Practice Nurse Prescriber

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to the whole practice population. Supported by senior nurses within the practice, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. The post holder will make an assessment of a patient's needs and act upon their assessment. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients by providing quality evidence-based care. They will support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide nurse leadership as required. The post holder will use their own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense and show flexibility with regard to rotas and working patterns.

Main duties of the job

• To promote and abide by the Practices vision and core values.
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• An ability to use your own judgement, resourcefulness, commonsense and local knowledge to respond to patients' enquiries and requests.
• Excellent interpersonal and telecommunication skills.
• Flexibility with regards to rotas and working patterns.
• The post holder would be expected to undertake training commensurate with their post.

About us

Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages. Formed in April 2017 from our successful, legacy practices, Lancaster Medical Practice has continued to evolve to become the strong, high performing Practice it is today, receiving a rating of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in August 2018. We deliver our services from eight locations throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the local community. We are a progressive, modern organisation with patient-centred General Practice at our core. When joining #teamlmp you are joining an organisation with a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical roles but who all work together to provide the best care we can to our patients.

LMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful candidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All staff are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment and will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who they come into contact during their work.

Please be aware that in the event that we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the post before the closing date.

Job responsibilities

• Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition.
• Identify and manage as appropriate treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or OTC meds on medication regimens, side effects and interactions.
• Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Assess and care for patients presenting with minor injuries.
• Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs.
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cytology.
• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
• Advise, support and where appropriate administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad.
• Promote use of PGDs.
• Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions.

Other tasks carried out by the practice nurse, which may include:

• Dressing and wound management.
• Venepuncture.
• ECG.
• 24 Hour BP/ECG.
• Removal of clips and sutures.

Person Specification

• Registered Adult, Child, Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse.
• Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme).

Experience

• Previous experience that demonstrates good attention to detail.
• Experience of working in a confidential environment.
• Previous experience of working in General Practice, NHS or Healthcare setting.

Skills

• Good general computer skills, including the ability to use Microsoft Office, email and the internet.
• Evidence of excellent administration and organisational skills.
• An excellent standard of grammar and spelling in the English language.
• A conscientious approach and commitment to working in an adaptable and flexible manner.
• The ability to work effectively when busy and multi-task when required.
• The ability to deal with personal information sensitively and respect people's right to confidentiality.

Time management

• Management of long-term conditions.
• Cervical cytology sampling.
• Vaccinations and immunisation.
• Dressing and wound care.

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.