GP Practice Nurse

Job summary

Job Title: General Practice Nurse Enhanced Access

Organisation: Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance (CRGPA)

Hours: Part-Time, Flexible Bank

Term: Bank

Reports to: Head of Patient Clinical Services

Accountable to: Chief Nursing and Clinical Patient Operations Officer

Salary £ per hour

As one of our EA GPNs you will be expected to undertakethe following as part of their role:

Work independently to provide excellentpractice nursing care directlyto patients

Participate in the delivery of routine surveillance and screening.

Participate in the management of long-term conditions, contraceptiveservices, wound care, immunisations and vaccinations.

Support the development of innovative and high-qualitynursing practice, offeringadvice on service improvements based upon your experience and knowledgeof the needs of patients

Provide General Practice Nursing duties on behalf of the patientsGeneral Practice and PCN.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties

Clinical

To work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.

To provide family planning advice

To administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol

To administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule

Monitoring of ongoing treatments.

To provide health education advice.

Perform cervical cytologyscreening.

To provide opportunistic screening and advice on patients health.

To assist with planning and evaluating patientcare.

Clinical measurements including blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs

The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular injections

Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.

To provide HealthPromotion in areassuch as weight, smoking and alcohol.

Teaching patients and their family self-care where appropriate.

Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.

To work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness of evidence based and currentbest practice.

To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.

To participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personalprofessional development.

To participate in clinical supervision

Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection controlstandards

To support the maintenance of appropriatestock items in fridges and clinical areas and to adhere to cold chain policies

About us

The Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is a private company limited by shares, wholly owned by local Coventry and Rugby GP practices. As a GP led organisation, we represent 50 GP practice shareholders and cover nearly 420,000 patients.

We describe our work in terms of Supporting, Innovating, Developing and Educating - we are on the of general practice and we have developed our Operational Plans to describe what we are going to do over this year to ensure that we continue to high quality, accessible and responsive services for both practices and patients.

We have identified key areas that we will focus on to build upon and improve our existing services.

These are our Strategic Priorities:

Clinical Service Improvement & Delivery Clinical Innovation Primary Care Development Practice and Network Support Training and Education Integrated Care Good Governance Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification are anoutline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes requiredfor the role. The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required to fulfil the objectives of the team.

Do you want to arole that allows for flexibility, and provides regular Saturday hours? Then ourEnhanced Access GPN positions are just for you

The Enhanced Access service operates on behalf of PCNsacross Coventry, Nuneaton and Atherstone, run from local General Practices.

As one of our EA GPNs you will be expected to undertakethe following as part of their role:

Work independently to provide excellentpractice nursing care directlyto patients

Participate in the delivery of routine surveillance and screening.

Participate in the management of long-term conditions, contraceptiveservices, wound care, immunisations and vaccinations.

Support the development of innovative and high-qualitynursing practice, offeringadvice on service improvements based upon your experience and knowledgeof the needs of patients

Provide General Practice Nursing duties on behalf of the patientsGeneral Practice and PCN.

CRGPA JOB DESCRIPTION Main Duties

Clinical

To work within the multidisciplinary team to meet common goals.

To provide family planning advice

To administer IM Contraceptive injections as per protocol

To administer childhood immunisations according to the national vaccination schedule

Monitoring of ongoing treatments.

To provide health education advice.

Perform cervical cytologyscreening.

To provide opportunistic screening and advice on patients health.

To assist with planning and evaluating patientcare.

Clinical measurements including blood pressure recording, blood glucose monitoring and ECGs

The administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular injections

Undertake wound care and appropriate management of wounds.

To provide HealthPromotion in areassuch as weight, smoking and alcohol.

Teaching patients and their family self-care where appropriate.

Assisting and or chaperoning the general practitioner.

To work consistently within your own professional standards, maintaining an awareness of evidence based and currentbest practice.

To ensure appropriate registration with your own professional body.

To participate fully in the annual appraisal process and maintain own personalprofessional development.

To participate in clinical supervision

Maintain cleanliness and hygiene to infection controlstandards

To participate in the maintenance of medical equipment, ensuringappropriate interim checks arecarried out and equipment is appropriately calibrated, and faults are reportedin line with policy.

To support the maintenance of appropriatestock items in fridges and clinical areas and to adhere to cold chain policies

Record Maintenance

Keep contemporaneous clinical records using the computer system (paper records where appropriate),recording clinical history and examination findings, interventions andadvice given.

Ensure documentation is in line with NMC guidance Stock Control & Equipment

Stock Control & Equipment

Have shared responsibility for the Treatment room stock and reportany stock shortages to the servicelead

Maintain nursing drugs and equipment reporting anyshortages/failures to the service lead

The duties of the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changedby discussion with the post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.

CRGPA JOB DESCRIPTION

Who are Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance?

Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is a private companylimited by shares, wholly owned by local Coventry and Rugby GP practices. As a GP led organisation, we represent 54 GPpractice shareholders and covernearly 420,000 patients. We describeour work in terms of Supporting, Innovating,Developing and Educating - we are onthe of general practice to ensurethat we continue to high quality, accessible and responsive services for bothpractices and patients.

We have identified key areas that we will focus on to build upon and improve our existing services. These are our Strategic Priorities:

Clinical Service Improvement & Delivery

Clinical Innovation

Primary Care Development Practice and Network Support

Training and Education

Integrated Care

Good Governance

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant nursing/health degree/qualification Registered first level nurse Registered with NMC

Desirable

Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or willingness to work towards

Experience

Essential

Post-registration nursing experience Experience of working in community / primary care Management of long-term conditions Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines Experience of audit

Desirable

Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking

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