This 12-month temporary post covers a maternity leave in the Copeland team of North Cumbria Primary Care, the not-for-profit company running services across three local practices. The work centres on routine nursing care, from vaccinations, cervical smears and wound management to long-term condition reviews, supporting the GPs and wider primary care team. Hours are full or part time and negotiable, and the role sits within a shared primary care network serving patients across all three practices. Candidates need NMC registration and chronic disease knowledge.
What the job involves
- Provide nursing care to patients under the lead nurse and GPs, including care plans
- Administer childhood and adult vaccinations
- Manage long-term conditions and hypertension, including chronic disease training
- Run well person clinics and health promotion, advising on diet, smoking, alcohol and exercise
- Carry out cervical cytology smears and holistic patient assessment
- Provide wound management, including Doppler and leg ulcer management
- Assess and deal with minor illness presented opportunistically
- Perform venepuncture, ECGs, suture removal, new patient medicals and urinalysis
- Provide contraception and travel health advice, and request pathology tests
- Chaperone patients and assist clinicians during examinations
- Maintain equipment, treatment rooms and infection control standards, and advise senior nurses of potential problems
- Contribute to QOF and quality indicators, and undertake occasional home visits
What’s required
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Experience
- Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development
- Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own practice
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of chronic disease management
- Knowledge of the needs of patients with long-term conditions
- Knowledge of patient group directives and associated policies
- Able to recognise and manage anaphylaxis per current UK guidelines
- Able to perform CPR per current UK guidelines
- Able to obtain and document informed consent
Checks & eligibility
- DBS check at regular intervals
Other
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
- Works to the UKCC Code of Conduct within the scope of professional practice
- Written professional development plan and up to date portfolio
- Cooperates with annual appraisal meetingsUnderstanding of the need for strict confidentiality
Nice to have
- Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
- Chronic disease diplomas in asthma, COPD, hypertension, diabetes or vascular management
- Knowledge of local public health issues and the wider health economy
- Experience of audit participation and CQC compliance
- Written and verbal communication skills, including delivering difficult messages to patients and families
- Clinical skills in ear care, minor surgery, BLS, spirometry and travel health
- Experience with EMIS Web, ICE, INR Star, Blue Stream or Intradoc
- Flexibility to work late evenings and at other times
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
