General Practice Nurse (Fixed Term - Maternity Cover)

Employer: Ivy Grove

Location: Ripley, Derbyshire

Salary: Salary dependant on experience.

Further information: Fixed term maternity cover - negotiable hours from 20 hours to full time. Must include Monday and Friday.

Must hold a recognised qualification in diabetes care or equivalent demonstrable experience in diabetes management.

Job responsibilities:

• Manage long term condition templates and recalls using clinical system.
• Chronic disease management to include but not limited to Diabetes (specialist is desirable), CVA, cardiovascular risk management, Heart failure, CKD, AF, Hypertension.
• Chronic disease management to include but not limited to Respiratory, Asthma & COPD (interest and specialist is desirable).
• Prescribing nurse desirable but not essential.
• Carry out cervical screening and sexual health services.
• Perform wound care, dressings, removal of sutures and refer appropriately to wound clinic.
• Assist with treatment room procedures - minor ops and coil clinics.
• Vaccination and immunisation for adults, children and travel.
• Monitor, interpret and act upon clinical observations and test results.
• Provide patient education and self-management support in accordance with National schedules.
• Undertake patient assessments, care planning and regular reviews in line with national and local guidelines.
• Ordering medical supplies.
• Knowledge of infection prevention and control – ensure compliance with infection control policies.
• INR point of contact monitoring and advise.
• Health promotion and prevention care and advise, participate in screening programmes and health preventative initiatives.
• Identify safeguarding concerns and elevate appropriately.

Administrative and quality responsibilities:

• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential patient records.
• Contribute to Quality and outcomes (QOF) targets and audits.
• Participate in clinical audits, service development and quality improvement activities.

Professional Responsibilities:

• Work autonomously within professional scope of practice.
• Maintain up to date knowledge and skills through continuous professional development.
• Adhere to NMC Code of professional Conduct at all times.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Organised, reliable and able to prioritise workload effectively.
• Patient focused approach with a commitment to high quality care.
• Flexible and adaptable to service needs.
• Gets on well with people at all levels.
• Demonstrable commitment to professional development.
• Willingness to contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Interest in developing diabetes service within primary care.
• Interest in delivering respiratory services with primary care.

Experience:

• Registered nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration.
• Recognised qualification in diabetes care or equivalent demonstrable experience in diabetes management.
• Recognised qualification in Asthma/COPD/Spirometry or equivalent demonstrable experience in managing respiratory patients.
• Substantial experience working as a General Practice Nurse in primary care setting.
• Experience managing patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
• Demonstrable experience of initiating, titrating and monitoring insulin therapy.
• Experience delivering structured long term care.
• Experience working autonomously and managing own caseload.
• Experience managing all long term conditions.
• Experience of QOF and chronic disease management templates.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Experience using Emis.

To apply for this position please submit your CV to Samantha Mair at Samantha.mair1@nhs.net.