Practice Nurse - Primary Care

Job responsibilities

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, NSF and other legislative frameworks and guidelines

Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients

Provide travel vaccination and advisory services

Request pathology services as necessary

Process pathology results as required

Urinalysis

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

INR Star -Anti

Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

Ensure read codes are used effectively

Maintain chronic disease registers

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

Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle

Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines or medication

Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary

Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care

Support and participate in shared learning within the practice

Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate

Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured and methodical approach with learning outcomes to ensure non-recurrence

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse
• Post Registration Qualifications, Diabetes Management, Asthma

Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a Primary Care environment
• Experience of working as a Practice Nurse
• Experience of Chronic Disease Management

Desirable

• Experience of leading a team

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient health checks/Urinalysis/BP/Height/Weight
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Travel medicine
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma/COPD
• Spirometry
• CHD
• LES/DES/QoF/QiF/CQC related clinical and administrative work
• 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 to understand when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of Infection Prevention Control including Public Health issues in the local area
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understands the requirement for PGDs, PSDs and associated policy
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Professional clear, polite manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Strong IT skills
• Professional clear, polite manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Strong IT skills
• Professional clear, polite manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook

Desirable

• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• EMIS skills Including Ardens Template use

Skills & Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Professional clear, polite manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management
• Professional, polite 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
• Able to communicate effectively and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team

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).