Practice Nurse

Millview is a friendly, forward thinking practice with an excellent reputation amongst the local community. Our nursing team of 3 Practice Nurses, a Nurse Associate, 2 Healthcare Support Workers and 2 Phlebotomists are proud of providing a consistently high quality of care. We are now looking for an experienced part time nurse to join the dedicated team. The role will involve providing a range of general practice nursing services such as chronic disease management, immunisations, wound care and cervical screening. Candidates will be expected to have previous experience in a primary care setting and confidence to work independently and as part of the wider team.

Main duties of the job:

• Undertake patient consultations, including assessments and personalised care planning.
• Support long term condition management.
• Contraception and sexual health.
• Deliver child and adult immunisation schedule.
• Travel health.
• Provide routine nursing care in line with NICE, NSF, and evidence-based guidelines.
• Treatment room duties including wound care.
• Cervical Cytology.
• Support delivery of enhanced services and contribute to practice targets (including QOF).
• Champion safeguarding responsibilities.
• Maintain a clean and safe clinical environment.

About us:

Rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in all areas, Millview is a dispensing practice, based in the market town of Sleaford and the rural village of Heckington, with a registered population of just under 13,000 patients. Being only 5 miles apart, all staff work across both practices during any working week, and patients can access the full range of services at both demographics. Our vision statement is to work closely with patients, families and carers to deliver individual quality services that cater for the health needs of every patient. With this in mind, we are proud of a very cohesive community and the role we have supporting local residents. Regular meetings with the proactive PPG provide the opportunity for constructive feedback and we consider this an important part of shaping patient care. The practice works closely with our PCN and our associated federation which means that we have a varied staff base of additional roles working in practice supporting day-to-day services. This includes physio, clinical pharmacists and a mental health prescriber. With a minor operation suite at Heckington, we are also able to offer regular surgical sessions. We are a training practice and support both medical, nursing and paramedic students throughout the year receiving a great deal of positive feedback. The practice also encourages staff development, and many have been able to enhance their role by undertaking apprenticeships and other training courses.

Job responsibilities:

• To provide Nursing care and treatment to patients in participation with General Practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.
• To ensure that all nursing care delivered is relevant, of a high standard and is clinically effective and to deliver sensitive information, advice and support regarding illness, treatments and care plans for patients and their carers.
• Responsible for nurse management of patients with chronic disease and for developing, implementing and evaluating care i.e. Diabetes, Asthma and COPD.
• Provide women's health and family planning services to all patients.
• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, networks, secondary care, ICB, and local community services and ensure that there is a multi-agency approach to planning and organising care through a multi-disciplinary approach.
• Access the nursing needs of patients in the surgery, the community and housebound.
• Provide appropriate care and treatment in conjunction with the General Practitioners, or independently, as appropriate with and according to practice policies and protocols.
• Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with other disciplines within the practice with appropriate regards to confidentiality.
• Have a range of clinical skills developed through experience and be competent to deal with the general nursing care according to practice policy and protocols and to refer to a general practitioner as appropriate.

These duties will include:

• Wound Care Assessment and Management.
• Removal of Sutures.
• Venepuncture.
• Hypertension Management.
• Immunisations, routine and childhood.
• Travel Health advice and immunisations.
• Cervical Cytology.
• Advise on general health care of minor ailments with referral to GP as necessary.
• Telephone advice and support as appropriate.
• Assist and chaperone other clinicians when requested.
• Chronic Disease Management.
• Ensure that infection control procedures are adhered to.
• Treatment rooms are kept clean, tidy and adequately stocked.
• Maintain and clean equipment used by nursing team.
• Stock, maintain and rotate supplies and equipment in conjunction with the Health Care Assistants.

Person Specification:

Qualifications - Essential:

• RGN Registered Nurse.
• Evidence of current registration with NMC.
• Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent.
• Fundamentals in Practice Nurse course or current qualifications in cytology and immunisation.

Qualifications - Desirable:

• Mentoring/Teaching Qualification.
• Qualification in the management of long term conditions.

Experience - Essential:

• Experience of working within a GP practice and Primary Care as a Practice Nurse.

Experience - Desirable:

• Experience using SystmOne.

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.