Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to GPs, and other members of the practice and primary care team.
• Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment plans that promote health and well being, and for patients with long term conditions.
• Proactively identify, help in diagnosing and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long term condition.
• Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribing treatments.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthy, and apply principles of self-care.
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations.
• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
• Advice, support and administer vaccinations where appropriate for patients travelling abroad.
• Meet the needs of patients presenting with opportunistic wound care.
• Support patients as part of the Minor Injury Service that the practice provides

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered (first level) Nurse
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of post registration education
• Educated at diploma, degree level

Desirable

• Diploma in chronic disease management
• Cervical cytology, family planning, sexual health
• Qualifications/training
• Independent prescribing qualification

Knowledge, skills and attributes

Essential

• Knowledge of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Ability to change care management skills to support patients
• Excellent verbal communications skills, able to communicate difficult messages to patients and families
• Good written communication skills, clear concise record
• keeping
• IT skills, Systm One clinical system
• Time management, able to organise workload
• Knowledge of national policy standards which inform and have implications for Practice , NICE, NSF, QOF

Desirable

• Knowledge of local and national health policy
• Wider health economy awareness

Experience

Essential

• Experienced Practice Nurse or a newly qualified nurse with experience of a student nurse placement in Primary Care (training will be provided to the right candidate)
• Experience of nurse-led management of long term conditions
• Experience of developing and implementing protocols and clinical guidelines
• Portfolio evidence of continuous professional development
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as an autonomous practitioner

Desirable

• Multi disciplinary and multi agency working

Other

Essential

• Must be flexible in working hours / able to work at desired times

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

Horncastle Medical Group

Address

The Old Vicarage

Spilsby Road

Horncastle

Lincolnshire

LN9 6AL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking face-to-face, telephone and online consultations

• Assessing, diagnosing and managing acute and chronic conditions

• Prescribing and reviewing medication appropriately

• Making referrals to secondary and community services where required

• Supporting disease prevention, health promotion and long-term condition management

• Maintaining accurate and timely clinical records using SystmOne

• Working collaboratively with our GP Partners, ANPs, Paramedic, Mental Health Practitioner and wider clinical team

• Participating in clinical meetings, audit and quality-improvement activities

• Contributing to the learning and development culture of our training practice

• Contributing to the safe, effective and continued development of practice services

  Working Pattern

  We are ideally seeking a GP for 8 sessions per week.

  However, we understand the importance of flexibility and work-life balance, and part-time applications will also be welcomed and considered.

  Specific working days and session arrangements can be discussed with the successful candidate.

  Why Join Horncastle Medical Group?

  We can offer:

  • 8 sessions per week, with part-time applications considered

  • An experienced and supportive multidisciplinary team

  • 4 GP Partners and 3 ANPs, supported by a Paramedic, Mental Health Practitioner and wider clinical team

  • An experienced and supportive administrative and dispensing team

  • A well-established training-practice environment

  • Current patient list of 10,366

  • CQC rating of Good

  • SystmOne clinical system

  • On-site dispensing

  • NHS Pension Scheme

  • Support for continuing professional development

  • Regular clinical meetings and collaborative multidisciplinary working

  • An attractive and distinctive surgery based in an Old Vicarage

  • New clinical rooms currently being developed as part of our practice expansion

  • The opportunity to contribute to the continued development and future of Horncastle Medical Group

  Come and Meet Us

  If you are looking for your next GP role and would like to work within an established, supportive multidisciplinary team, we would love to hear from you.

  Informal visits and conversations are warmly welcomed.Come and meet the team, have a look around our unique Old Vicarage surgery and find out more about the position and our plans for the practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential
• Applicants should:
• Hold a recognised medical qualification
• Have full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• Be included on the NHS England Medical Performers List, or be eligible for inclusion
• Have the appropriate experience and competence to work as a GP in UK general practice
• Demonstrate excellent clinical and communication skills
• Be committed to providing safe, compassionate and patient-centred care
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Maintain appropriate continuing professional development and professional standards

Desirable

• Desirable
• Previous experience working within NHS general practice
• Experience using SystmOne
• An additional clinical interest or specialist skill that complements the existing practice team
• An interest in teaching and supporting learners within a training-practice environment
• Experience of clinical audit and quality improvement

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

Horncastle Medical Group

Address

The Old Vicarage

Spilsby Road

Horncastle

Lincolnshire

LN9 6AL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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