Practice Nurse in Suffolk

Ready to revolutionise healthcare? Join our Burlington Primary Care Team! We are an inner-town GP practice in Ipswich, where innovation meets heart, and we are on the hunt for a passionate person to join our team. Here is your chance to be part of something truly special.

Why Ipswich? Ipswich is a town with a rich history and a bright future. Enjoy the best of both worlds, urban convenience combined with leafy countryside and coastal charm right on your doorstep, plus easy access to London, Norwich and Cambridge (just over an hour). Ready to make waves in a community that values and appreciates the difference you make? Apply now!

Complete your application on NHS Jobs or send your CV and a cover letter to Sharonmeers@nhs.net. We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so don't wait, your new adventure starts here. Join us as we work to achieve our audacious goal of being the best place to work and to be a patient in East Anglia!

Main duties of the job

• Compassionate care giver: dedicated to providing top-notch service to every patient.
• Team enthusiast: thrive in a team setting and contribute positively to our close-knit crew.
• Innovator at heart: excited by the chance to implement new healthcare models and embrace technology to enhance patient outcomes.
• Cultural connector: understand and respect the diverse backgrounds of our patients, offering care that meets their unique needs.
• Excellence seeker: strive for excellence in everything you do.

The Nitty-Gritty:

• Ideally experience in the primary care healthcare setting.
• Stellar communication and interpersonal skills.
• Team player with a dash of independence.

The Benefits:

• NHS Pension with 14.38% employer contribution plus additional centrally funded contribution.
• 6 weeks annual leave + bank holidays.
• Opportunity to progress with a career development plan.
• Support with training.
• Monthly well-being staff and team building events organised by the staff well-being team.
• Staff well-being room as well as an outside garden space with vegetable patch.
• Personalised fleece jacket.

About us

Nestled in the vibrant heart of Ipswich, our practice serves a multicultural patient population facing unique challenges. With high levels of deprivation, our community needs healthcare heroes like you who are ready to step up and transform lives. We're not just another GP practice; we are a beacon of hope, innovation, and compassion.

• Innovative spirit: We're always exploring cutting-edge solutions to improve patient care and streamline our practice.
• Community champions: Get involved in ground-breaking community health initiatives that make a real difference beyond the clinic doors.
• Growth galore: You'll have endless opportunities to learn, grow, and advance your career.
• Work-Life harmony: Enjoy a supportive environment that respects your time and wellbeing.
• Family vibes: We're more than colleagues; we're family. We support each other, laugh together, and tackle challenges as a united front.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an enthusiastic, people person to join our friendly, hard-working Nursing team. Burlington Primary Care has approximately 17,000 patients from a wide variety of backgrounds all with differing needs. Our Practice Nurses have a varied and interesting workload, dealing with patients either face to face, by telephone or by group consultation. The working hours will be 37.5 hours per week with shifts to be Monday - Friday between the hours of 7am - 6.30pm (exact shifts to be agreed with successful candidate). We offer a very generous package of 6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays and entry into the NHS pension scheme.

Main duties of the job

• Contraception and family planning.
• Long term condition reviews.
• ECG recording.
• Smears.
• Wound care.
• Injections/vaccinations.
• Childhood immunisations.
• Health and wellbeing promotion.
• Dopplers.
• Travel vaccinations and advice.

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE: To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care, in conjunction with nursing team colleagues, to the practice population. To focus both in the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with long-term conditions and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population. To provide nursing care to practice patients to include primary care treatment, preventative care, screening and education.

2. DIMENSIONS: The post holder will be required to take an active role to support efficient and effective service delivery to the practice population of approximately 16,500 patients. To take an active role in supporting the practice to maximise achievement against local and national targets in respect of the PMS contract, QOF and Enhanced Services. To attend any relevant Practice meetings.

3. KEY RESULTS AREAS:

• To provide assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.
• To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment of any specific clinical specialism/pathway advertised for the post (e.g. asthma, diabetes etc.).
• To work as an integral part of the practice nursing team in organising the provision of nursing services (where applicable) for the practice.
• Provide nursing treatments to patients.
• Provide general health screenings and health promotion to the practice patients.
• Advise patients on minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary.
• Provide general wound care (no compression), post-operative, wound packing, lower leg.
• Participate in national screening work such as cervical cytology and delivery of national immunisation and vaccination schedules.
• Provision of effective chronic disease management programmes to the practice population according to agreed protocols.
• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens e.g. swabs, smears.
• Perform investigative procedures e.g. ECG and spirometry.
• Provide family planning and sexual health screening and advice.

2. Administrative and professional responsibilities:

• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.
• Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded contemporaneously in the patients' computerised record and where appropriate, in their written notes using SystmOne.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.

3. Treatment room supplies and equipment:

• Clean relevant equipment and maintain supplies of appropriate consumables in accordance with the Practice infection control policy.
• Maintain effective communication and coordination with other members of the multidisciplinary practice nursing team.
• Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.

6. Professional Development:

• Attend and participate in meetings with other members of the practice team.
• Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful and necessary for professional development or the work being undertaken by the practice.
• To undertake a yearly annual review in accordance with the Practice Performance Management System.
• To maintain any status/registrations required to undertake the duties of the role (e.g. re-validation).
• To ensure all CCG and Practice structured learning programmes are kept up-to-date (e.g. Mandatory training, e-Learning etc.).

7. Infection Control:

• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory/contractual/professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.
• Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements.
• Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff.
• Hand hygiene.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes.
• Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc. are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
• Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial/corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management.
• Undertaking periodic infection control training.
• Routine management of own team/team areas.
• Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection.
• Spillage control procedures, management and training.
• Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance.

Person Specification

Experience: Experience of working as a qualified nurse (ideally some in Primary Care, but hospital background can be accepted for entry-level). Evidence of delivering health promotion and disease prevention. Experience in managing and supporting patients with long-term conditions (e.g. asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension).

Knowledge and skills: Knowledge of current nursing practice, NMC Code, infection control, safeguarding. Ability to undertake long-term condition reviews, wound care, immunisations, cervical cytology (depending on training). Good understanding of primary care and GP practice environment. Good IT skills (clinical systems like EMIS/SystmOne, Microsoft Office). Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Qualifications: Registered Nurse (Adult) with the NMC (current PIN). Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD). Post-registration qualifications relevant to Primary Care (e.g. cervical cytology, immunisations, contraception, chronic disease). Additional chronic disease diplomas (e.g. Diabetes diploma, Asthma/COPD diploma).

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.