Practice Nurse Health Centre

We are a friendly team looking for an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our team. You will undertake clinical practice using expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver exceptional care to people accessing our primary care services.

An NMC registration is mandatory.

Job Summary

Weare seeking to recruit a positive, caring and self-motivated individual to takeon the role of Practice Nurse at Newport Health Centre.

Yourmain responsibilities may include:

Long Term conditions Management (For example, asthma, diabetesetc)

Wound care

Cytology

Venepuncture

Routine immunisations

Involvement in QOF achievement

Infection prevention control

As an autonomous practitioner, you are responsible for the ca redelivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making in the management of patients. You will work collaboratively tomeet the needs of patients, ensuring the highest standards of care, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

Newport Health Centre is based centrally on the Isle of Wight operating across two sites; situated at our Carisbrooke practice and our town centre practice, Dower House, Pyle Street.

Our practice supports over 24,000 patients on the Isle of Wight where we have a diverse, multi-disciplinary team which includes GP Partners, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Paramedics MSK Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Chronic Pain Coach, Care Coordinators, a Social Prescriber and many more vital roles to support our community. We are also an active part of the Central and West Primary Care Network (PCN).

Main Responsibilities

Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive rolemodel

Promote and work to the Practices Vision and Values

2. Clinicalpractice

Assess,plan, develop, implement, provide and evaluate treatment programmes including,but not limited to:

Chronic Disease management. To work with the practice leads andwhere appropriate take a lead in developing and delivering specialist primary care services, such as long term disease management.

Health promotion and well-being plus individual plans for patients with/at risk of a long term condition

Manage and treat long-term conditions, in line with national andlocal policies and practice needs

Prioritise health problems, intervening appropriately, to assistthe patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care

Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children including patients travelling abroad

Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care

Diagnose and treat minor illnesses

Recogniseand work within own competence and professional code of conduct, to:

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patientconsultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Prioritise, organise and manage own and others workload in amanner that maintains and promotes quality

Deliver care as an individual and team according to NSF, NICEguidelines and evidence-based care, assessing effectiveness of care delivery through peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation and leading on the maintenance of quality governance systems for the nursing team

Implement and review the application of evidence-based practice innursing

Plan and manage nursing appointments across the Practice sites,adjust to seasonal need, and oversee the working day over the clinical team,including extended hours/ improved access

Implement and review the application of evidence-based practice innursing

Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care

Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerablechildren and adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patientconsultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures Team Working;

This practice continually strives to improve work processes whichdeliver health care with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement, where everyonecounts and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

4. Communication and Relationships

Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients arefully informed and consent to treatment

Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues

Produce written documents that evidence the contribution of the clinical team to the practice priorities

Provide and receive confidential and complex information from arange of sources, and escalating as required.

To identify and use the most effective means of communication,appropriate to the situation and individuals involved.

To manage own behaviour in a positive manner to maintain effective working relationships

To always…