Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

The post holder must work as part of a team, have the ability to organise and prioritise their own workload on a day to day basis, and observe strict rules about confidentiality at all times. They must also know the limits of their own capabilities and seek direction from a GP.

They must have previous experience of working in primary care and proficiency in managing long term conditions. In addition you will be required to undertake full treatment room duties, including immunisations, dressings, removal of sutures, cervical smear taking and anti-coagulation. Experience in additional areas including travel immunisations and family planning are desirable.

Working strictly in accordance with specific practice or national guidelines, the Practice Nurse will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

The post holder must maintain registration with NMC, maintaining its Code of Conduct to protect the public through professional standards. Fulfil their learning requirements.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide efficient, professional nursing care to patients

• Manage chronic diseases e.g. Hypertension, Asthma, COPD. Developing an integrated approach to chronic diseases within the Primary Health Care Team and being actively involved in their clinical management.

• Carry out immunisation clinics and associated admin

• Carry out travel immunisation clinics and associated admin.

• Undertake preventative and treatment clinics for the general nursing care of patients including dressings, removal of sutures, ECGs, and blood pressures.

• Undertake wound management (e.g. leg ulcers)

• Provide a comprehensive vaccination service

• Provide nursing care in minor injuries

• Provide a cervical smear service, family planning information and advice

• Health promotion activities like NHS health checks and smokestop.

• Ear syringing is performed at the practice.

• Maintain clinical areas and equipment, sterilisation of instruments, stock control, drugs and sundry items

• Keep accurate, contemporaneous records, both written and electronic

• Establish diagnoses to set protocols (e.g. BP, blood tests, ECG recordings etc)

• Participate in clinical call and recall systems and record results

• Undertake clinical audits and assist with administration of recalls

• Perform other clinical tasks as trained and agreed to meet the needs of the practice

• Be involved in identifying practice clinical needs

• Perform any other tasks within the skills of the post holder

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Application Process

If you have any questions regarding the post, please contact Dr Harding at [email protected] or 01747 840226.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter to the surgery.

Please do not apply via NHS Jobs.

We will not be conversing with recruitment agencies regarding this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse
• Experience:
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse Experience of chronic disease management,
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures and CQC
• Clinical Knowledge & Skills
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Travel medicine
• Diabetes
• COPD
• Hypertension
• Asthma
• CHD
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.) Understanding 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 understand when to refer to GPs

Desirable

• Post graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)
• Spirometry
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Silton Surgery

Address

Gillingham Road

Silton

Gillingham

Dorset

SP8 5DF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.siltonsurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)