Practice Nurse

1 day ago


Swindon, United Kingdom Priory Road Medical Centre Full time

Job summary

An excitingopportunity has arisen at Priory Road Medical Centre for an enthusiasticPractice Nurse to join our team starting on 1 November 2024.

We are afriendly and welcoming practice team, where outstanding patient care, teamwork,personal development, and a continuous improvement process are really importantto us, so if thats important to you too - then this is the role for you

Hours perweek 18 over 3 days

The rolewill be varied and will include chronic disease management, wound care,treatment room work, national screening work such as cervical cytology and thenational immunisation and vaccination schedule, providing travel health adviceand administering appropriate vaccinations and health promotion to help educatepatients.

Please noteif you or any immediate family members are registered at the practice, allparties will be required to change to an alternative GP provider upon an offerof employment.

Main duties of the job

Have an outstanding patientmanner

Be experienced in diabetesmanagement

Be a confident, courteous &articulate communicator

Be personable and presentable

Be dynamic, organised, and ableto manage own workload

Be able to keep calm underpressure

Be able to prioritise and thinkon your feet

Be hard working, reliable andloyal

Be able to pick up new PCsystems & processes quickly

Be an excellent record keeper

About us

This is anexcellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced, positive and flexible practice nurse to be part of the Priory Road Medical Centre team

Based inSwindon, this friendly busy surgery has a patient list of approximately 8700patients

WyvernHealth Partnership is a newly formed partnership of five GP practices, formedin 2018 to improve the quality of care for over 50,000 patients across thearea.

Thepartnership incorporates Hawthorn Medical Centre, Lawn Medical Centre,Merchiston Surgery, Old Town Surgery and Priory Road Medical Centre.

Thepractices came together in response to the increased demand for primary careservices in Swindon and the considerable pressure this put on resources, and onstaff in particular.

The partnershiphas 23 partners and a large team of GPs, nurse practitioners, general nurses,health care assistants and support staff, working together and sharing bestpractice to benefit both our teams & our patients alike.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage the care of patients with long termconditions by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment plansfor patients with long term conditions (or at risk of developing one) that meetidentified needs and promote health and well-being.

Provide the full range of nursing services asrequired to meet the needs if the practice, including venepuncture, ECGmeasurement, blood pressure measurement, urinalysis, immunisations (childrenand adults including travel), injections, cervical smears, swabs, travelservices, assessment of risk factors, lifestyle advice, weight management, earcare, suture removal, wound care, doppler assessments, family planning, etc.

Educate and support patients as needed,including adopting healthy lifestyles, appropriate self-care

To assess the needs of patients, providingappropriate care/treatment in conjunction with other health care professionals,or independently, as appropriate.

Refer to colleagues or other agencies asappropriate.

Prioritisehealth problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex,urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergencycare.

Supportinitiatives, including contacting patients, to improve uptake of screening,vaccinations or other services and support the achievement of targets (under the Quality and Outcomes Framework).

To maintainaccurate and contemporaneous records to relevant professionalstandards/guidelines.

To ensureawareness of statutory and local child and adult protection procedures,including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of childabuse.

Administrationand professional responsibilities

Participate in the administrative andprofessional responsibilities of the practice team

Ensure accurate and legible notes of allconsultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes

Ensure the clinical computer system is keptup to date, with accurate details recorded and amended

Ensure appropriate items of service claimsare made accurately, reporting any problems to the practice administrator

Ensure accurate completion of all necessarydocumentation associated with patient health care and registration with thepractice

Ensure collection and maintenance ofstatistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit

Attend and participate in practice meetingsas required

Restocking and maintenance of clinical areasand consulting rooms

To assist the doctor to carry out minoroperations as required.

Report any problems to the Practice Manager

Suppliesand equipment

Maintenance of equipment and stock relatingto patient care

Trainingand personal development

Training requirements will be monitored byyearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements. Personaldevelopment will be encouraged and supported by the practice. It is theindividuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.

Participate in the education and training ofstudents of all disciplines and the introduction of all members of the practicestaff where appropriate

Maintain continued education by attendance atcourses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professionaldevelopment, ensuring PREP requirements are met.

If it is necessary to expand the role toinclude additional responsibilities, full training will be given.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

R6N with minimum 2 years post registration experience Previous experience as a Practice Nurse
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