Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

We are looking an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our team. You will be supported by a team of clinicians and administrative staff including GP's, Advanced Nurse practitioners, GP Trainees, Healthcare assistants, and an established reception and administration team.

You will be required to:

· Provide primary care nursing services including child immunisations, travel immunisations, cervical smears, contraception, LTC reviews, home visits etc.

· provide timely clinical and culturally appropriate health services (educating patients re lifestyle, using recall and reminder systems etc)

· attending daily de-briefs, weekly clinical meetings, Monthly MDT meetings

· Maintain adequate levels of stock for materials, medication and equipment in all treatment and consulting rooms, ensuring no item is past its expiry date and that stock is rotated to minimise wastage.

· Ensure all patient consultations are recorded accurately in the clinical notes. This includes records of both face to face and remote conversations.

The ideal candidate will also have a positive and calm manner, be compassionate, patient and understanding, be well organised and able to work systematically and be able to follow procedures and protocols closely. You will need to be able to work in a pressured environment.

Main duties of the job

· Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.

QOF

· Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice, including:

Management of Chronic Disease

Therapeutic Monitoring

Patient Health Checks

Health Screening

Travel Health

Immunisation (Adult and Child)

Job description

Working in accordance with the UKCC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

work with reference to Practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments, preventative care, screening and education to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available.

Job Responsibilities:

Clinical Practice

· Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.

· Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice, including:

Management of Chronic Disease

¨ Identifying significant abnormalities

¨ Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals

¨ Disease Management including all areas of QOF

¨ Supporting the practice to achieve maximum points within QOF

Therapeutic Monitoring

¨ Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using an holistic patient-centred approach

¨ Recognising abnormalities

¨ Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.

Patient Health Checks

¨ Identifying significant abnormalities

¨ Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues

¨ Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified

Risk Assessment

¨ Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domestic violence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems)

Health Screening

¨ Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. women’s and men’s health, sexual health, older people)

¨ Undertaking monitoring tasks (e.g. smears) and providing advice as appropriate

¨ Providing in depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the post-holder’s specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans.

Travel Health

¨ Administering injections and providing guidance in accordance with guidelines

¨ Identifying problems

¨ Provision of specialist and evidence based support to the team.

Immunisation (Adult and Child)

¨ Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously

¨ Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.

First Contact

¨ Working independently or alongside the general practitioner and making decisions/ recommendations as appropriate.

Supplies and equipment – consulting room and other areas

· In participation with the Assistant Practice Manager, ensure the maintenance of equipment and stock levels relating to patient care.

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

· Following appropriate training, undertake the collection, storage and despatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment so used. Perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.

Administrative and professional responsibilities

· Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team.

· Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients’ notes on the clinical computer system as appropriate.

· Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the Practice.

· Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.

· Attend and participate in Practice meetings as required.

• Assist in the formulation of Practice philosophy, strategy and policy and develop appropriate protocols.
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

About us

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Greenbank Medical Practice, Oldham for a committed, enthusiastic individual to join our thriving 10,500 patient practice.

Can you bring your excellent receptionist skills and knowledge to our Team?

Would you like to be part of team that works well together, always there to help each other?

The practice is easily accessible by public transport and has onsite parking.