Practice Nurse

Eden Park Surgery is looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly general practice team.

Main duties of the job:

• The role involves delivering evidence based nursing care, including immunisations, travel vaccines, cervical screening, chronic disease management, particularly asthma and COPD, infection prevention & control and wound care.
• You’ll work autonomously within the practice, support public health programmes, contribute to quality improvement and clinical governance, and maintain clinical records on Emis Web.

About us:

Eden Park Surgery is a friendly and caring practice of 8,500 patients based in Beckenham. With four GP partners, one salaried GP, two ANPs, a specialist diabetic nurse, clinical pharmacists and more, you will be well supported both clinically and administratively.

Job responsibilities:

• Support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and work to the IPC Policy.
• Consult with patients and their families to undertake assessments of patient need.
• Support in the long‑term condition management within the organisation, including involving quality improvement and assurance initiatives.
• Develop, implement and embed an effective care management programme for the frail and house‑bound patients registered with the organisation.
• Support public health and screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations, and cervical screening and also provide opportunistic health promotion advice.
• Embed population health management approaches within general practice, targeting health inequalities and improving access.
• Provide routine nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSW.
• Support any new‑to‑practice nurses and other healthcare professionals within the organisation.
• Teach and advise patients and their families on how to manage their condition.
• Participate in clinical audits and research projects and implement changes as required, including supporting with the development, and updating of practice protocols/guidelines and procedures locally.
• Work within national and local protocols where these exist.
• Recognise the boundaries of their practice and know when and to whom patients should be referred.
• Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements.
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children.
• Participate in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and near‑miss events.
• Undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes.
• Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance.
• Support the practice team with the reviewing and implementation of practice policies and protocols, ensuring conformance to extant legislation.
• Attend a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed.
• Lead on public health campaigns (e.g., flu clinics).
• Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.) to patients, including dressing management.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation ensuring that SNOMED CT codes are used effectively.
• Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with relevant guidance.
• Maintain chronic disease registers and implement an effective call/recall system, in particular for asthma and diabetes.
• Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times.
• Chaperone patients where necessary.
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.).

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Broad knowledge of general practice and experience of working as a Practice or Community Nurse.
• Experience with chronic disease management.
• Experience of working autonomously.
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures.
• Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients.
• Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking.
• An appreciation of the NHS landscape including the relationship between individual organisations, PCNs and the commissioners.

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council).
• Has evidence of working at the relevant level of practice as described in the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework.
• Mentor or teaching qualification.
• Family planning qualification.

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.