Part time Practice Nurse in Reading

Due to expansion within our nursing team, we are recruiting for a part time Practice Nurse to join our friendly team at Sonning Common Health Centre. The vacancy is for 20-30 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Exact working patterns and hours will be discussed in interview. It is a diverse and interesting role working with an established nursing team and wider multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality evidence-based nursing care
• Support GP clinics
• Childhood and adult immunisations and other injections under Patient Group Directions
• Provide wound management including both chronic and post-operative wounds
• Carry out Health Checks in conjunction with national, local and practice initiatives
• Treatment room responsibilities
• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical base evidence, NICE
• Provide travel medicine services, within scope of knowledge
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process pathology results as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation in accordance with NMC and Practice Standards
• 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
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children under Patient Group Directions
• Collaborate with external services and agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately, ensuring safe practice and 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
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Post graduate diploma or degree in Primary Care
• Clinical knowledge and skills
• Wound Care / Removal of sutures & staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting pathology tests
• Immunisations (routine Adult, childhood and travel)
• 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 understanding when to refer to GPs
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Dopplers
• Diabetes
• Asthma and COPD
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Effective time management (planning & organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with clinical risk management
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and co-operative
• 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
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

Other requirements

• NMC registration
• Experience of working in a primary/secondary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management
• 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.