Pier Xtra Bank Nurse in Weston-super-Mare

Pier Health has an exciting opportunity for hardworking and enthusiastic Nurses to join our friendly Primary Care Network team. We are looking for nurses to support with our current vaccination campaign. We are also looking to grow and expand our current offer to include:

• Dressings/Wound Care
• Adult Immunisations including Covid & Flu
• Children's immunisations
• NHS Health Checks
• Learning Disability & SMI Annual Reviews
• Annual reviews for Asthma, COPD, Diabetes
• Cervical Cytology

Clinical activities will be held in a variety of locations not always GP practices. We also visit patients in their own homes as part of our vaccination programme. If you possess any of the skills above and would like the flexibility of a short-term, part-time contract and the variety the role can offer, then we would like to hear from you. So, if you are looking for a new challenge in a caring and supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.

Email your CV to bnssg.pierhealth.recruitment@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to the following:

• Participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children - including vaccinations for those travelling abroad.
• Provide wound care (ulcer / Doppler etc.) to patients.
• Taking patient samples, swabs, blood, specimens, and checking pulse, temperature and blood pressure.
• To support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs and those presenting for cervical cytology consultations.
• Giving advice, education and information about chronic health conditions and ailments, smoking cessation and losing weight.
• Documenting all patient contacts in the electronic patient record.
• Ensure all training is up to date.

About us

We are growing our clinical and non-clinical teams to wrap additional support around our GP practices. With mental health nurses/assistants, dietetics, social prescribing, frailty liaison and enhanced Care Home support, on-site pharmacy; paramedic homebound support, first contact physiotherapy and some brilliant community partners across our patch, we are excited to see that by reducing red tape and working in a truly multi-disciplinary way, we are reducing GP workload while improving outcomes for our patients. We believe strongly that diversity of background, thought and experience across Pier Health leads to better outcomes for our patients and more positive employee experiences and we are actively working towards this. We offer flexible working and NHS pension scheme as standard.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to the following:

• Participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children - including vaccinations for those travelling abroad.
• Provide wound care (ulcer / Doppler etc.) to patients.
• Taking patient samples, swabs, blood, specimens, and checking pulse, temperature and blood pressure.
• To support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs and those presenting for cervical cytology consultations.
• Giving advice, education and information about chronic health conditions and ailments, smoking cessation and losing weight.
• Documenting all patient contacts in the electronic patient record.
• Ensure all training is up to date.

Physical Effort

Prolonged periods of time spent in a sitting position at a computer screen in putting information and making telephone calls. The post holder is occasionally required to lift equipment several times throughout the week e.g., files, boxes, or stationery.

Mental Effort

Prioritising work is essential, as often many tasks are required to be undertaken simultaneously. The post holder is required to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Emotional Effort

Potential for distressing situations when liaising with vulnerable groups and their families/carers.

Working Conditions

You would be required to work in several different environments across the Primary Care Network.

Training and Development

All roles within Pier Xtra have an element of statutory mandatory e-learning training which will be completed within the first two weeks of employment. Any extra training required for role developed will be provided as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC PIN
• First level degree in Nursing
• Knowledge of wellbeing and health promotion

Experience

• Working inter-professionally
• Use of electronic healthcare records systems
• Understanding of safeguarding principles
• Awareness of infection control standards
• Minor illness management
• Triage in healthcare

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.