General Practice Nurse

Job responsibilities

Inspire Health is looking to appoint an experienced practice nurse to join our very friendly and progressive nursing team. This post has only become available due to retirement. Our team is rare as it is filled with enthusiastic, caring and highly skilled professionals who work incredibly as a team and offer great support to one another. There isn't another like it! As a result it's a very lovely environment to work in despite the pressures faced by primary care.

We would ideally like to recruit a team member with experience of long term condition management in primary care, in particular knowledge in the management of asthma and COPD although this is not essential. The Practice Nurse would also have some or all of the specialist clinical skills required to work within primary care such as childhood immunisations, cervical screening, INR's, wound care knowledge etc...

For this positionwe would not consider newly qualified nurses or registered nursing associates as we already have a newly qualified nurse and a nurse associate within our team. This is because we have to consider the skill mix and the level of support and supervision required which impacts the existing teams workload.

Please see the attached job description and person specifications for more information.

Personal Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work autonomously/independently and within the team.
• Able to identify and prioritise time sensitive workload and projects, including time management within consultations.
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively using a variety of methods, including written, verbal and electronic.
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic
• Team player
• Flexibility in relation to working hours, sites and duties
• Committed to achieving a sensible work/life balance
• Commitment to work within a multicultural community
• Ability to contribute to team decisions
• Willingness to do occasional weekend or evening sessions for specific reasons such as flu and covid clinics when asked. This should be shared and there is an expectation that everyone does a share.

Desirable

• Willing to do home visits for our housebound patients when required. This may be on foot to suitable locations if required and do not have access to a car or a driving licence so that this is shared.
• Clean driving license and car access on working days

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse must be an Adult RN / RGN - not Nursing Associate
• Not newly qualified RN or qualifying
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Willingness to gain qualifications and skills where the applicant does not yet hold these skills if there is a practice need.

Desirable

• General Practice Nurse Qualification
• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Spirometry qualified - ideally ARTP registered but not essential. Understanding of spirometry assessment, procedure and interpretation.
• Diplomas or evidence of suitable training in long term conditions such as diabetes, asthma and COPD.
• Mentoring / teaching qualification
• Clinical supervision experience
• Child and adult immunisation training and experience
• Cervical Screening training and experience
• Wound care knowledge and training
• Travel Health training and experience
• Mentoring / teaching experience
• Spirometry assessment, procedure and interpretation
• Contraception and HRT reviews and initiation of medicines
• INR / anticoagulation training and experience
• Venepuncture.
• LARC qualification and experience
• Ear care training and experience (ear irrigation or micro-suction)

Wider Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of accountability of own role and within the context of the wider team
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant legal issues e.g GDPR, confidentiality, health and safety, safeguarding, domestic violence/vulnerable adults
• Knowledge of local and national health policy.
• Knowledge of wider health economy within primary care and NHS.
• Understanding measures that are required to provide appropriate, accessible and sensitive primary health care services

Desirable

• Understanding of QOF (Quality Outcomes Framework)
• Knowledge of national public health issues and local patient population
• Able to identify determinants on health in the area
• Clinical governance issues in primary care
• Knowledge of patient group directions, patient specific directions and associated policy
• Willing to do home visits for our housebound patients when required. This may be on foot to suitable locations if required and do not have access to a car or a driving licence so that this is shared.
• Clean driving license and car access on working days

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years post registration experience ideally within a general practice setting.
• Able to work well within a team and a knowledge of team dynamics
• Some experience in the management of patients with chronic diseases such as but not restricted to; diabetes, COPD, asthma, CKD, HTN, CVD.
• Recent general practice and /or relevant nursing experience.
• Ability to work across in different settings related to this role as and when required
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic
• Team player
• Flexibility in relation to working hours, sites and duties

Desirable

• Developing protocols and clinical guidelines
• Auditing experience
• Specialist interest in diabetes, COPD or asthma.

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).