General Practice Nurse- Qualified

Groves Health is looking for an experienced and motivated Practice Nurse to deliver high quality care to patients at our New Malden Surgery. Ideally, we are looking for a Qualified General Practice Nurse to work 4 days a week. Working hours will be by arrangement. You may be required to work at one of our other sites on occasions, which are in: Richmond, Wimbledon and New Malden.

Main duties of the job:

• Conduct thorough assessments of patients' health conditions.
• Formulate and implement care plans.
• Provide treatment as necessary.
• Perform treatment room duties and CDM clinics.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient care.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records.
• Offer health education and counselling to patients and their families.
• Stay current with the latest medical advancements and best practices.

Job responsibilities:

• Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions.
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
• Provide vaccination and travel medicine services.
• Provide wound care (ulcer/ Doppler etc.) to patients.
• Request pathology services as necessary.
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/ specialist care as required.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.
• Ensure snomed codes are used effectively.
• Maintain chronic disease registers.
• Maintain vaccination programmes for adults and children.
• Provide cervical cytology.
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
• Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice).
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
• Monitor and maintain baby immunisation targets.
• Monitor cervical smear results.
• Manage emergency drug kit.
• Attend clinical and practice meetings and clinical supervision.

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and embed health promotion and well-being programmes.
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
• Assist GPs with procedures when required.
• Chaperone patients where necessary.
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
• Liaise with external services/ agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.).
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual).
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
• Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle.
• Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation, and disposal of medicines.
• 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 approach i.e. root cause analysis (RCA).

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Essential: 2 years' relevant experience working in a primary care environment in the last 2 years.
• Desirable: Experience of chronic disease management.

Qualifications:

• Essential: Nursing degree or equivalent experience.
• Registered Nurse (NMC).
• Evidence of immunisation training (childhood, adult and travel health).
• Experienced in complex wound dressings/leg ulcer management.
• Evidence of cervical cytology training.
• Desirable: Standards for Students Supervision.