Practice Nurse

Job summary

Salary Available on Application

12 hours a week

If you are a General Practice Nurse with experience in Primary Care looking for an exciting new opportunity within a friendly, welcoming environment, then this may be the ideal role for you. Woodlands Medical Centre is seeking an experienced General Practice Nurse to join our vibrant, patient focused and innovative practice who are committed to the delivery of high quality, person centred care. The position is for 12-15 hours to be worked over 2 days - Mondays and Fridays. We are willing to look at training for the right candidate if you do not currently have all the qualifications/experience that we are looking for.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Registered Nurse with up-to-date NMC Registration who must have worked in a Primary Care setting with knowledge of current policies, protocols and national targets. Clinical skills must include:

Chronic Disease Management

Smear taker

Womens Health

Wound Management

Health Promotion

Mens Health

Cardiovascular Disease Management

Travel Health

We are more than happy to provide training in any of the aspects listed above for the right candidate.

About us

Woodlands is a General Practice in Ely, Cardiff. We provide a service to Ely, Caerau, St Fagans and Wenvoe. The Practice has 10 Doctors (6 GP Partners, 2 Salaried GPs and 2 GP Registrars) and 4 Nursing staff. We also provide Phlebotomy, Health Visitor, Ante-natal Care, Midwifery and Counselling via NHS staff. Woodlands is a very high achieving practice under the Quality Assurance and Improvement Framework, QAIF, and consistently receives high Patient Satisfaction ratings from our Community Health Council Reviews. We are a very busy centre and strive to ensure that our patients are cared for to the highest standards.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE

SALARY: TBA

HOURS: 12-15 HOURS

Additional Benefits:

Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme

Professional development and support

Access to confidential employee wellbeing and advice service

Professional indemnity via state backed scheme covered by the Practice

Practice Profile:

We are a family friendly, flexible, supportive, urban GMS practice on the western outskirts of Cardiff with easy access to the M4 and Cardiff city centre.

Our practice:

9,200 patients

6 GP Partners and 2 salaried doctors

Partnership owned premises

Wide range of clinical services including minor surgery, coils and implants, care homes DES, anticoagulation, insulin initiation

Clinical pharmacists undertaking polypharmacy reviews, prescribing support and a chronic pain clinic

GP training practice

Medical student teaching

Excellent support from experienced clinical and admin teams

We a leading member of the Cardiff South West Cluster working with local partners to explore how best to work in a collaborative way to maximise our patients wellbeing and benefit from the following:

MDT working with partner organisations and discharge Hub

Community connectors and social prescribing service

Paediatric teaching clinics and MDT discussions

Community garden

Specialist IT support

Our doctors are supported to maintain a range of external interests including Clinical Director roles in Diabetes, Cancer and Palliative Care.

The GP Practice is often first point of contact for healthcare. The aim is to provide an easily accessible route to care, whatever the patients problem. Since we often care for people and their families over extended periods of time, the relationship between patient, the Doctors and staff in the Practice is particularly important. All our staff, at all times are expected to behave in accordance with the Practice values, demonstrating commitment to the delivery of a high quality service to our patients.

Our Practice Values are:

We arekind and caring- we are welcoming, put people at ease, value other people's time and are compassionate

We arerespectful- we are understanding, attentive, helpful and appreciative

Wetrust and act with integrity - we listen, have clear communication, work as a team and speak up

Wetake personal responsibility- we are positive and professional. We excel in all we do and strive to keep improving

Our Practice Mission statement is, 'Health and wellbeing for all who live in our community'.

We aim to ensure that staff are appropriately trained and confident in the work they do and we provide opportunities to continuously learn, develop, gain job satisfaction and reach their full potential.

Job Summary

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care to the practice population with focus in the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with long-term conditions and acute problems. This includes screening, assessment , treatment and education and taking an active role in supporting the practice to maximise achievement against local and national targets in respect of the GMS contract and Enhanced Services.

Key responsibilities

Clinical practice

To deliver the highest standards of care to patients

Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly

Assess, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs

Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate)

Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan

Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care

Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning, cervical cytology or sexual health consultations

Communication

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating

Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication

Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders

Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues

Delivering a quality service

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality

Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation

Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the practice

Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required

In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate

Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care

Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation

Use a structured framework ( root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events

Team working

Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time

Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working

Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence

Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need

Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team

Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery

Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care

Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management team

Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success

Management of risk

Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients

Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines

Ensure appropriate supervision of safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs. Oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements where appropriate

Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines

Advocate for policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all

Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice

Learning and development

Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments ( courses and conferences)

Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate

Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Practice Nurse with experience of working in Primary Care.

Desirable

Vaccinations, immunisations and smear taking qualifications

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge of health promotion strategies and experience of chronic disease management, vaccinations and immunisations

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a nursing team

Desirable

Experience of working in Primary Care

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