Job summary
Job Title: General Practice Nurse Enhanced Access
Organisation: Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance (CRGPA)
Hours: Part-Time, Flexible Bank
Term: Bank
Reports to: Head of Patient Clinical Services
Accountable to: Chief Nursing and Clinical Patient Operations Officer
Salary £25.00 per hour
As one of our EA GPNs you will be expected to undertake
the following as part of their role:
Work independently to provide excellent
practice nursing care directly
to patients
Participate in the delivery of routine surveillance and screening.
Participate in the management of long-term conditions, contraceptive
services, wound care, immunisations and vaccinations.
Support the development of innovative and high-quality
nursing practice, offering
advice on service improvements based upon your experience and knowledge
of the needs of patients
Provide General Practice Nursing duties on behalf of the patients
General Practice and PCN.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties
Clinical
To work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.
To provide family planning advice
To administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol
To administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule
Monitoring of ongoing treatments.
To provide health education advice.
Perform cervical cytology
screening.
To provide opportunistic screening and advice on patients health.
To assist with planning and evaluating patient
care.
Clinical measurements including blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs
The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular injections
Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.
To provide Health
Promotion in areas
such as weight, smoking and alcohol.
Teaching patients and their family self-care where appropriate.
Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.
To work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness of evidence based and current
best practice.
To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.
To participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personal
professional development.
To participate in clinical supervision
Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection control
standards
To support the maintenance of appropriate
stock items in fridges and clinical areas and to adhere to cold chain policies
About us
The
Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is a private company limited by shares, wholly
owned by local Coventry and Rugby GP practices. As a GP led organisation, we
represent 50 GP practice shareholders and cover nearly 420,000 patients.
We describe
our work in terms of Supporting, Innovating, Developing and Educating - we
are on the S.I.D.E. of general practice and we have developed our Operational
Plans to describe what we are going to do over this year to ensure that we
continue to high quality, accessible and responsive services for both
practices and patients.
We have
identified key areas that we will focus on to build upon and improve our
existing services.
These are
our Strategic Priorities:
- Clinical
Service Improvement & Delivery
- Clinical
Innovation
- Primary
Care Development Practice and Network Support
- Training
and Education
- Integrated
Care
- Good
Governance
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an
outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required
for the role. The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required to fulfil the objectives of the team.
Do you want to a
role that allows for flexibility, and provides regular Saturday hours? Then our
Enhanced Access GPN positions are just for you
The Enhanced Access service operates on behalf of PCNs
across Coventry, Nuneaton and Atherstone, run from local General Practices.
As one of our EA GPNs you will be expected to undertake
the following as part of their role:
Work independently to provide excellent
practice nursing care directly
to patients
Participate in the delivery of routine surveillance and screening.
Participate in the management of long-term conditions, contraceptive
services, wound care, immunisations and vaccinations.
Support the development of innovative and high-quality
nursing practice, offering
advice on service improvements based upon your experience and knowledge
of the needs of patients
Provide General Practice Nursing duties on behalf of the patients
General Practice and PCN.
CRGPA JOB DESCRIPTION
Main Duties
Clinical
To work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.
To provide family planning advice
To administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol
To administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule
Monitoring of ongoing treatments.
To provide health education advice.
Perform cervical cytology
screening.
To provide opportunistic screening and advice on patients health.
To assist with planning and evaluating patient
care.
Clinical measurements including blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs
The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular injections
Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.
To provide Health
Promotion in areas
such as weight, smoking and alcohol.
Teaching patients and their family self-care where appropriate.
Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.
To work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness of evidence based and current
best practice.
To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.
To participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personal
professional development.
To participate in clinical supervision
Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection control
standards
To participate in the maintenance of medical equipment, ensuring
appropriate interim checks are
carried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated, and faults are reported
in line with policy.
To support the maintenance of appropriate
stock items in fridges and clinical areas and to adhere to cold chain policies
Record Maintenance
Keep contemporaneous clinical records using the computer system (paper records where appropriate),
recording clinical history and examination findings, interventions and
advice given.
