Practice Nurse Position

2 days ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Bosworth Medical Centre Full time
Job Summary

Bosworth Medical Group is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to join our team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality patient care. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for implementing processes for the effective management of patients with long-term conditions, including chronic disease management, health promotion, and well-being programs.

Main Responsibilities
  • Act as a support to the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and work to implement audits, training, and evidence of compliance to the practice manager.
  • Develop, implement, and embed health promotion and well-being programs.
  • Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients that promote health and well-being.
  • Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on their health.
  • Provide routine nursing care to patients as required, in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE, and the NSF.
  • Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions.
  • Prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice.
  • Review patient medications to enhance compliance.
  • Provide guidance to patients on the use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications, regarding side effects and dosages.
  • Oversee the provision of wound care services to patients.
  • Coordinate the provision of travel medicine services.
  • Request pathology services as necessary.
  • Process pathology results as required.
  • Oversee the provision of chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, and referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.
  • Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.
  • Ensure read codes are used effectively by all members of the nursing team.
  • Ensure the appropriate maintenance and use of chronic disease registers.
  • Develop, implement, embed, and participate in well-woman and well-man clinics.
  • Chaperone patients where necessary.
  • Assist GPs with minor surgery when required.
  • Prioritize health issues and intervene appropriately.
  • Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
  • Recognize, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
  • Implement vaccination programs for adults and children.
  • Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines, within own scope of practice.
  • Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure patients are supported appropriately.
  • Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately, ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual.
  • Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
  • Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behavior, referring patients appropriately.
  • Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
Secondary Responsibilities
  • Develop and review audit protocols and processes for the practice, effectively utilizing the audit cycle.
  • Develop, review, and implement nursing protocols in conjunction with the partners.
  • Support all members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary, conducting appraisals, and training needs analyses as required.
  • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
  • Support and participate in shared learning within the practice.
  • Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate.
  • Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events, applying a structured approach, root cause analysis (RCA).
  • Coordinate the nursing team rota, ensuring sufficient staff are available to meet patient needs.
  • Lead the planning and implementation of changes within the nursing team, enhancing the provision of services to patients.
  • Support the practice team with the reviewing and implementation of practice policies and protocols, ensuring conformance to extant legislation.
Person Specification

Qualifications

  • Registered nurse.

Desirable

  • Postgraduate diploma or degree in Chronic Disease Management.
  • Nurse prescriber.
  • Diabetes Certificate.
  • Spirometry Certificate.

Experience

  • Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse.
  • Experience of working in a primary care environment.
  • Experience of chronic disease management.
  • Experience of working autonomously.

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

  • Wound care/removal of sutures and staples.
  • ECGs.
  • Venepuncture.
  • New patient medicals.
  • Chaperone procedure.
  • Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly.
  • Travel medicine.
  • Hypertension.
  • Asthma.
  • CHD.
  • Immunisations (routine, childhood, and travel).
  • Women's health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.).
  • Understand the importance of evidence-based practice.
  • Broad knowledge of clinical governance.
  • Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
  • Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs.

Language

English

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