Practice Nurse

The suitable candidate will be a registered nurse with experience in working in General Practice. Thepost holder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective general nursing care to the practice population. The candidate will work collaboratively with the whole practice to provide routine nursing duties andin addition will work closely to support the practice partners and clinical team to achieve the indicators identified across all our clinical programmes .

Tobe responsible for the implementation of processes for the effective management of patients with long-term conditions, childhood vaccination &immunisations and screening programmes.

The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure

The suitable candidate will be a registered nurse with experience in working in General Practice. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safeand effective general nursing care to the practice population.s

Job summary

Friendly 4 partner inner city practice in Manchester seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to workin a modern purpose built premises with 5 consulting rooms and 3 treatment room.

We have 4 partners, 1 practice nurses, 1 HCA, 10 secretaries/admin staff members including 2 practice managers. We are an enthusiastic team with the sense of humour necessary todeal with the ups and downs of inner city life.

JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE

REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically)

THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS:

Job Summary:

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.

Job Responsibilities:

Professional:

• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered safely with regard to protocols.
• Running well person clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise. Facilitates change.
• 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 cervical cytology smear tests.
• Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines
• Take ECGs
• Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
• Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Assist in the provision of minor surgery.
• With relevant training, authorisation and experience, pratitioners may be trained to use a set of specific patient group directives (PGD)
• 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 preserved at all times.
• Administer nebulizer therapy

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.
• Ensure effective relationships and communications with the PHCT and other agencies.
• Support the Practice clinical governance agenda.
• Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines.

Educational:

• Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager.
• Participate in clinical supervision.
• Support others…