Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
• Excellent communication and clinical decision-making skills.
• Ability to recognise limitations of competence and seek appropriate advice.
• Experience working in General Practice.
• Experience of autonomous clinical assessment and decision-making.
• Experience managing acute and long-term conditions.

Desirable

• Knowledge of EMIS.
• Experience leading service improvement or audits.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration.
• Advanced Clinical Practice/Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification or equivalent.
• Independent prescribing qualification.
• Significant post-registration clinical experience.

Desirable

• Experience with chronic disease management.

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

The Village Surgeries, Croston and Eccleston

Address

Doctors Lane

Eccleston

Preston

PR7 5RA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.crostonvillagesurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients attending the practice, working in line with professional standards, national and local clinical guidance, practice policies and their own scope of competence.

Key responsibilities will include:

Clinical care

• Deliver evidence-based nursing care to patients across the practice population
• Undertake holistic assessments and provide patient-centred care
• Carry out long-term condition reviews in line with national, local and practice guidance
• Support patients with diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and other nurse-appropriate long-term conditions
• Encourage self-care, lifestyle change and shared decision-making
• Undertake routine nursing procedures, injections, venepuncture, urinalysis and blood pressure monitoring
• Administer immunisations and vaccinations in line with current protocols and patient group directions, where applicable
• Undertake cervical screening
• Provide health promotion, screening and prevention advice

Long-term condition management

• Work towards, or maintain, competence across the general range of practice nurse long-term condition reviews
• Recognise when patients require GP, pharmacist or specialist input and refer appropriately
• Support QOF, recalls, reviews and chronic disease registers
• Use appropriate templates, coding and clinical documentation to support safe care and practice performance

Team working

• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, healthcare assistants, pharmacists, physician associate colleagues, administration teams and external services
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues
• Support continuity, safe handover and joined-up care
• Contribute to a positive, respectful and supportive team culture

Governance, safety and quality

• Maintain accurate, clinical records
• Work within NMC professional standards and the post holders own scope of practice
• Follow practice policies and procedures, including infection prevention and control, safeguarding, chaperoning and confidentiality
• Participate in audit, learning events, significant event reviews and quality improvement where appropriate
• Complete mandatory training and take part in appraisal and continuing professional development

Flexibility

• Work across Eccleston and Croston (if required)
• Support seasonal campaigns, including flu and any other vaccination programmes
• Undertake other duties appropriate to the role and level of competence, depending on service need

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse qualification
• Current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration with a valid PIN
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Willingness to undertake further training relevant to general practice nursing
• Immunisation and vaccination training
• Diabetes, asthma, COPD or cardiovascular disease training

Desirable

• Cervical cytology qualification
• Long-term condition management training
• Independent prescribing qualification
• Contraception or womens health training
• Travel health training

Experience

Essential

• Reliable and adaptable
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Able to prioritise workload safely
• Good attention to detail
• Kind, professional and patient focused approach

Desirable

• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Experience of using Emis

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

The Village Surgeries, Croston and Eccleston

Address

Doctors Lane

Eccleston

Leyland

PR7 5RA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.crostonvillagesurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients attending the practice, working in line with professional standards, national and local clinical guidance, practice policies and their own scope of competence.

Key responsibilities will include:

Clinical care

• Deliver evidence-based nursing care to patients across the practice population
• Undertake holistic assessments and provide patient-centred care
• Carry out long-term condition reviews in line with national, local and practice guidance
• Support patients with diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and other nurse-appropriate long-term conditions
• Encourage self-care, lifestyle change and shared decision-making
• Undertake routine nursing procedures, injections, venepuncture, urinalysis and blood pressure monitoring
• Administer immunisations and vaccinations in line with current protocols and patient group directions, where applicable
• Undertake cervical screening
• Provide health promotion, screening and prevention advice

Long-term condition management

• Work towards, or maintain, competence across the general range of practice nurse long-term condition reviews
• Recognise when patients require GP, pharmacist or specialist input and refer appropriately
• Support QOF, recalls, reviews and chronic disease registers
• Use appropriate templates, coding and clinical documentation to support safe care and practice performance

Team working

• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, healthcare assistants, pharmacists, physician associate colleagues, administration teams and external services
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues
• Support continuity, safe handover and joined-up care
• Contribute to a positive, respectful and supportive team culture

Governance, safety and quality

• Maintain accurate, clinical records
• Work within NMC professional standards and the post holders own scope of practice
• Follow practice policies and procedures, including infection prevention and control, safeguarding, chaperoning and confidentiality
• Participate in audit, learning events, significant event reviews and quality improvement where appropriate
• Complete mandatory training and take part in appraisal and continuing professional development

Flexibility

• Work across Eccleston and Croston (if required)
• Support seasonal campaigns, including flu and any other vaccination programmes
• Undertake other duties appropriate to the role and level of competence, depending on service need

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse qualification
• Current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration with a valid PIN
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Willingness to undertake further training relevant to general practice nursing
• Immunisation and vaccination training
• Diabetes, asthma, COPD or cardiovascular disease training

Desirable

• Cervical cytology qualification
• Long-term condition management training
• Independent prescribing qualification
• Contraception or womens health training
• Travel health training

Experience

Essential

• Reliable and adaptable
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Able to prioritise workload safely
• Good attention to detail
• Kind, professional and patient focused approach

Desirable

• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Experience of using Emis

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

The Village Surgeries, Croston and Eccleston

Address

Doctors Lane

Eccleston

Leyland

PR7 5RA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.crostonvillagesurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)