Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

To have a particular interest in diabetes, respiratory or General Practice LTC Management. To implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with diabetes, that promote health and wellbeing.

To work as part of the Practice nurse team providing general practice nursing services to patients.

To assist with the leadership and good management within the nursing team.

Work autonomously following local and national guidance.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

Essential - RGN, Diabetes Diploma, Minimum of 1 years post qualification experience essential, Evidence of continued professional development, Excellent communication/Interpersonal sills, Leadership, time management and organisational skills, computer skills

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Support the nurse team to provide a suitable learning environment that is conducive to the acquisition of further skills and knowledge for all staff, for formal and informal personal and professional development.

To work autonomously with patients with LTC chronic disease management following local and national guidance.

Assess, develop, and implement nursing care programmes for patients with diabetes and provide specialist care to these groups of patients.

Teaching and educating patients and their families by offering information, which enables them to understand their illness and its progress.

Select, carry out and interpret results of specific tests, investigations, and act on results e.g., blood tests (HBA1C).

Manage medication treatments as required following Practice protocols.

Provide specialist advice and knowledge to newly diagnosed diabetic patients and their families, including dietary advice, and monitoring of their illness, empowering patients to take control of their illness demonstrating empathy, and giving reassurance and support.

Undertake annual reviews autonomously, commencing/altering treatments as necessary.

Refer patients directly to other specialists in other professions, as appropriate.

Act as a resource, providing specialist knowledge, gained through clinical experience and through undertaking diploma level training and expertise to other members of the multidisciplinary team including GPs, registrar students, medical students, nursing students, district nurse students.

Participate in clinical audits/research projects and implement changes as required.

Participate in the development and updating of Practice protocols/guidelines and procedures within the Practice.

To undertake any aspect of Practice Nursing duties including (but not limited to):

Taking cervical smears/triple swabs and interpreting and acting on swab results.

Travel health advice and vaccination.

Administer injections under individual patient prescription or Patient Group Directives.

Maintain safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs.

Apply infection control measures within the Practice according to local and national guidelines.

Keep up to date with safeguarding policies and procedures.

Deal with complex and sensitive information with patients, relatives, and colleagues.

Recognise psychological needs of patients presenting with depression or suicidal tendencies.

Competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation procedures.

Promote the health and safety of patients and work colleagues by identifying hazards and assessing clinical risks within the workplace and ensure that all practice policies are adhered to.

Responsible for entering details of clinical consultations accurately on computer records, always maintaining patient confidentiality.

To undertake any other duties which are commensurate with the level of and responsibility of the post.

To always provide an exemplary standard of professional conduct and nursing care in accordance with the NMC.

To maintain personal and professional development, ensuring regular updates are undertaken.

A good attitude and positive action towards Equality Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I)

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• minimum of 1 year general practice nursing experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse

Desirable

• Chronic Disease Management
• Cervical Screening

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

Rosedale Surgery

Address

Ashburnham Way

Carlton Colville

Lowestoft

Suffolk

NR33 8LG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will find

• Flexible working with 4-8 sessions
• Weekly out-of-hospital ward rounds in community settings
• Protected mentoring and peer support
• Opportunities to develop portfolio interests
• Strong administrative and managerial backing
• AI-enabled workflows that reduce administrative burden
• Automated recalls, monitoring and efficient shared-care processes
• Total triage with an emphasis on continuity
• A collaborative, sociable team culture
• An environment that values innovation, kindness, curiosity and laughter

Job summary

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including F2F & Tel consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the Practice
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities within the practice:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the practice
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003 - Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983 - Qualified General Practitioner - Currently on performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register - DBS clearance - Have had an annual NHS appraisal

Desirable

• Evidence of further postgraduate educational activities in relevant fields - MRCGP - DCH - DRCOG - RCGP Substance Misuse Certificate Level 1 or 2 - F2 supervisor training/teaching diploma (this is essential for HDS) - DFSRFH & Competence in Coil insertion - Evidence of CPD activities

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Rosedale Surgery

Address

Kirkley Mill Surgery

Clifton Road

Lowestoft

Suffolk

NR33 0HF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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