Practice Nurse Pontefract

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to take on the role of Practice Nurse. The role is to ensure the delivery of an effective Practice Nurse service to the practice population, delivering care appropriately according to practice policy, protocols, guidelines and procedures.

Main duties of the job:

• To carry out a wide range of treatment room duties e.g: venepuncture, new registration checks, blood pressure checks, ECGs, vaccinations and immunisations.
• To run Chronic Disease Clinics such as CHD, Diabetes and Respiratory.
• Offer appropriate lifestyle advice to patients.
• To provide support to the nursing team to ensure smooth running of the nursing service.

About us:

Our mission at Park Green Surgery is to provide patient-focused healthcare to a high standard with a well-trained and motivated primary healthcare team in a responsive, supportive and courteous manner whilst ensuring that both staff and patients are treated with dignity, honesty and respect.

Practice Population: Circa 11,000 Patients. Friendly and passionate team of 5 GPs and 3 Advanced Nurse Practitioners. Excellent management and well-established support team to ensure the practice is well organised and structured. Friendly, supportive atmosphere. Practice uses SystemOne practice software with Ardens templates. Dedicated pharmacy team who handles all medication related queries and repeat prescriptions. Dedicated in-house PCN staff including CPs, ACPs, Mental Health Workers, Care Coordinators and Health and Well-Being Coaches. Dedicated Community and Home Visiting Teams. Large, modern, purpose-built surgery with excellent facilities.

Job responsibilities:

• Assess, plan, provide and evaluate treatment programmes including, but not limited to:
• Manage and treat patients with long term conditions in line with national/local policies and practice needs with the inclusion of Home Visits.
• Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness in accordance with evidence based practice and national/practice protocols, and work with patients to support adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for Family Planning and Cervical Cytology Consultations.
• Implement and participate in Vaccination and Immunisation Programmes for both Adults and Children.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others' health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory/contractual/professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.
• Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements.
• Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient processes.
• Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards.
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.
• Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers.
• Undertaking periodic infection control training.
• Spillage control procedures, management and training.
• Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance.
• Maintenance of sterile environments.
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Equality and diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team's performance.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients' needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognise people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential: Qualified Nurse. Experience of GP Practice Nursing. Full UK Driving Licence.
• Desirable: Prescriber Diploma in respiratory.

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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration.