Practice Nurse Extended Skills - Diabetes

Practice Nurse with Extended Skills - Diabetes

An exciting replacement rolehas opened for a motivated, professional, and caring Practice Nurse with a Diabetes qualification to join our supportive multi-disciplinary team. Working across our two site practice, we provide high-quality care to a diverse population of 16,000 patients.

We are looking for a dedicated professional who thrives in a team environment and can demonstrate excellent, patient-centred care with compassion and professionalism. The successful candidate will work alongside the rest of the clinical team to manage chronic disease, while also supporting general practice nursing duties, using Systm One for all clinical record-keeping.

• Collaborative Diabetes Care:
  Work alongside our current Diabetes Nurse to deliver comprehensive assessment, treatment, and lifestyle advice for patients with diabetes.
• General Nursing Care:
  Deliver core treatment room services, including but not limited to; immunisations, cervical screening, and wound management.
• Clinical System Utilization:
  Maintain accurate, comprehensive, and contemporaneous patient records using Systm One.
• Multidisciplinary
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work collaboratively within our multi-disciplinary team (including GPs, ANPs, Practice Nurses, TNA, HCAs and AHPs) to support patient care pathways
• Quality Frameworks:
  Support the practice in achieving the Quality Outcomes Framework indicators and local quality initiatives related to diabetes.

The Midland Medical Company operates across Park Avenue and Kings Heath Practice to deliver high-quality primary care services to our patients.

We are a diverse, multi-professional team including GPs, ANPs, Practice Nurses, TNAs, HCAs, AHPs, and dedicated administrative support. As atraining practice, we value a supportive environment where staff feel empowered to develop and upskill, ensuring we consistently provide the highest standard of care.

Clinical safety is central to our culture; our staff are supported daily by a dedicated duty team consisting of a General Practitioner and an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. Our core ethos is to ensure our team is well-equipped to deliver the best evidence-based knowledge and support to our patient community, while maintaining high clinical standards, robust clinical governance, patient safety, and confidentiality.

Working with us comes with competitive benefits package including 6 weeks paid annual leave and entry into the NHS pension scheme.

Job Description for Practice Nurse with Extended Skills MMC

Title
Practice Nurse with extended skills

Hours of duty
tobe agreed on appointment

Responsible to
Director of Nursing MMC

Accountable to
Board of Directors MMC

Job Summary

The post holder, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide a high standard of nursing care for MMC patients,including clinical assessment, treatment, and evaluation of care. They will undertake all duties usually expected within the Practice Nurse role, alongsideadditional responsibilities reflecting their extended skills in long termcondition management and independent prescribingwithin their scope of competence.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the generalpractice team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures, and contribute to high quality, evidence basedcare. They may be required to work across MMC practices and the PCN where necessary.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Practice

Core Practice Nurse Duties

Holistic clinical assessment and management of patientswithin scope of practice.

Support patients to adhere to prescribed treatments and self management plans.

Childhood and adult vaccinations under PGDs.

Cervical cytology and smear testing.

Wound care and dressings.

Contraception advice and monitoring.

ECG recording.

Administration of injections.

Obtain and document informed consent and capacityassessments.

Ensure infection control standards are maintained.

Monitor and maintain clinical stock and equipment.

Recognise and respond to emergency conditions such asanaphylaxis and cardiac arrest.

Promote health education and selfcarestrategies.

Home visits for chronic disease monitoring and vaccinationdelivery.

Maintain uptodate clinical skills and attendnursing team meetings.

Comply with MMC policies and procedures.

Extended Skills Responsibilities

The post holder will undertake additional duties aligned with their extended competencies:

Long term condition (LTC) management,including structured reviews for conditions such as asthma, COPD, diabetes,hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.

Medication titration within scope of competence, utilisinglocal guidelines.

Independent prescribing within scope of competence, ensuring safe, evidence based prescribing practice.

Targeted clinical examination relevant to LTC management within scope of competence.

Contribute to personalised care planning for patients withchronic conditions.

Provide clinical advice to colleagues within definedboundaries.

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