Job description

Job responsibilities

Professional:

• Practice independently in accordance with NMC code of conduct and with reference to practice guidelines, appropriately referring to GPs
• Maintain accurate documentation of care and utilisation of IT
• Ensure continuation of own personal and professional development, facilitated by utilisation of clinical supervision networks.
• Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection. Refer to Travel Clinic if complex
• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions
• Running chronic disease clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise. Facilitates change
• Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor injuries.
• Able to document consultations according to NMC guidelines
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse
• Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for ear care including irrigation
• Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear tests
• Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines
• Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines
• Suture removal
• Take ECGs
• Assist in the provision of minor surgery
• Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written)
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained
• Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilizer and emergency equipment
• Confidentially of information gained at work must be preservedat all times

Managerial:

• Contribute to the assessment of service needs
• Assist patients to identify their health needs
• Contribute a nursing perspective to the practice development plan
• Manage and organise individual patient consultations
• Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards
• To attend staff meetings
• Support the Practice clinical governance agenda
• Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines

Educational:

• Identify own personal development and training needs with line manager
• Participate in clinical supervision
• Support others with their training and development needs
• To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills

Personnel:

• Take reasonable care of own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by own act or omission.
• Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules
• Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
• Clinical skills chronic disease management, cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination
• Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families
• IT skills, competent with Microsoft Office 365, email, and use of internet as a resource

Desirable

• Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services
• Awareness of local and national health policy
• Knowledge of public health issues in the area
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Audit skills
• Knowledge of Primary Care IT systems i.e. SystmOne

Experience

Essential

• Post registration/working towards experience in a primary care setting
• Long-term condition management
• Experience working autonomously and as part of a team

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree level (relevant Nursing/ General Practice Nurse qualification)

Desirable

• Independent/supplementary nurse prescribing qualification
• Minor injuries qualification
• Chronic Disease management qualification

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Ruby Country Medical Group

Address

Dobles Lane

Holsworthy

Devon

EX22 6GH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.rubycountrymedicalgroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)