Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Eastmead Surgery

Practice Nurse

Job summary

Come and join our friendly team at Eastmead Surgery in Greenford. We are a high performing training practice with 6100 patients. We are seeking to recruit a Practice Nurse as our current practice nurse is leaving us after 8 years to work in secondary care. The role is 34 - 37 hours per week and we are flexible with hours. You would be part of our friendly team and supported by a HCA, Pharmacist and Phlebotomist as well as our wider team of GPs, Social Prescribers, Physios

Our Practice Nurse, supported by the admin and clinical team, leads in particular areas of QOF and enhanced services practice targets. We are a high performing practice, with an excellent reputation for delivering responsive and patient centred care.

Recent Practice Nurse experience is essential with a desire to deliver high quality care. You must be reliable, professional and friendly with a can do and flexible attitude to work. We are looking for someone who is an excellent communicator, possesses good IT skills, we use Systmone, and importantly, is able to work as part of a team.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be required to provide the full spectrum of Practice Nurse duties including: Management of long term conditions (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Hypertension), wound care, sample taking, ECGs, cervical cytology, childhood and adult immunisations and travel vaccines.

Work as part of the Nursing team to assess, plan, provide and implement and evaluate nursing care to meet the care needs of individuals in the practice population

Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by GPs

Working alongside the GPs to manage Chronic Disease including Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Heart Disease etc

Contraception

Cytology

Wound care /Ulcer care/ Compression

ECGs

Hypertension Management

Routine & Childhood immunisations

Travel Vaccinations

Following clinical protocols

Participation in administrative systems in the Practice

About us

Eastmead Surgery is an established GP practice in Greenford, Ealing. The practice is a 4 partner practice, with a list size of 6100 patients. We are situated in a purpose build building just minutes away from Greenford High Street and local parks.

The practice strives to maintain the core values of traditional General Practice and provide good continuity of care. We aim to provide a service which is responsive to the needs of the population with good quality care, respecting diversity and human rights. The practice provides good access to those who need services and encourages a culture of learning, embracing change and celebrating progress.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

a. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes

b. Work alongside patients to develop individual treatment plans for chronic disease

c. Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health

d. Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF (inclusive of contraception and cytology)

e. Provide wound care to patients we do not offer Doppler at the surgery

f. Provide travel medicine services

g. Undertake services such as NHS Health Checks, ECGs, local enhanced or incentivised schemes

h. Request pathology services as necessary, processing and interpreting results as required

i. Refer patients directly to other services as appropriate

j. Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required

k. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

l. Ensure relevant clinical codes are used effectively

m. Maintain chronic disease registers

n. Develop, implement and embed well woman/man clinics

o. Chaperone patients where necessary

p. Assist GPs when required

q. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

r. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

s. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

t. Recognise, assess and refer patients with community health needs, developing strategies for effective care pathways

u. Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children

v. Liaise with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

w. Attend practice Safeguarding and governance meetings

x. Based on skills, experience, knowledge and gaps in the team, have areas of work with which you lead, where you maintain good levels of knowledge, share this with the rest of the team and support the practice with audits and targets within the lead areas.

y. Support training and provide mentoring where needed of new staff and medical/nursing students

z. Ensure compliance with CQC standards in all areas of work, including keeping records updated in line with CQC expectation

aa. Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

cc. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately

dd. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Work with the IPC lead to ensure Infection Prevention Control meets required standards and is effective.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Post graduate diploma or degree (Practice Nurse)

Other Requirements

Essential

• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health Clearance
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of a NP.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of autonomous working
• Experience of:
• Wound Care / Removal of sutures & staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Travel medicine
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma
• CHD
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
• Understands the importance of evidence based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

Desirable

• Systmone user skills
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

Other Attributes

Essential

• Polite, professional and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Nurse with current NMC registration with recognised Practice Nurse qualification

Desirable

• Independent prescriber qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as Practice Nurse and being responsible for QOF areas and enhanced services.

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

Eastmead Surgery

Address

20 Eastmead Avenue

Greenford

Middlesex

UB6 9RB

Employer's website

https://www.eastmeadsurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)