Practice Nurse - Primary Care Stoke-on-trent

Job summary

Baddeley Green Surgery is looking for a Practice Nurse experienced in Primary Care, which is essential to the role, to be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practices multidisciplinary team who provide care within their scope of practice to the patient population. The Practice Nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as Infection Control, Immunisation Lead, Health Promotion, Chronic Disease Management, Health Prevention, Well Woman and Well Man clinics, leading on QoF and QiF as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

Main duties of the job

Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE, NSF and other legislative frameworks and guidelines Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients Provide travel vaccination and advisory services Request pathology services as necessary Process pathology results as required Urinalysis Provide chronic disease management, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required INR Star -Anti Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation Ensure read codes are used effectively Maintain chronic disease registers Chaperone patients where necessary

About us

Baddeley Green Surgery consists of a Senior Partner, two salaried GP's, one long term locum GP, ANP, Practice Nurse and two HCSWs. The practice has a growing population with approximately 6,100 patients at present.

The practice has a compliment of Managerial, Administrative and Secretarial staff in order to provide an efficient and effective service to all our patients.

Job responsibilities

• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Ensure QoF & QiF adherence to meet targets
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE, NSF and other legislative frameworks and guidelines
• Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
• Provide travel vaccination and advisory services
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process pathology results as required
• Urinalysis
• Provide chronic disease management, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure read codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
• Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
• Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines or medication
• Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
• Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured and methodical approach with learning outcomes to ensure non-recurrence

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse
• Post Registration Qualifications, Diabetes Management, Asthma

Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a Primary Care environment
• Experience of working as a Practice Nurse
• Experience of Chronic Disease Management

Desirable

• Experience of leading a team

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient health checks/Urinalysis/BP/Height/Weight
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Travel medicine
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma/COPD
• Spirometry
• CHD
• LES/DES/QoF/QiF/CQC related clinical and administrative work
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of Infection Prevention Control including Public Health issues in the local area
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understands the requirement for PGDs, PSDs and associated policy
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Professional clear, polite manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Strong IT skills
• Professional clear, polite manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Strong IT skills
• Professional clear, polite manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook

Desirable

• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• EMIS skills Including Ardens Template use

Skills & Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Professional clear, polite manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management
• Professional, polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Able to communicate effectively and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.