Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide general and specific health screening to the practice population, in line with agreed protocols and reference to the General Practitioner, where necessary.

Make professionally autonomous decisions for which they are accountable and provide safe, evidence based patient care.

Be responsible for managing clinics and carrying out associated tasks including the following: Cytology, wound care, removal of sutures, travel vaccinations, ECGs, peak flow readings, venepuncture, management of long term conditions, routine, travel and childhood immunisations, chaperoning patients who are being examined by another clinician, urine testing, dietary advice, anaphylaxis and CPR.

Make appropriate referrals to other members of the primary, community and secondary care teams.

Deliver specialist primary nurse led service, including chronic disease management (including for all areas of QOF and the standard PCN direct enhanced service).

Administer child and adult immunisations and vaccinations in accordance with national and local programmes. Be competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques. Ensuring safe storage, rotation and disposals of vaccines and drugs and that adequate stock levels are maintained

To act as or ensure there is a nurse scheduled to carry out on the day clinical activity to patients, requiring an urgent duty appointment or clinicians requiring nursing support.

Provide support and chaperoning to the doctors for minor surgery, specialist contraception and other procedures.

Promote health and well being, giving general education advice on diet, contraception, smoking chronic disease management, exercise etc

Contribute to the practice achieving its GMS contract obligations including quality, organisational and access targets. Working within the requirements of the CQC.

Where the post holder is an independent prescriber: to ensure safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework.

Maintain accurate records according to NMC rules.

Ensure all data protection requirements are met when gathering, recording and storing patient data.

Liaise and maintain good working relationships with all members of the practice team.

Be flexible and provide clinical cover for sessions in extended hours and contribute towards meeting the extended access requirements.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Qualified to degree level - RGN
• Experience of working within Primary Care
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Requesting pathology tests and processing results
• Understanding requirement of PGDs and associated policies
• Womens health (cytology, contraception, etc)
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Chronic disease management (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, etc)
• Travel Medicine
• Experience in infection prevention and control

Desirable

• Experience of teaching or mentoring
• Experience of writing/updating policies and protocols
• Experience using SystmOne
• Experience using Ardens.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Brig Royd Surgery

Address

Brig Royd Surgery

Hirstwood

Ripponden

Sowerby Bridge

West Yorkshire

HX6 4BN

Employer's website

https://www.brigroydsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)