Job summary
We
have an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse to join our expanding team at
one of our Wirral sites.
We
value teamwork, mutual support and a friendly working environment. We are
looking for NMC registered professionals. You will have Practice Nurse
experience in general practice.
Main
duties will include the assessment and treatment of patients - please see the
job description for more information.
Hours
are on a full or part-time basis and exact hours can be negotiated.
Contact: joe.bloggs123@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
- Undertake a range of nursing assessments and provide appropriate care / treatment in conjunction with GPs according to practice policy, protocols etc.
- Strive to improve standards of care and be involved in identifying practice population needs.
- Chronic Disease management is an essential part of the role as well as the mentoring of our Health Care Assistants.
- Knowledge of the GMS contract, e.g. The Quality and Outcomes Framework, LES/DES is a vital element of the post.
About us
Our organisation was recently formed because of a recent merger. We now look to provide integrated mental
health as well as physical health care across the whole county.
The Hospital provides several services alongside our Inpatient wards in
a spacious and modern. We provide clinical inpatient care. The Hospital is set in the beautiful market
town of Springfield in a semi-rural
position that has the bonus of being near the motorway We offer
a number of staff benefits which includes free staff parking as well as
a salary sacrifice car purchase scheme. It
is the organisations view that any costs associated with moving house to take
up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent
people we need; therefore, we support staff to relocate with our relocation
policy.
To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will
process and store your data please read the Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice
prior to applying for the role.
Candidates for any staff appointment should indicate upon application
whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a
relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may
render them liable to dismissal.....
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional Responsibilities
- Assist GP's to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients with chronic diseases as detailed by the Quality and Outcomes framework.
- Contribute towards the development of policies / protocols / guidelines within the practice.
- Aid the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services.
- Formulate reports as required for the practice manager.
- Support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in conjunction with the practice nursing team.
- Encourage the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice based teams and multidisciplinary working.
- Promote the continuing professional development of yourself and HCAs within the practice.
- Recognise the opportunities for working in partnership with the Primary Health care team.
- Participate in an annual appraisal.
Leadership
Provide professional and managerial support to, health care assistants and
review and monitoring of patients within primary care.
- Offer guidance and support to health care assistants to improve standards ofcare if needed.
- Participate in chronic disease management clinics within the practice if askedand only after appropriate training, & provide practical assistance andprofessional advice to achieve minimum standards of care.
- Provide clinical input where required alongside practice nurses, particularlynewly appointed nurses and GPs, to assist in skill development and sharingof best practice.
- Delegate to others, with appropriate skills, knowledge and competence.
- Encourage nursing practice in line with relevant evidence based research.
- Act as a resource to the general public, patients within the health caresystem and their families, carers and various healthcare professionals.
Clinical
- Work alongside Health Care Assistants to help develop their skills.
- Support the practice in achieving quality indicators and targets of the GMScontract and any relevant National Service Frameworks.
- Undertake opportunistic screening when clinically required.
- Perform occasional venepuncture and electrocardiography
- Undertake wound care/ management/dressing techniques.
- Carry out ear examination and syringing, following appropriate training andassessment.
- Undertake male, female and family planning assessments, give advice andrefer patients appropriately - following appropriate training.
- Perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness - followingappropriate training.
- Administer adult and paediatric injections under an individualised prescriptionor Patient Group Direction, ensuring safe storage, rotation and disposal ofvaccines and drugs.
- Lead specific chronic disease management. e.g. diabetes, respiratory,epilepsy, CHD etc. following appropriate training.
- Contribute to the maintenance of the practice diseases registers.
- Provide advice on lifestyle issues, assist and support patients in changingtheir unhealthy behaviours and refer appropriately.
- Provide an adult and childhood immunisation service working to PatientGroup Directions - following appropriate training if required.
- Delivers travel health care, including vaccinations and advice for patients -following appropriate training if required.
- Recognise the signs of child abuse, family violence, vulnerable adults,substance abuse, addictive behaviours, suicidal tendencies and be aware oflocal, referral procedures.
