ForestMedical Group are looking to recruit a Practice Nurse to join our friendlyteam, due to our rapidly growing patient list size and expansion of the Group. Theideal candidate will already possess experience of Practice Nursing and atleast one complex area, ideally Diabetes and want to seek further opportunitiesto develop and build on an already established career.
Main duties of the job
As a Practice Nurse, youll provide high-quality nursing care, including managing long-term conditions, delivering vaccination programmes, supporting womens health clinics, and offering general health advice. Youll also take part in screening, wound care, minor procedures, and health promotion, while working closely with our multidisciplinary team to ensure the best outcomes for our patients.
About us
Forest Medical Group is a welcoming, forward-thinking, two-site GP practice proudly serving over 17,000 patients across Leicester Forest East and New Lubbesthorpe. We are a well-established teaching practice, working closely with the University of Leicester and Jubilee Training Academy to support the development of medical students, registrars, and foundation doctors.
Our team is a close-knit, friendly group made up of GPs, Practice Nurses, Physician Associates, Clinical Pharmacists, Healthcare Assistants, and an excellent admin and reception team. We genuinely support one another, and weve built a workplace where people feel valued and encouraged to develop.
The atmosphere here is collaborative and supportive. We believe in investing in our people, offering tailored training, funded career development, and regular opportunities to learn and grow. We hold frequent team meetings and social events that keep us connected beyond the day-to-day tasks.
What We Offer:
Career development programmes with support to specialise
Modern, recently refurbished facilities and a brand-new branch
A truly supportive and inclusive culture
Access to the NHS pension scheme and Medical Defence Union Insurance
A proactive learning environment with regular teaching sessions
Job responsibilities
JobDescription
Responsibilities Include:
Providingassessment, screening treatment services and health education advice:
Dietary advice
Carry out specific health screening to thepractice population including cervical cytology.
Assist in the provision of care to thosepatients with chronic diseases operating specific disease clinics, for exampleasthma, diabetes, and coronary heart disease etc.
Screen patients for disease risk factors andearly diagnosis of illness and help monitor a recall system for patients.
Advise patients on general health care andminor ailments with referral to the general practitioner as necessary.
Give immunisations and vaccinations inaccordance with the Practices group directive and give travel vaccinationsand advice for travellers.
Give advice on family planning and recommendappropriate contraceptives.
Carry out routine blood taking and bloodpressure monitoring.
Give diet and healthy lifestyle advice.
Chaperoning and assisting patients whereappropriate who are being examined by another clinician.
Provide wound care and Doppler assessment.
Carry out ECGs tests.
Carry out INR testing using Coagucheck and INRStar
Urinalysis
Health screening
Ear syringing
Dressings
Removal of sutures / clips
Baby immunisations
Assisting with the fitting of IUCD / IUS
Organise and coordinate the provision ofnursing services for the practice to include the delegation of duties to othermembers of the practice nurse team as appropriate.
Provide general and specific health screeningsto the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to othermembers of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.
Undertake the collection of pathologicalspecimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc. Perform investigatoryprocedures requested by the GPs.
Minor Operations
Management of the theatre and recovery suitefor minor operations including maintenance of equipment and stock, adequatestaffing and ensuring appropriate items of service claims are made.
To assist the doctor to carry out minoroperations as required.
Report any problems to the Practice Manager
Supplies and equipment
Maintenance of equipment and stock relating topatient care
Meetings
It will be necessary to attend and contributeto various Practice meetings as requested. The only reason for not attendingwill be annual, study or sick leave.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effectivecommunication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with patients andcarers.
Communicate effectively with other teammembers.
As well as the nursing team there is a need towork closely with reception, office, and dispensary staff to ensure the smoothrunning of the practice, reporting any problems encountered to the relevantperson and ensuring that everyone is aware of the different roles within thenursing team.
There is also the need to establish andmaintain good liaison with other surgeries and agencies including secondarycare.
Administrative and ProfessionalResponsibilities
To work in partnership with generalpractitioners, the nurse practitioner, practice nurses and other professionalsto develop protocols, standards, and audit tools to facilitate effectivedelivery of care.
Participate in the administrative andprofessional responsibilities of the practice team.
Ensure collection and maintenance ofstatistical information, on the computer or manually, required for regular andad hoc reports and audits.
Demonstrate and maintain adequate knowledgeand compliance with all aspects of health and safety at work and COSHH.
Order vaccines and Stock, tidy and organiseTreatment Rooms and Stock Rooms.
Maintain records of Clinic attendance andservices provided.
Ensure accurate and legible notes of allconsultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes.
Ensure the clinical computer system is kept upto date with accurate details recorded and amended.
Ensure appropriate items of service claims aremade accurately, reporting any problems to the Practice Administrator
Ensure accurate completion of all necessarydocumentation associated with patient health care and registration with thepractice.
Training and 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 induction of all members of the practicestaff where appropriate.
Participate in developing and maintaining anin-house nurse-training programme reporting to the Practice Nurse Manager.
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.
Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan
Contribute and participate as required in anyresearch projects and audits within the practice.
Assist inthe Management, supervision, co-ordination and guidance of the nursing team
To assist in the management of the nursingservice in participation with the Practice Nurse Manager ensuring relevantinformation is disseminated to and from the nursing staff.
In participation with the Practice NurseManager contribute to yearly appraisals of all the nursing staff producing atraining programme
Ensure adequate nursing cover is providedwhile within the practice guidelines, keeping the Practice Nurse Managerinformed of any problems.
Participate in the Development and maintenanceof practice policies and protocols for all nursing activity.
To lead / assist in agreed clinical areasi.e., infection control, Asthma, Diabetes etc. in the practice to ensure allstaff are aware of current procedures.
Participate in the Planning, chairing, andrecording of management and training meetings for all nurses following thetraining programme.
Ensure agreed practice audits are carried out.
Ensure the General Practice Manager isinformed of any matters arising or problems / potential problems.
Ensure all surgery produced nursing leafletsare kept up to date.
Produce a 6 monthly nursing newsletter forpatients.
Health & Safety
Thepost-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and othershealth, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safetypolicy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infectioncontrol policy and published procedures. This will include:
Using personal security systems within theworkplace according to practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in workactivities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
Making effective use of training to updateknowledge and skills
Using appropriate infection controlprocedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way, free from hazards
Actively reporting health and safety hazardsand infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general / patientareas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards ofcleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role
Undertaking periodic infection controltraining (minimum annually)
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding andpromoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support theequality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises theimportance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistentwith practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needsand beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner that is welcoming toand of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances,feelings priorities and rights.
Quality:
Thepost-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alertother team members to issues of quality and risk
Assessown performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly orunder supervision
Contributeto the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities andmaking suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
Thepost-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication withinthe team and will strive to:
Communicateeffectively with other team members
Communicateeffectively with patients and carers
Recognizepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contributionto the implementation of services:
Thepost-holder will:
Applypractice policies, standards and guidance
Discusswith other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines willaffect own work
Participate in auditwhere appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
* To be a Registered General Nurse
* To have or to express a commitment in working towards a Practice Nurse Diploma or equivalent.
* To have at least three years nurse experience
* Experience of building and maintaining professional working relationships
* To work in accordance with UKCC Code of Conduct.
* Knowledge of current clinical evidence-based practice.
* Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance.
* Knowledge of current professional issues relating to nursing
* Ability to self-motivate, organise, and prioritise workload.
* Excellent writing and computer literacy skills
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.
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