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Practice Nurse
4 months ago
Job summary
The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, treatment room procedures, health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practices multidisciplinary team who provide care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
About us
We are a six partner practice based in Sittingbourne Kent. With a team of over 50 staff including, GP's, ACP's, paramedic practitioner, pharmacists, nurses, administrators and patient coordinators.
Opened in 1995, the Practice strives to offer all its patients up-to-date care without losing sight of the traditional perspective. We serve more than 17,000 patients with quality care.
We are also a training practice helping young medical professionals develop their careers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The followingare the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion arequirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such asworkload and staffing levels:
Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
Provide Smears
Provide travel immunisation services
Provide Warfarin monitoring
Provide wound care (ulcer/doppler etc.) to patients
Provide Contraception advice
Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and guidelines
Maintain accurate clinical records
Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies within the practice
Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that 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
Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Please note: may need to use own car todeliver patient care, such as immunisations, INR and LTC assessmentsfor housebound patients
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
Ability to work as a team member and autonomously Excellent communication skills (written and oral) Clear, polite telephone manner Effective time management (planning and organising) Good interpersonal skills Problem-solving and analytical skills Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable
EMIS user skills Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes Experience with clinical risk management
Qualifications
Essential
Registered Nurse Wound care, removal of sutures and staples Cytology Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly. For example wound swab, cytology Understands 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 to understand when to refer to GPs/ACPs Knowledge of health promotion strategies Understands the requirement for PGDs, PSDs and associated policies
Desirable
ECGs Spirometry Venepuncture
Experience
Essential
Experience of working in a primary care environment as a practice nurse/treatment room nurse Experience in cytology Experience in basic wound care
Desirable
Experience of chronic disease management