Ensure documentation is in line with NMC guidance Stock Control & Equipment
Stock Control & Equipment
Have shared responsibility for the Treatment room stock and report
any stock shortages to the service
lead
Maintain nursing drugs and equipment reporting any
shortages/failures to the service lead
The duties of the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changed
by discussion with the post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.
CRGPA JOB DESCRIPTION
Who are Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance?
Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is a private company
limited by shares, wholly owned by local Coventry and Rugby GP practices. As a GP led organisation, we represent 54 GP
practice shareholders and cover
nearly 420,000 patients. We describe
our work in terms of Supporting, Innovating,
Developing and Educating - we are on
the S.I.D.E. of general practice to ensure
that we continue to high quality, accessible and responsive services for both
practices and patients.
We have identified key areas that we will focus on to build upon and improve our existing services. These are our Strategic Priorities:
Clinical Service Improvement & Delivery
Clinical Innovation
Primary Care Development Practice and Network Support
Training and Education
Integrated Care
Good Governance
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an
outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required
for the role. The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required to fulfil the objectives of the team.
Do you want to a
role that allows for flexibility, and provides regular Saturday hours? Then our
Enhanced Access GPN positions are just for you
The Enhanced Access service operates on behalf of PCNs
across Coventry, Nuneaton and Atherstone, run from local General Practices.
As one of our EA GPNs you will be expected to undertake
the following as part of their role:
Work independently to provide excellent
practice nursing care directly
to patients
Participate in the delivery of routine surveillance and screening.
Participate in the management of long-term conditions, contraceptive
services, wound care, immunisations and vaccinations.
Support the development of innovative and high-quality
nursing practice, offering
advice on service improvements based upon your experience and knowledge
of the needs of patients
Provide General Practice Nursing duties on behalf of the patients
General Practice and PCN.
CRGPA JOB DESCRIPTION
Main Duties
Clinical
To work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.
To provide family planning advice
To administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol
To administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule
Monitoring of ongoing treatments.
To provide health education advice.
Perform cervical cytology
screening.
To provide opportunistic screening and advice on patients health.
To assist with planning and evaluating patient
care.
Clinical measurements including blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs
The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular injections
Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.
To provide Health
Promotion in areas
such as weight, smoking and alcohol.
Teaching patients and their family self-care where appropriate.
Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.
To work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness of evidence based and current
best practice.
To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.
To participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personal
professional development.
To participate in clinical supervision
Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection control
standards
To participate in the maintenance of medical equipment, ensuring
appropriate interim checks are
carried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated, and faults are reported
in line with policy.
To support the maintenance of appropriate
stock items in fridges and clinical areas and to adhere to cold chain policies
Record Maintenance
Keep contemporaneous clinical records using the computer system (paper records where appropriate),
recording clinical history and examination findings, interventions and
advice given.
Ensure documentation is in line with NMC guidance Stock Control & Equipment
Stock Control & Equipment
Have shared responsibility for the Treatment room stock and report
any stock shortages to the service
lead
Maintain nursing drugs and equipment reporting any
shortages/failures to the service lead
The duties of the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changed
by discussion with the post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.
CRGPA JOB DESCRIPTION
Who are Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance?
Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is a private company
limited by shares, wholly owned by local Coventry and Rugby GP practices. As a GP led organisation, we represent 54 GP
practice shareholders and cover
nearly 420,000 patients. We describe
our work in terms of Supporting, Innovating,
Developing and Educating - we are on
the S.I.D.E. of general practice to ensure
that we continue to high quality, accessible and responsive services for both
practices and patients.
We have identified key areas that we will focus on to build upon and improve our existing services. These are our Strategic Priorities:
Clinical Service Improvement & Delivery
Clinical Innovation
Primary Care Development Practice and Network Support
Training and Education
Integrated Care
Good Governance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant nursing/health degree/qualification
- Registered first level nurse
- Registered with NMC
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration nursing experience
- Experience of working in community / primary care
- Management of long-term conditions
- Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines
- Experience of audit
Desirable
- Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant nursing/health degree/qualification
- Registered first level nurse
- Registered with NMC
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration nursing experience
- Experience of working in community / primary care
- Management of long-term conditions
- Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines
- Experience of audit
Desirable
- Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
