Bank Practice Nurse

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Location Hastings Hub

As a Bank Practice Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care, working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct. You will provide assessment, treatment, screening, and health education to our patients, working independently and alongside our team of nurses and GPs.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in smear testing, chronic disease management, asthma, diabetes, wound care, health screening, and risk assessment.

As a clinical member of the team, the successful candidate will be responsible for the safe and effective delivery and future development of the overall service, working towards the achievement of the Practice aims and objectives and supporting the delivery of the Practice business plan.

• Management of chronic disease
• Identifying significant abnormalities.
• Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals.
• Ensuring that all investigations required for QOF or Enhanced services are carried out and coded efficiently in patient records.
• Carry out appropriate tests i.e Spirometry, reversibility.

• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using an holistic patient-centred approach.
• Recognising abnormalities.
• Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.

• Assessing routine wounds including trauma.
• Assessing [and prescribing] to support good wound management in complex situations e.g. use of Doppler technique.

• Identifying significant abnormalities.
• Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues.
• Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified.

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domestic violence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems).

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer e.g. women and men health, sexual health, older people.
• Undertaking monitoring tasks e.g. smears and providing advice as appropriate.
• Providing in depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the postholders specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans.

• Administering injections and providing guidance in accordance with guidelines.
• Identifying problems.
• Provision of specialist and evidence based support to the team.

• Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously.
• Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.

• Assisting the general practitioner and/or undertaking some simple procedures.

• Providing routine ear care.
• Dealing with more complex problems and prescribing if appropriate.

• Communicating with key workers.
• Administering appropriate prescribed therapies and monitoring for side effects.

• Provide a safe and comfortable environment for the patient.
• Clear awareness on patient consent.
• Follow practice policy.

• Follow practice policy.
• Awareness of safe and comfortable procedure.

• Awareness of National Framework & local objectives.
• Identifying significant abnormalities.
• Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues.
• Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified.

• As per practice policy.

• Assessment.
• Follow practice policy.
• Carry out procedure safely and in line with Infection Control procedures.

• Carry out reviews following local policy.

• Leading Nursing Team.
• Holding one to ones, supervision and appraisals.
• Supporting team members.
• Analysing workforce needs, training opportunities and further support required.
• Managing and supporting change.

• Understanding of confidential information
• System One IT experience

• Friendly and understanding manner
• Confident
• Able to work as part of a team or individually
• A flexible approach to work
• A patient centred focus

• NMC Nursing Qualification
• Experience leading a team
• Experience of one to ones / appraisals
• Experience of managing Infection Control procedures / protocols

• Experience and ability to work with the general public

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