- Ensure that current evidence based approaches to patient are standardpractice
- Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling of laboratoryspecimens, disposing of waste materials, dealing with blood and body fluidsspillages and report and treat sharps injuries.
- Undertake first aid and management of emergencies, eg burns,haemorrhage, hypo/hyperglycaemic emergencies/asthma attacks.
- Undertake annual training and demonstrates competency in anaphylaxis andresuscitation techniques
Research, Audit and Quality
- Encourage the development of a practice audit strategy and action plan forPrimary Care.
- Contribute to the provision of equitable, high quality services for patients inthe locality.
- Help support the integration across primary, secondary and tertiary careservices.
- Maintain an interest in national research initiatives and disseminateappropriate information to health professionals if asked to do so.
- Ensure all care is evidence based using up to date validated literature.
- Contribute to research and development programmes where required toimprove clinical practice.
Education and Training
- Provide professional advice /support to health care professionals within thePrimary health care team
- Following identified training needs, participate in training and facilitation ofother practice nurses & health care assistants.
- Provide mentorship and guidance for health care assistants
- Participate in partnership programmes of awareness raising, detection andprevention of chronic diseases.
- Maintain a level of expertise in specific chronic disease management (whenappropriate) and other pertinent areas of health care, and seek to developnew and improved skills.
- Advise members of the public on the concepts of health promotion,education, prevention and protection.
- Seek out new knowledge of nursing and health by reading, enquiring andpartaking in continuous education programme.
- Take responsibility for personal development and education including inservicetraining.
- Direct, supervise and help mentor nurses and health care assistants in theclinical setting.
- Actively participate in multidisciplinary education and training.
- Monitor and maintain consistency of professional standards and takeappropriate action if standards are not met.
- Maintain professional development by attending relevant courses and studydays to keep abreast of current knowledge and developments.
- Abide by the legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice andrecord and maintain periodic professional registration with RCN & NMC.
- Participate in an annual appraisal.
- Completing all mandatory training modules as specified by the OrganisationQuality
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, eitherdirectly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and teamactivities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance theteams performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication
- Maintain communication and liaise with other disciplines across primary,secondary and tertiary care services as and when necessary.
- Contribute to and work effectively within the primary care team
- Contribute to and work effectively within the primary care team
- Assist in clinical audit and the setting and monitoring of standards of care.
- Maintain accurate patient records
- Advise and support other members of the team aiming towards commonobjectives.
COMPETENCE
You are responsible for limiting your actions to those, which you feel competentto undertake. If you have any doubts about your competence during the courseof your duties you should immediately speak to the Lead Clinician in the firstinstance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional Responsibilities
- Assist GP's to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients with chronic diseases as detailed by the Quality and Outcomes framework.
- Contribute towards the development of policies / protocols / guidelines within the practice.
- Aid the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services.
- Formulate reports as required for the practice manager.
- Support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in conjunction with the practice nursing team.
- Encourage the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice based teams and multidisciplinary working.
- Promote the continuing professional development of yourself and HCAs within the practice.
- Recognise the opportunities for working in partnership with the Primary Health care team.
- Participate in an annual appraisal.
Leadership
Provide professional and managerial support to, health care assistants and
review and monitoring of patients within primary care.
- Offer guidance and support to health care assistants to improve standards ofcare if needed.
- Participate in chronic disease management clinics within the practice if askedand only after appropriate training, & provide practical assistance andprofessional advice to achieve minimum standards of care.
- Provide clinical input where required alongside practice nurses, particularlynewly appointed nurses and GPs, to assist in skill development and sharingof best practice.
- Delegate to others, with appropriate skills, knowledge and competence.
- Encourage nursing practice in line with relevant evidence based research.
- Act as a resource to the general public, patients within the health caresystem and their families, carers and various healthcare professionals.
Clinical
- Work alongside Health Care Assistants to help develop their skills.
- Support the practice in achieving quality indicators and targets of the GMScontract and any relevant National Service Frameworks.
- Undertake opportunistic screening when clinically required.
