Chingford Medical Practice is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse who can offer a full range of nursing services to join a well-established and dynamic nursing team.You would be working alongside another practice nurse, a specialist diabetes nurse, a health care assistant and two GP assistants in our surgery in North East London. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a supportive and innovative environment where your skills and expertise will be highly valued. Good experience and flexibility, along with good communication skills are important qualities we are looking for.
Main duties of the job
* Cervical screening
* Child/Adult immunisations
* 8 week baby checks
* General contraceptive advice
* Long Term Condition & QOF management
About us
We are a friendly, well established practice in Chingford, North East London with a diverse patient list of over 10,000 patients.
We have 3 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, 2 Practice Nurses, a Diabetic Nurse Consultant, 2 Clinical Pharmacists, 3 HCAs and an FCP. We are the lead practice for our PCN, serving a population over 52,000 and have full access to ARRS staff including social prescribers and FCPs.
We are also a long established training practice with all 3 partners approved trainers. We currently have 6 GP trainees as well as 1st, 3rd and 5th Year Medical Students, opportunites to get involved with teaching are always welcomed. Additionally, we are due to welcome a trainee practice nurse through VTS scheme in January 2025 expanding our current training.
The clinical team is assisted by a practice manager and a team of admin and clerical support.
We also run an active Patient Participation Group and regularly enjoy team activities as a practice.
We use EMIS Web and AccuRx, we also have a high QOF achievement and good CQC rating. We have an onsite car park and cycle storage.
Informal visits and enquiries are welcomed. Please contact our Practice Manager Madeleine Jenkins on nelondonicb.chingfordmedicalpractice@nhs.net for any further information.
Job responsibilities
JOBDESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: PRACTICENURSE
REPORTS TO: NURSEMANAGER/THE PARTNERS (Clinically)
THEPRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
HOURS: 8-12 hours per week (1-2 days)
Job summary:
The practice nurse will work as part of theprimary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the patients ofpractice.
Job responsibilities:
* Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care asdirected by senior nursing staff and GPs
* Cytology
* Removal of Sutures
* Travel Clinic
* Venepuncture (desired not essential)
* LTC Management/QOF reviews
* Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
* Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are beingexamined by another clinician
* Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
* Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs,blood tests
* Interest in Diabetes or Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception.
* Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nursesor GPs as appropriate
* Other tasks will include
* Clean and sterilise equipment using autoclave monitoringautoclave
* Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
* Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items asrequired
* Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined byanother clinician.
* Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatmentrooms
* Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
* Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
* At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
* A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errorswithin a range of assigned tasks
* Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
* On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
* Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
Confidentiality
* In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, orallow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health andother matters. They do so inconfidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect theirprivacy and act appropriately
* In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description,the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating topatients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcareworkers. They may also have access toinformation relating to the practice as a business organisation. Allsuch information from any source is to be regarded as confidential
* Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, healthcare workersor the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons,in accordance with practice policies and procedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Health & safety
The post-holderwill implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their ownand others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practiceHealth & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and thepractice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include(but will not be limited to):
* Using personal security systems within the workplace according topractice guidelines
* Awareness of national standards of infection control andcleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, andgood practice guidelines
* Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimensprocess, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct andclean containers, storage and transport arrangements
* Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoingcorrect usage by staff
* Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice
* Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient careprotocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
* Active observation of current working practices across the practicein relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities,ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs areidentified, escalating issues as appropriate
* Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertakingsuch activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical andpatient process
* Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills,and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range ofinfection control and patient processes
* Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation toinfection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities,wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment.Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
* Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use,storage and disposal
* Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining workareas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards.Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation toresponsible management
* Maintain awareness of all pandemic infection control procedures
* Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health andsafety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
* Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generallyclean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation toother work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in themaintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business inconsultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
* Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twiceannually)
* Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance ofwork space standards
* Waste management including collection, handling, segregation,container management, storage and collection
* Spillage control procedures, management and training
* Decontamination control procedures, management and training, andequipment maintenance
* Maintenance of sterile environments
* Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding andpromoting the welfare of children.
Equality and diversity
The post-holder will support the equality,diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues by:
* Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights,interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures andpolicies, and current legislation
* Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients,carers and colleagues
* Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual,is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings prioritiesand rights.
The post-holder will participate in any training programmeimplemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training toinclude: Practice Index training eg safeguarding, confidentiality, GDPR, firetraining
* Participation in an annual individual performance review,including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personaland/or professional development
* Taking responsibility for own development, learning andperformance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who areundertaking similar work
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain qualitywithin the practice, and will:
* Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk and workingclosely with other members of the nursing team
* Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions,either directly or under supervision
* Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on ownand team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhancethe teams performance
* Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meetpatients needs
* Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effectivecommunication within the team and will strive to:
* Communicate effectively with other team members
* Communicate effectively with patients and carers
* Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communicationand respond accordingly
Contribution tothe implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
* Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
* Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standardsand guidelines will affect own work
* Participate in audit where appropriate
Person Specification
Experience
* Cervical screening
* Child/Adult immunisations
* 8 week baby checks
* General contraceptive advice
* Long Term Condition & QOF management
* Experience of working in GP practice
* Experience using EMIS software
Qualifications
* Current NMC Registration
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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