PRACTICE NURSE in Leeds

We are expanding our clinical capacity and looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic part time Practice Nurse to join our friendly dedicated team at Fountain Medical Centre.

Working as part of the Nursing team to deliver chronic disease management, childhood immunisations, cervical screening and travel vaccinations.

The ideal candidate should have excellent people, planning and organisational skills and able to manage your own workload.

The successful candidate will work alongside a multidisciplinary team made up of GP's, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists and Nursing team to provide treatment and a high standard of patient care.

Support, supervision and mentoring will be provided.

You will receive an attractive package of competitive salary, commensurate with experience and qualifications, NHS Pension, allocated study leave in addition to 27 days annual leave (pro rata) plus statutory bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

Key duties will include

• Undertake a range of chronic disease management appointments
• Undertake respiratory long term condition management
• Undertake cytology screening
• Provide childhood immunisations and travel vaccinations
• Provide wound care and dressing management
• Following agreed clinical protocols withreferral to lead nurse or GPs as appropriate

Must be a Registered General Nurse and holdfull registration with the NMC.

Chronic disease diplomas and Cytology certificate are essential.

Hours are 18-22.5 per week

About us

We are a dynamic, forward thinking training practice wishing to deliver locally innovative and integrated services to our practice population of approx 17500 patients.

We are a Systm One practice based in Morley, Leeds and our last CQC rating was good.

Our clinical team of GP's, ANP, practice employed Pharmacist and large nursing team work alongside an evolving team of network employed pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, first contact Physiotherapists, care co-ordinators/social prescribers which reduce our workload.

• Job responsibilities
• Clinical practice
• Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes that promotehealth and well-being
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients witha known long-term condition
• Proactivelyidentify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk ofdeveloping a long-term condition as appropriate
• Reviewmedication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs andin accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practiceprotocols
• Workwith patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments
• Provideinformation and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication onmedication regimens, side-effects and interactions
• Prioritisehealth problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient incomplex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effectiveemergency care
• Supportpatients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients tolive healthily, and apply principles of self-care
• Supportand manage cervical cytology consultations
• Implementand participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adultsand children
• Advise, support and administer vaccinations where appropriate for patientstravelling abroad
• Promoteand deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with auralconditions
• Meetthe needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care
• Communication
• Demonstratesensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed andconsent to treatment
• Communicatewith and support patients receiving bad news
• Communicateeffectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternativemethods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
• Anticipatebarriers to communication and take action to improve communication
• Estimateand maintain effective communication with individuals and groups withinthe practice environment and with external stakeholders
• Actas an advocate when representing patients and colleagues
• Delivering aquality service
• Recogniseand work within own competence and professional code of conduct asregulated by the NMC
• Produceaccurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotesquality
• Delivercare according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care
• Assesseffectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarkingand formal evaluation
• Participatein the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across thepractice
• Utilisethe audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of selfand the team, implementing improvements where required
• Collaborateon improving the quality of health care in partnership with other clinicalteams, responding to local and national policies and initiatives asappropriate
• Evaluatethe patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness ofcare
• Supportand participate in shared learning across the practice and widerorganisation
• Participatein the management and review of patient complaints, and identify learningfrom clinical incidents and near-miss events using a structured framework(eg root-cause analysis)
• Assessthe impact of policy implementation on care delivery
• Participatein the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback asappropriate
• Understandand apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable andabused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerableadult health procedure and local guidance
• Workwithin policies regarding family violence, vulnerable adults, substanceabuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
• Leadership personal and people development
• Takeresponsibility for own development learning and performance includingparticipating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model
• Supportthe development of others in order to maximise potential
• Activelypromote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone tolearn from each other and from external good practice
• Encourageothers to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledgeand skills, challenging any complacency and actions that are not in theinterest of the public and/or users of services
• Actas a clinical leader in the delivery of GPN services to patients, ensuringthat the needs of the patient are the priority
• Participatein planning and implementing changes within the area of care andresponsibility
• Workwith practice management to ensure sufficient staff of appropriateability, quality and skill-mix are available to meet current and futureservice delivery
• Contributeand participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols andstandards
• Participatein the planning and engagement of practice-based commissioning or similarinitiatives
• Ensureawareness of sources of support and guidance (eg PALS), and provideinformation in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising anydifficulties and referring where appropriate
• Promotethe role of the senior GPN in the provision of care
• Understandown role and scope, and identify how this may develop over time
• Workas an effective and responsible team member, supporting others andexploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
• Delegateclearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice andassessing competence
• Ensureclear referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need
• Prioritiseown workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embeddedwithin the culture of the team
• Workeffectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policiesimpacting upon care delivery
• Participatein team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
• Participatein and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team
• Management of risk
• Manageand assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measuresare in place to protect staff and patients
• Monitorwork areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards andconform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, proceduresand guidelines
• Ensuresafe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Overseethe monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usageaccording to legal requirements
• Supportmembers of the nursing team to undertake mandatory and statutory trainingrequirements
• Applyinfection-control measures within the practice according to local andnational guidelines
• Applypolicies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitiveand increase access to health care for all
• Participatein the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values andculture of general practice
• Usetechnology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information
• Reviewand process data using accurate Read codes to ensure easy and accurateretrieval for monitoring and audit processes
• Manageinformation searches using the internet and local library databases, forexample, the retrieval of relevant information for patients on theircondition
• Understandthe responsibility of self and others regarding the Freedom of Information Act
• Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team usingappropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care
• Learning anddevelopment
• Actas mentor to students, assessing competence against set standards asrequested and if appropriately qualified
• Disseminatelearning and information gained to other team members in order to sharegood practice and inform others about current and future developments
• Assessown learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
• Makeeffective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
• Providean educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in anenvironment that facilitates learning

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse
• Minimum 3 years post registration experience
• At least 2 years recent primary and community nursing experience
• Relevant qualifications for nurse led clinics
• Knowledge of management of patients with long-term conditions to diploma level
• Clinical skills - immunisation & vaccination, Cytology, sexual health and chronic disease nurse led clinic
• Knowledge of PGD and associated policy
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies and of local and national policies
• Experience of quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
• Knowledge and experience of working in primary care in a GP setting
• Independent/supplementary nurse prescribing qualification
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Knowledge of public health issues
• Community nursing specialist qualification or equivalent
• 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.

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