Job summary
Carmel
Medical Practice is looking for an experienced Practice Nurse who has worked in GP practice to join our team. The working hours are 28.5 hours per week, Monday 8am - 6pm, Tuesday 7:30am - 12 noon, Thursday 8am - 3:30pm and Friday 8am - 4pm. We are looking for an experienced practice nurse who is highly motivated and enthusiastic, with a keen interest in caring for patients with long-term medical conditions especially type 2 diabetes. Applicants should display effective communication skills and deliver high quality patient focused care.
Main duties of the job
Your working day will be varied - involving chronic disease management,
with an emphasis on long-term conditions, particularly type 2 diabetes; learning disability reviews, treatment room nursing; cervical screening;
childhood immunisations; wound care, patient education and much more.
About us
Carmel
Medical Practice is looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our Nursing
team, the successful applicant will join 3 Practice Nurses, 2 Nurse
Practitioners and 2 Health care assistants and a Nursing Associate. We work closely to support over 11,000
patients, from our purpose-built premises in the West End of Darlington, with
our Practice Manager, 4 GP Partners and 1 salaried GP and an excellent
reception and administration team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is
responsible for the delivery of practice nursing care to the
practice population. Supported by the MDT practice team and the wider PCN team, they will
deliver care within the boundaries of their role. Focusing on supporting
patients to live healthy lives, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention
and screening activities. They will work collaboratively to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy
and procedures, as well as various primary care contracts such as the PCN DES, QOF and local improvement schemes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is
responsible for the delivery of practice nursing care to the
practice population. Supported by the MDT practice team and the wider PCN team, they will
deliver care within the boundaries of their role. Focusing on supporting
patients to live healthy lives, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention
and screening activities. They will work collaboratively to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy
and procedures, as well as various primary care contracts such as the PCN DES, QOF and local improvement schemes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration. Evidence of continuous professional development and the ability to work without direct supervision.
Desirable
- At least 1 years experience of working in general practice.
- Experience in managing long-term conditions particularly type 2 diabetes.
- Experience of treatment room duties required for the post.
- Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
- Knowledge of PGDs and associated policy.
- Experience of quality initiatives such as QOF.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in general practice.
- Experience of relevant clinical systems such as System1.
- Skills including : Venepuncture, ECG, wound care , adult /children vaccination and immunisation. Health Education, cervical cytology.
- Women's health and Contraception.
- Qualification / experience in running type 2 diabetes chronic disease management clinics.
- IT skills including accurate data entry.
- Demonstrate appropriate professional and personal boundaries.
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
- Respects the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
Desirable
- Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards this.
- Experience in insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes or willingness to work towards this.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration. Evidence of continuous professional development and the ability to work without direct supervision.
Desirable
- At least 1 years experience of working in general practice.
- Experience in managing long-term conditions particularly type 2 diabetes.
- Experience of treatment room duties required for the post.
- Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
- Knowledge of PGDs and associated policy.
- Experience of quality initiatives such as QOF.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in general practice.
- Experience of relevant clinical systems such as System1.
- Skills including : Venepuncture, ECG, wound care , adult /children vaccination and immunisation. Health Education, cervical cytology.
- Women's health and Contraception.
- Qualification / experience in running type 2 diabetes chronic disease management clinics.
- IT skills including accurate data entry.
- Demonstrate appropriate professional and personal boundaries.
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
- Respects the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
Desirable
- Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards this.
- Experience in insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes or willingness to work towards this.
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).