Practice Nurse

Role: Practice Nurse

Location: Middleton Park GP Surgery

MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB

Ensure effective systems are in place for disease management, screening, and immunisations, be accountable for infection control and cold chain compliancy, provide general nursing services.

To work within NMC Code of Conduct and to agreed practice standards and protocols.

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Chronic diseases, cervical screening, immunisations, and other key areas as relevant to Practice Nursing

Delivery effective implementation of management of patients with Chronic Diseases as detailed by the Quality and Outcomes Framework, local quality schemes and national quality schemes

Support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in conjunction with the wider team

Encourage the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice-based teams and multidisciplinary working

Oversee infection control and cold chain systems to ensure compliancy

Ensure that all nurse-related Care Quality Commission evidence table indicators are compliant, demonstrating evidence, review, and audit cycle

Participate in an annual appraisal

Actively participate in clinical and practice meetings

Develops clinical protocols for the surgery and the team.

Clinical duties

Provide Chronic disease management for Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, and CHD/CVD

Perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness

Administer adult and paediatric injections

Provide adult and child immunisations ensuring full achievement of targets

Ensure safe storage, rotation, and disposal of vaccines and drugs

Undertake venepuncture and electrocardiography

Undertake wound care/ management / dressing techniques

Undertake leg ulcer management, dopplers and compression bandaging

Provide advice on lifestyle issues, assisting and supporting patients in changing their unhealthy behaviours and refer appropriately

Participate in the smoking cessation service

Deliver travel health care, including vaccinations and advice for patients

Recognise the signs of child abuse, family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse, addictive behaviours, suicidal tendencies, and be aware of local, referral procedures

Work with safeguarding teams where relevant

Ensure that current evidence-based approaches to patient care are standard practice

Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling of laboratory specimens, disposing of waste materials, dealing with blood and body fluids spillages and report and treat sharps injuries

Undertake first aid and management of emergencies, e.g. burns, haemorrhages, hypo/hyperglycaemic emergencies/asthma attacks

Provides a comprehensive family planning service

Audit outcomes of care against standards and initiate change as necessary ensuring follow-up audit cycle

Maintain and update disease registers

Equality & Diversity

Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues including:

o Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

o Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Communication

The post holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to communicate effectively with other team members

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £16.50-£18.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
PPE

Licence/Certification:

• NMC (required)

Work Location: One location