Practice Nurse

Are you an experiencedPractice Nurse looking for a role where your skills are valued, your ideas arewelcomed, and your professional growth is supported?Sandgate Road Surgery in Folkestone is seeking a dedicated and motivatedPractice Nurse to join our established clinical team following the retirementof a long serving nurse. This is a permanentposition with flexible full-timeor part-time hours available. Competitivesalary offered, dependent on experience.You’ll be joining a friendly, supportiveenvironment where collaboration, clinical excellence, and innovation are at theheart of how we work.Main duties of the jobWho Were Looking For:We are seeking a Practice Nurse with proven GP surgery experience who can work independently and contribute proactively to patient care. Essential skills include:Childhood immunisationsCervical cytologyWound careExperience in any of the following areas would be highly valued (but not essential):Diabetes managementRespiratory careFamily planning and HRTIf youre passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and enjoy being part of a dynamic clinical team, wed love to hear from you.About usWhy Join Our Progressive, Supportive Training Practice?Located in West Folkestone, just a short walk from the Leas, our well-regarded practice provides high-quality primary care to 12,600 patients. We are a forward-thinking training practice with a strong multidisciplinary team including:Five GP Partners and three Salaried GPsACPs, experienced Practice Nurses & HCAsA wide range of PCN-aligned clinicians delivering enhanced servicesJob responsibilitiesGeneral: To assist medical personnel in the care ofpatients in the surgery and set up preventive care programmes including therunning of various screening procedures and patient education sessions.To carry outgeneral nursing procedures as and when required.Care of equipment and stocking of vaccines, consumables and laboratory items.Maintaining a supply of sterile treatment packs. Stock-keeping to be done inliaison with the practice manager.Collection ofpathological specimens, including intravenous blood samples; and performingcertain investigations at the request of GPs for example; ECG, Peak flow, spirometry,audiometrySupervision ofpatients with chronic illnesses. This will include setting up and runningvarious screening and treatment protocols as and when required and maintainingan appointment and recall system for patients.Prevention worksuch as immunisations, cervical cytology, family planning, weight reduction,smoking cessation, cardiovascular risk reduction, fitness promotion and anyother designated Health Promotion areas.Assistingand/or chaperoning GPs performing surgical or family planning procedures orexaminations.To attend patients in their homes when requested by a general practitioner.To have regard for the emotional and social needs of patients and communicatethese perceptions to the relevant member(s) of the PHCT.To be aware and take responsibility for personal safety in performingprocedures and to identify and recommend safe procedures to be adopted in thepractice.AdministrativeKeeping full and accurate notes in the patient's records and/or in any otherfrom used in the practice, of all consultationsand treatments.Co-operation with any practice research projects.The collection and collation of any relevant data far compiling practice reports.Identification (in conjunction with the practice nurse manager/practice manager if necessary)of anydeficiency in the practices target for 100% success in preventive and surveillanceprotocols and anticipate the measures needed to rectify the deficit.Attendingpractice meetings as required.Maintainingequipment in GP rooms and treatment rooms.Maintaining stocks of sterile supplies for use by GP's and nurses.Ensure payments for private treatments are paid by the patients beforetreatment is given. Also, ensure all activity relating to NHS claims andreimbursement are properly coded and recorded.Identifyingcare needs within the practice population by undertaking a practice profile orsimilar exercise and organising work to best meet the needs identified.Ability to demonstrate the rationale behind the various methods chosen to meetcare needs of patients, to evaluate those methods and change them as necessary.EducationalTo participate in any further education/training deemed useful or necessary.To useopportunities to educate patients in their abilities to help themselves and toreinforce education from other health sources.To be involved as required in the teaching and training of other health carepersonnel attached to or visiting the Practice.To avoid significant deviation from normal practice clinical or administrativeprocedures without first having discussed and agreed proposed changes with yourcolleagues and subsequently obtaining approval from the Doctors or the PracticeManager.Remember that care of patients ultimately rests with the general practitionerwith whom they are registered and that patient care can only be undertaken withthe certain knowledge that the GP concerned has requested this either directlyor as part of the practice policy.Public RelationsYou are required to maintain and promote the good name of the practice bydealing with patients in a confident, caring, friendly and professional way.You must do everything possible to protect the reputation of the Practice andthe Doctors and avoid saying or doing anything that could bring the Practiceinto disrepute.Patient complaints must be dealt with speedily and efficiently according to thepractice complaints protocol and the patients complaints information leaflet.ConfidentialityIn the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, orallow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and othermatters. They do so in confidence andhave the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and actappropriately.In the performance of the duties outlined in this JobDescription, the post-holder may have access to confidential informationrelating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcareworkers. They may also have access toinformation relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All suchinformation from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, otherhealthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged toauthorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and proceduresrelating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.General and Health and SafetyTo be responsible for your personal safety when performing procedures.To identify any safety risks within the practice and notify G.P./Practice Lead NursePractice Manager.To read and to follow the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.This is notmeant to be a fully comprehensive or exhaustive list. Therefore, this jobdescription is presumed to include any other tasks or responsibilities that thepartners or the practice manager decides are reasonable for this work environmentand for whatever presently unforeseen circumstances might prevail at thetime.Person SpecificationExperienceChildhood immunisationsCervical cytologyWound careDiabetes managementRespiratory careFamily planning and HRTDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. #J-18808-Ljbffr