Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Urgent Care/Minor Illness Nurse, to join our busy practice.
This role is to join our other Urgent Care Nurse in practice, working 20nhours over 3 days.
Main duties of the job
To provide an
urgent care and minor illnesses resource for health care professionals and
service users, working in collaboration with other members of the team.
You will work
in the Practice, undertaking clinical assessments, diagnosis and treatment,
delivering quality patient services.
You must be
able to apply safe clinical decision making and expert care, whilst remaining
within your professional boundary.
Use your
clinical skills to provide education to service users, promoting self-care and
empower them to make informed choices about their care.
About us
The Practice is known for its pro-active approach within Primary
Care and the Primary Care Network, and has a patient population of circa 17,000
patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of an Urgent Care Practitioner. There may be occasions when there is a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload, staffing levels and direction of the Clinical Team or Manager:
- Independently assess, diagnose, treat, refer, signpost and discharge patients and service users
- Provide specialist advice relating to minor illness and/or injury
- Provide routine care to patients, as required, in accordance with clinical based evidence and NICE guidelines
- Ensure clinical treatment is safe, effective and conducted within the boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations
- Undertake telephone triage
- Ensure personal and professional clinical standards are maintained
- Adapt styles of communication in order to empower self-management and health education for patients
- Participate in vaccination programmes, vaccinating patients in the Practice, and/or on home visits
- Formally and informally, impart knowledge and skills to colleagues, promoting peer review and best practice within the working environment
- Communicate at all levels within the team, ensuring an effective service is delivered
- Ensure evidence based care is delivered at the highest standard, ensuring delivery of the highest quality patient care
- Work within Practice policies and procedures
- Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service
- Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development, in order to meet the needs of the service
- Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team, and work colleagues
- Undertake the collection of pathology specimens, including blood samples, swabs, etc.
- Perform investigatory procedures as requested by colleagues
- Establish and maintain good liaison with other Practices, and the wider system, including secondary care
- Support the clinical team with safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
- Refer safeguarding concerns, using established safeguarding referral pathways
- Use appropriate infection control procedures
- Be aware of safe storage of equipment, and drugs
- Delegate tasks clearly and appropriately, adopting the principals of safe practice and assessment of competence of those colleagues taking on the delegated duty
- Work within Practice policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of an Urgent Care Practitioner. There may be occasions when there is a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload, staffing levels and direction of the Clinical Team or Manager:
- Independently assess, diagnose, treat, refer, signpost and discharge patients and service users
- Provide specialist advice relating to minor illness and/or injury
- Provide routine care to patients, as required, in accordance with clinical based evidence and NICE guidelines
- Ensure clinical treatment is safe, effective and conducted within the boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations
- Undertake telephone triage
- Ensure personal and professional clinical standards are maintained
- Adapt styles of communication in order to empower self-management and health education for patients
- Participate in vaccination programmes, vaccinating patients in the Practice, and/or on home visits
- Formally and informally, impart knowledge and skills to colleagues, promoting peer review and best practice within the working environment
- Communicate at all levels within the team, ensuring an effective service is delivered
- Ensure evidence based care is delivered at the highest standard, ensuring delivery of the highest quality patient care
- Work within Practice policies and procedures
- Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service
- Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development, in order to meet the needs of the service
- Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team, and work colleagues
- Undertake the collection of pathology specimens, including blood samples, swabs, etc.
- Perform investigatory procedures as requested by colleagues
- Establish and maintain good liaison with other Practices, and the wider system, including secondary care
- Support the clinical team with safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
- Refer safeguarding concerns, using established safeguarding referral pathways
- Use appropriate infection control procedures
- Be aware of safe storage of equipment, and drugs
- Delegate tasks clearly and appropriately, adopting the principals of safe practice and assessment of competence of those colleagues taking on the delegated duty
- Work within Practice policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with NMC
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Hold an ENP/ECP Minor Injuries and Minor Illness course Level 6
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience of working across a variety of multidisciplinary teams
Desirable
- Clinical Supervision qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of supporting patients with complex care
- Provide examples of diversity in practice
- Work within challenging and complex situations
- Highly motivated to provide the highest standard of professional care
- Able and willing to challenge practice
- Knowledge and understanding of current health and social care agendas
- Knowledge and understanding of community based care provision
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, email and the internet
- High level of written and oral communication skills
- Able to work collaboratively with others in a team
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of attending multi-disciplinary meetings
- Knowledge and experience of long term conditions
- Clinical audit experience
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Ability to actively listen, deal tactfully and empathetically with distressed patients or carers
- Able to provide a culturally sensitive service, by supporting people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
- Ability to cope with occasional exposure to aggressive behaviour
- Willingness to work across any of the Practices across the PCN
- Exemplary employment record
- Hold a clean driving licence, with a fully insured car for business purposes
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with patients, their families and carers
- Have a strong awareness and understanding of when it is appropriate or necessary to escalate issues to clinical team/line manager
- Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
- Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative
- Knowledge of, and ability to work to, policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, information governance, and health and safety
- Experience of involvement in innovation or change
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with NMC
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Hold an ENP/ECP Minor Injuries and Minor Illness course Level 6
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience of working across a variety of multidisciplinary teams
Desirable
- Clinical Supervision qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of supporting patients with complex care
- Provide examples of diversity in practice
- Work within challenging and complex situations
- Highly motivated to provide the highest standard of professional care
- Able and willing to challenge practice
- Knowledge and understanding of current health and social care agendas
- Knowledge and understanding of community based care provision
- Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, email and the internet
- High level of written and oral communication skills
- Able to work collaboratively with others in a team
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of attending multi-disciplinary meetings
- Knowledge and experience of long term conditions
- Clinical audit experience
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Ability to actively listen, deal tactfully and empathetically with distressed patients or carers
- Able to provide a culturally sensitive service, by supporting people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
- Ability to cope with occasional exposure to aggressive behaviour
- Willingness to work across any of the Practices across the PCN
- Exemplary employment record
- Hold a clean driving licence, with a fully insured car for business purposes
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with patients, their families and carers
- Have a strong awareness and understanding of when it is appropriate or necessary to escalate issues to clinical team/line manager
- Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
- Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative
- Knowledge of, and ability to work to, policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, information governance, and health and safety
- Experience of involvement in innovation or change
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).