Practice Nurse Bushey

Job summary

A superb opportunity for a current practice nurse or a nurse working in primary care to join this large, thriving practice. Working autonomously but with good mentor support, you will cover the full practice nurse remit whilst developing your primary care nursing skills.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Duties

To provide care for minor injuries, dressings, including pressure bandaging and higher level wound care.

To do cervical cytology sampling, immunisations as outlined by national programmes and local guidelines, working closely with the nursing, clinical and admin team to create systems to identify patients who are in need of such services and promoting the service hard to reach patients.

To support the annual flu campaign and other mass population vaccination programmes as needed in line with national guidance.

To conduct, blood pressure, spirometry, urinalysis, phlebotomy, microbiology samples, ECG, peak flow and other practice based tests as needed in the course of the care of patients.

To carry out health checks in conjunction with national, local and practice initiatives.

To provide patient health promotion/ disease prevention education and counselling focusing on health behaviour change.

To provide travel immunisations to patients of the practice.

To liaise with community nursing colleagues to continue the provision of nursing care in the home if patients are unable to attend the practice and to transfer or share care as appropriate, visiting outside the practice if needed on exceptional circumstances to meet the needs of patients.

To provide support to the GPs in the management of chronic diseases.

About us

Manor View Practice is an innovative and experienced teaching practice with 48,000 patients across 4 sites. We believe in continuity and strive to offer excellence in patient care. There is a nurturing working environment offering outstanding support to the team.

Led by 6 GP Partners, Manor View Practice is an award-winning practice. You would work amongst a large and vibrant multidisciplinary team including GPs, ANPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists, Nurses, HCAs, Phlebotomists, all supported by a superb administration and reception team.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties

To provide basic and higher levels of nursing care as needed for patients.

To provide care for minor injuries, dressings, including pressure bandaging and higher level wound care, liaising directly, where appropriate with community and secondary care counter-parts, escalating to a GP as necessary.

To do cervical cytology sampling, immunisations as outlined by national programmes and local guidelines, working closely with the nursing, clinical and admin team to create systems to identify patients who are in need of such services and promoting the service hard to reach patients.

To support the annual flu campaign and other mass population vaccination programmes as needed in line with national guidance.

To conduct, blood pressure, spirometry, urinalysis, phlebotomy, microbiology samples, ECG, peak flow and other practice based tests as needed in the course of the care of patients.

To carry out health checks in conjunction with national, local and practice initiatives.

To provide patient health promotion/ disease prevention education and counselling focusing on health behaviour change.

To provide travel immunisations to patients of the practice.

To liaise with community nursing colleagues to continue the provision of nursing care in the home if patients are unable to attend the practice and to transfer or share care as appropriate, visiting outside the practice if needed on exceptional circumstances to meet the needs of patients.

To provide support to the GPs in the management of chronic diseases such as Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, Hypertension etc. by providing specifically defined clinical sessions, working closely with the GP to manage a patients overall care.

To promote the health and well-being of patients by counselling patients on the nature of their conditions, the use of their medications, diet, exercise and other health behaviours.

Patient Care

• Provide holistic, patient-centred care.




• Support patients in self-management of chronic conditions.




• Maintain accurate and timely patient records using the clinical system.




• Safeguard vulnerable adults and children in line with practice policies.

Infection Prevention and Control

• Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.




• Maintain clean and safe clinical environments.




• Participate in audit and quality improvement activities.

Professional Responsibilities

• Maintain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).




• Work within the NMC Code of Conduct.




• Participate in appraisal, revalidation, and continuing professional development (CPD).




• Attend mandatory training and practice meetings.




• Support nursing students, healthcare assistants, and colleagues where appropriate.

Administrative Duties

• Maintain clinical records accurately and confidentially.




• Monitor stock levels and report shortages.




• Participate in audits, QOF activities, and service development.

Person Specification

Clinical knowledge and skills

Essential

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples




• ECGs




• Venepuncture




• New patient medicals




• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly




• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice




• Safeguarding principles (Level 3)




• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy




• Ability to record accurate clinical notes




• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs




• Ability to work independently and as part of a team multidisciplinary team




• Chaperone procedure




• Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)




• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)




• Chronic disease management




• Spirometry

Desirable

• Travel medicine




• Broad knowledge of clinical governance




• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area




• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena




• Knowledge of health promotion strategies

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse

Desirable

• Mentor or teaching qualification




• Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)




• Nurse prescriber




• Completed or working towards formal infection prevention and control training




• Family planning qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a primary care environment




• Experience of leading a nursing team in a primary care environment




• Experience of chronic disease management




• Experience of working autonomously




• Experience of infection prevention and control measures

Desirable

• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse




• Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients




• Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Manor View Practice

Address: Bushey Medical Centre, London Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 2NN, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://manorviewpractice.co.uk/

For questions about the job, contact

HR Manager

Suzanne Hart

mvp.hr@nhs.net

07880501967