Care Home​/Housebound Frailty Nurse

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, as well as providing nursing assistance to other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced Band 6 or 7 (depending on experience) Nurse and anyadditional roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate,having regard to current training.

Job responsibilities:

Professional

• Facilitating change by providing holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise
• Assessing and holistic assessment for Long-term condition and contributing to an MDT approach for patient care
• Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness.
• Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child/adult abuse.
• Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines
• Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines
• Suture removal
• Take ECGs
• Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines
• Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines
• Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written)
• Ability to carry out discussions and implement personalised care plans
• Ability to discuss and implement DNACPR as necessary
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained
• Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilizer and emergency equipment
• Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times

Carlisle Healthcare is a large

NHS general practice partnership formed in 2016 following the merger of three established practices in the city. We operate over three sites and have aregistered population of approximately 40,500 people.

We are also a single practice

Primary Care Network. We have welcomed and embraced the opportunities thisgives us to innovate and redesign the delivery of comprehensive primary care.

We are a large team including:

• 18 GPs
• 12 ANPs
• Home visiting team (including ANPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Occupational Therapists, Frailty Co-ordinators)
• Social Prescribing Link Worker
• First Contact Physiotherapists
• Primary Care Mental Health Workers
• 28 Practice nurses and HCAs
• Senior management and administrative support teams
• We also work in collaboration with a number of clinicians who work remotely to augment clinical capacity

We are a busy and innovative practice. We aim to deliver the best service for patients whilst recognisingthe finite resources that we have to hand. We also value the importance of supporting our administrative and clinical staff and colleagues with their ownwell-being aspiring to achieve a high level of professional satisfaction within our teams.

We are a GP training practice andalso have learners in a number of disciplines and at different stages(including medical students, nursing students, advanced clinical practitioner sand apprentices).

Job responsibilities:

Professional

Facilitating change by providing holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise

Assessing and holistic assessment for Long-term condition and contributing to an MDT approach for patient care

Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness.

Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines

Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child/adult abuse.

Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines

Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines

Suture removal

Take ECGs

Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines

Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines

Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written)

Ability to carry out discussions and implement personalised care plans

Ability to discuss and implement DNACPR as necessary

Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained

Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilizer and emergency equipment

• Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times

Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice

Organise and co-ordinate the provision of nursing services for the practice, to include the delegation of duties to other staff as appropriate

Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently, meeting agreed protocols

Provide general and specific health screenings to practice patients (within agreed protocols) with…