- Perform occasional venepuncture and electrocardiography
- Undertake wound care/ management/dressing techniques.
- Carry out ear examination and syringing, following appropriate training andassessment.
- Undertake male, female and family planning assessments, give advice andrefer patients appropriately - following appropriate training.
- Perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness - followingappropriate training.
- Administer adult and paediatric injections under an individualised prescriptionor Patient Group Direction, ensuring safe storage, rotation and disposal ofvaccines and drugs.
- Lead specific chronic disease management. e.g. diabetes, respiratory,epilepsy, CHD etc. following appropriate training.
- Contribute to the maintenance of the practice diseases registers.
- Provide advice on lifestyle issues, assist and support patients in changingtheir unhealthy behaviours and refer appropriately.
- Provide an adult and childhood immunisation service working to PatientGroup Directions - following appropriate training if required.
- Delivers travel health care, including vaccinations and advice for patients -following appropriate training if required.
- Recognise the signs of child abuse, family violence, vulnerable adults,substance abuse, addictive behaviours, suicidal tendencies and be aware oflocal, referral procedures.
- Ensure that current evidence based approaches to patient are standardpractice
- Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling of laboratoryspecimens, disposing of waste materials, dealing with blood and body fluidsspillages and report and treat sharps injuries.
- Undertake first aid and management of emergencies, eg burns,haemorrhage, hypo/hyperglycaemic emergencies/asthma attacks.
- Undertake annual training and demonstrates competency in anaphylaxis andresuscitation techniques
Research, Audit and Quality
- Encourage the development of a practice audit strategy and action plan forPrimary Care.
- Contribute to the provision of equitable, high quality services for patients inthe locality.
- Help support the integration across primary, secondary and tertiary careservices.
- Maintain an interest in national research initiatives and disseminateappropriate information to health professionals if asked to do so.
- Ensure all care is evidence based using up to date validated literature.
- Contribute to research and development programmes where required toimprove clinical practice.
Education and Training
- Provide professional advice /support to health care professionals within thePrimary health care team
- Following identified training needs, participate in training and facilitation ofother practice nurses & health care assistants.
- Provide mentorship and guidance for health care assistants
- Participate in partnership programmes of awareness raising, detection andprevention of chronic diseases.
- Maintain a level of expertise in specific chronic disease management (whenappropriate) and other pertinent areas of health care, and seek to developnew and improved skills.
- Advise members of the public on the concepts of health promotion,education, prevention and protection.
- Seek out new knowledge of nursing and health by reading, enquiring andpartaking in continuous education programme.
- Take responsibility for personal development and education including inservicetraining.
- Direct, supervise and help mentor nurses and health care assistants in theclinical setting.
- Actively participate in multidisciplinary education and training.
- Monitor and maintain consistency of professional standards and takeappropriate action if standards are not met.
- Maintain professional development by attending relevant courses and studydays to keep abreast of current knowledge and developments.
- Abide by the legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice andrecord and maintain periodic professional registration with RCN & NMC.
- Participate in an annual appraisal.
- Completing all mandatory training modules as specified by the OrganisationQuality
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, eitherdirectly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and teamactivities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance theteams performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication
- Maintain communication and liaise with other disciplines across primary,secondary and tertiary care services as and when necessary.
- Contribute to and work effectively within the primary care team
- Contribute to and work effectively within the primary care team
- Assist in clinical audit and the setting and monitoring of standards of care.
- Maintain accurate patient records
- Advise and support other members of the team aiming towards commonobjectives.
COMPETENCE
You are responsible for limiting your actions to those, which you feel competentto undertake. If you have any doubts about your competence during the courseof your duties you should immediately speak to the Lead Clinician in the firstinstance.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
- Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
- 1st level registered nurse
Desirable
- Qualified in Phlebotomy
- Qualified to NVQ level 3
- 998 or other recognised teaching course
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
- Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
- 1st level registered nurse
Desirable
- Qualified in Phlebotomy
- Qualified to NVQ level 3
- 998 or other recognised teaching course
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
