
- To ensure day to day practice reflects the highest standards of governance, clinical effectiveness, safety, and patient experience.
- To ensure monitoring of quality and compliance with standards is demonstrable within the service on an ongoing basis.
- To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients/ clients, visitors, and staff.
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Qualified nurse (or equivalent) on register of UKCC to practice in UK
Experience
Desirable
- Practice nurse experience
- Knowledge of SystmOne computer system
- Experience of managing patients with chronic conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Qualified nurse (or equivalent) on register of UKCC to practice in UK
Experience
Desirable
- Practice nurse experience
- Knowledge of SystmOne computer system
- Experience of managing patients with chronic 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).
