Bank Practice Nurse in Hastings

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Location: Hastings Hub

Main duties of the job:

• As a Bank Practice Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care, working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
• You will provide assessment, treatment, screening, and health education to our patients, working independently and alongside our team of nurses and GPs.
• This role is ideal for someone with experience in smear testing, chronic disease management, asthma, diabetes, wound care, health screening, and risk assessment.
• As a clinical member of the team, the successful candidate will be responsible for the safe and effective delivery and future development of the overall service, working towards the achievement of the Practice aims and objectives and supporting the delivery of the Practice business plan.

About us:

We are Integrated Care 24 (IC24), the leading not-for-profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient-focused primary care services. IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.

Job responsibilities:

• Management of chronic disease: Identifying significant abnormalities, diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals.
• Ensuring that all investigations required for QOF or Enhanced services are carried out and coded efficiently in patient records.
• Carry out appropriate tests i.e. Spirometry, reversibility.
• Therapeutic monitoring: Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic patient-centred approach.
• Recognising abnormalities and identifying the impact of treatment, implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.
• Wound Care and management: Assessing routine wounds including trauma and prescribing to support good wound management in complex situations e.g. use of Doppler technique.
• Patient health checks: Identifying significant abnormalities and obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach.
• Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified.
• Risk assessment: Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domestic violence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems).
• Health screening: Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer e.g. women's and men's health, sexual health, older people.
• Travel health: Administering injections and providing guidance in accordance with guidelines.
• Immunisation - adult and child: Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously.
• Minor operations: Assisting the general practitioner and/or undertaking some simple procedures.
• Ear care: Providing routine ear care and dealing with more complex problems.
• Mental health: Communicating with key workers and administering appropriate prescribed therapies.
• Phlebotomy: Provide a safe and comfortable environment for the patient.
• Blood pressure monitoring: Follow practice policy and ensure awareness of safe and comfortable procedure.
• Cardiovascular/NHS Health Checks: Awareness of National Framework & local objectives.
• ECGs: As per practice policy.
• Blood sugar monitoring: Assessment and follow practice policy.
• Smoking Cessation: Carry out reviews following local policy.
• Management: Leading Nursing Team, holding one to one, supervision and appraisals, supporting team members.

Person Specification:

• Experience: Understanding of confidential information, System One IT experience.
• General: Friendly and understanding manner, confident, able to work as part of a team or individually, a flexible approach to work, a patient-centred focus.
• Qualifications: NMC Nursing Qualification, experience leading a team, experience of one to ones/appraisals, experience of managing Infection Control procedures/protocols.
• Practical Skills: Experience and ability to work with the general public.

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.