Practice Nurse

East of England, East of England

Permanent

Depends on experience

Nurse/Midwife Manager
(Band 7)

Practice Nurse

Job summary

Peaseway Medical Centre are looking to recruit a Practice Nurse.

The Practice Nurse will be responsible for several clinical areas such as infection prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease management Inc. filing blood results, health prevention, well women and well man clinics, as well as supporting the practice management team in the reviewing and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.

Main duties of the job

The Practice Nurse will be responsible for the implementation of processes for the effective management of patients with long-term conditions using evidence-based practice.

The Practice Nurse will also support the management of the practice nursing team, consisting of nurses and HCAs.

Please see Job description for more details.

About us

Peaseway Medical Centre is an NHS GP Practice offering the highest standards of personal care. We are a long-established Newton Aycliffe training practice with experienced, knowledgeable, and friendly staff, serving a patient population of just over 12k patients.

The Practice area covers Newton Aycliffe and an area with boundaries of Rushyford, Middridge, Heighington, Redworth, Aycliffe Village & Brafferton villages.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Lead Practice Nurse:

To assess the needs of patients ensuring the provision of healthcare is appropriate, incorporating evidence-based practice.
To develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes.
To implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients that promote health and wellbeing.
To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health.
To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice, and review patient medications to enhance compliance.
To request pathology services and process pathology results as required
To oversee the provision of chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with legislation
To ensure the appropriate maintenance and use of chronic disease registers
To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children.
To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
To support and update the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Lead Practice Nurse may be requested to:

Support all members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary, supporting appraisals and training needs analyses as required.
Support and participate in shared learning within the practice in order to improve patient care.
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)
Support the practice team with the reviewing and implementation of practice policies and protocols, ensuring conformance to legislation.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
Effective time management (planning and organising)
Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
Problem solving and analytical skills
Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure

Desirable

Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
Experience with clinical risk management
Strong IT skills and competent in Systmone

Experience

Essential

Experience of chronic disease management
Experience of working autonomously
Experience of working in a primary care/community care environment
Experience of infection prevention and control measures
Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients

Desirable

Experience of leading a nursing team in a primary care environment

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
Mentor or teaching qualification
Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
Nurse prescriber
Completed or working towards formal infection prevention and control training
Family planning qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
Chronic disease management
Travel medicine
Spirometry
Broad knowledge of clinical governance

Desirable

Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
Knowledge of health promotion strategies

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.