Practice Nurse

The new leadership team at Eastmoor Health Centre are looking to recruit an experienced and conscientious part time Practice Nurse. Ideally working up to 24 hours across 3-4 days,but with some flexibility for the right applicant

This is a genuine role where your actions and efforts can have clear and immediate benefits to our Practice population. The level of job satisfaction can be immense for the right candidate.

The successful candidate will assist in the delivery of chronic disease management. General Practice Nurse additional duties wouldalso include: cytology, family planning, child and adult immunisations andwound management. Experience of the Systm One clinical system is desirable but not essential as training can be given.

** SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW ON THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY 29TH APRIL **

We are looking for an experienced GP Practice Nurse to join our small but highly motivated clinical team.

We believe that the Practice Nurse role is at the heart of our Practice's drive towards excellent clinical management of chronic disease.

We are a small urban Practice of about 2700 patients and have transformed the level of care our patients receive in the last 12 months. Our list size is rapidly growing and we have every intention of continuing to improve on this year on year. We are CQC rated GOOD and have hit all of our targets both locally and nationally

JOB PURPOSE:

To lead and develop high quality patient care to meet the holistic health care needs of a practice population. To work within NMC Code of Conduct and to agreed practice standards and protocols.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES: works independently using own initiative and is accountable for their own professional actions. Provides support and leadership for other members of the team

Administers adult and child immunisations and vaccinations in accordance with national and local programmes. Is competent in anaphylaxis andresuscitation techniques. Ensures safe storage, rotation and disposal ofvaccines and drugs and adequate stock levels are maintained.

Offers comprehensive travel health advice for patients prior to travelincluding malaria prophylaxis, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection, firstaid and emergency medication, health insurance and vaccinations.

Undertakes procedures to include, venepuncture, BP management,urinalysis, peak flow, spirometry, new patient health checks, pregnancytesting, stitch/clip removal, ear syringing and cytology and wound management.

Provides a comprehensive family planning service.

Recognises and understands the importance of observing, documenting and communicating the signs and symptoms of child and adult abuse.

Works within all relevant practice and ICB policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning and patient group directions.

Takes a lead in areas such as diabetes, asthma, and COPD management,undertakes the establishment and running of disease management clinics and provides specialist nursing care for the patients or communities that the practice serves.

Initiates the process of diagnosis with patients suspected to have achronic disease e.g. diabetes, COPD, asthma, CHD referring to other cliniciansas appropriate.

Manages programmes of care for patients with chronic diseases by planning, providing and evaluating care under agreed local/national guidelines,protocols and patient group directions.

Takes lead and manages programmes of care for all areas of womens healthincluding providing and evaluating care under agreed local/national guidelines,protocols and patient group directions.

Maintains disease registers.

Audits outcomes of care against standards and initiates changes as necessary.

Undertakes annual review of patients understanding and ability to self-manage.

Refers to other members of the extended primary health care team e.g.chiropodist, dietician, specialist nurses.

If needed, to assist with preparation of specimens for collection by the courier.

Deal with any queries arising.

health promotion
-Initiates and carries out programmes ofhealth screening.

Contributes to profiling of the practice population. Enables,encourages and supports individuals, families and groups to address issues which affect their health and social well-being. Represents individuals and families interests when they are not able to do so themselves. Provides healthy lifestyle and smoking cessation advice to individuals and groups. Develops and maintains the health promotion material within the practice. Makes referrals tostatutory and voluntary agencies as appropriate.

Infection Control lead
-Support patients and colleagues in adopting sound infection control measures. Apply infection control measureswithin the practice according to local and national guidelines. Ensure waste isdisposed of in accordance with practice Infection control policy, and monitorother practice users for compliance with policy. Participate in infection control audit cycle when…