Practice Nurse

There is an opportunity for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly team at Bennfield Surgery. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic team player who is confident delivering a variety of nursing services to our practice list of around 8000 patients.

This is a permanent position for either 16 or 24 hours per week.

16 hours - Thursday 9am-6pm & Friday 9am-6pm

Job Summary:

To provide and maintain a high standard ofnursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between thenurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.

Ideally with an interest in diabetes and/or COPD but training in these skills would be offered.

Please refer the full job description for further details.

Overview of your organisation

We currently have a team of 24 at Bennfield Surgery. This includes 4 GP Partners, 1 Salaried GP, 2 GP Trainee Registrars, 1 ACP, 3 Nurses, 1 HCA, 6 Receptionists, a reception Team Leader, an Admin Supervisor and 2 Managers.

Job Summary:

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training. Ideally with an interest in diabetes and/or COPD but training in these skills would be offered.

Job Responsibilities:

Professional:

• Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection.
• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
• Running well person clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise. Facilitates change.
• Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor injuries.
• 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 abuse.
• Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear tests. Perform cervical cytology smear tests according to national guidance. (Have up to date PIN)
• Able to offer family planning advice
• Able to offer womens health advice
• 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).
• 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.

Administrative:

• Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
• Assist patients to identify their health needs.
• Contribute a nursing perspective to the Practice development plan.
• Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
• Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards.
• To attend staff meetings and protected learning sessions
• Ensure effective relationships and communications with the PHCT and other agencies.
• Support the Practice clinical governance agenda.
• Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines.

Educational:

• Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager.
• Participate in clinical supervision.
• Support others with their training and development needs.
• To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills.

Personnel:

• Maintain good multidisciplinary team approach.
• Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission.
• Co-operation with the Practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules.
• Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning.
• Facilitates a learning environment within the team.
• Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to…