Treatment Room Nurse in Bristol

REPORTS TO: Lead Nurse (Clinical issues) & Responsible to Lead Nursing Partner

SALARY: Depending on skills and experience

LENGTH: Maternity cover for approximately 12 months to cover maternity leave.

We are looking for a Maternity Cover Treatment Room Nurse to join our friendly and supportive practice in South Bristol close to the bustling harbourside and vibrant North Street. Bridge View Medical is an established practice and Primary Care Network in its own right. We have 5 sites in South Bristol with c39,000 patients cared for by a wonderful team of 150 dedicated Partners and staff. We are a larger practice with all the benefits this has to offer while still retaining a friendly and supportive culture. We are a teaching, training and research practice and recently became the proud recipient of South Bristol Academy Teaching Practice Award for our outstanding contribution to medical teaching. We operate a personalised patient list offering continuity of care as we strive to provide quality patient care and job satisfaction for our staff.

Main duties of the job

To provide nursing care to patients in participation with GPs or independently, working to agreed protocols.

About us

We are a 14 Partner and 22 Salaried GP practice, supported by a large team of Pharmacists (all prescribers), Physios, Paramedics, Dietitian, Physician Associate, ANPs, Nurses and HCAs. Most visits are carried out by our extended clinical team which includes our ANPs, Paramedics and Nurses. We have dedicated admin support including a docman team and a pharmacy hub for prescription queries together with an excellent team of Care Coordinators responsible for triaging and patient bookings. We are rated "Good" by CQC in all areas and rated "Excellent" as a training practice.

Job responsibilities

• Job Summary: To provide nursing care to patients in participation with GPs or independently, working to agreed protocols. Required skills (or a willingness to be trained) may include the following (but this list is not exhaustive):
• Vaccinations (with additional paediatric vaccination certification an advantage)
• Wound care management (including compression bandaging, in line with current evidence-based guidelines)
• Routine immunisations and vaccinations given under a Patient Group Direction
• Cervical Screening
• Management of Long-Term Conditions such as asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), diabetes
• Contraceptive pill checks / sexual health
• Other Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide emergency care to patients as necessary and attend annual Basic Life Support and Anaphylaxis training
• Chaperoning and assisting, where appropriate, patients who are being examined
• Undertake the collection, storage and dispatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment used, as per policy
• Assisting in the implementation and management of appropriate health and safety and infection control policies, as defined in local and national policies
• Contributes to management of stock and ordering stock where required
• Contributes to management of medicines and vaccines as per policy
• To recognise and appreciate that people, both colleagues and service users are different and to act in ways that are consistent with their needs and preferences
• To ensure that all mandatory training is completed as appropriate and does not become outstanding

Person Specification

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently and as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team
• Enthusiastic and motivated to learn new clinical skills where currently not trained
• Good time management with the ability to organise daily tasks and prioritise time sensitive tasks
• Able to deal with change in a rapidly changing environment
• Personable and approachable
• Hard working, reliable and resourceful
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Accountability of own role within a nurse-led service
• Able to build effective working relationships at all levels
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues in Primary Care
• Knowledge of the local and national health policy and the wider health economy

Experience

• Experience of working in teams within a clinical setting
• Willing to undertake training relevant to the position
• Accountable to own professional development and performance and act as a role model to others
• Experience within a Primary health care setting
• Experience in resource/medicine management
• Experience of using Microsoft office e.g. Word, Excel
• Use of clinical systems software e.g. EMIS
• Experience working with Patient Group Directions

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC PIN
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Qualifications and experience in the management of Long-Term Conditions such as asthma, COPD and diabetes

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.