We are seeking a Practice Nurse who has worked within a GP Practice to work in conjunction with our existing nursing team which comprises of Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses and Health Care Assistants (HCAs). Responsibilities will be for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. The successful candidate will need to work across all of our sites, must be well presented and have good IT skills. Previous Primary Care experienceessential, SystmOne clinical system experience essential. Salarydepending on experience.
Main duties of the job
* Toplan and deliver high quality integrated nursing care to the practicepopulation
* Topromote health and well-being within the practice population
* Running chronic disease management clinics
* To undertake Cervical Cytology Screening
* To implement vaccination programmes for children and adults
* Contraception and family planning
* Towork with clinical and non-clinical practice staff, other members of thewider healthcare team and NHSE/ICB in contributing to:
* Deliver objectives set out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
* Strongly contribute to the attainment of QOF targets
* Deliverance of Enhanced Services
About us
We are a well-established training and teaching Practice in inner cityBradford. We have a fully comprehensive clinical team that are committed to providing excellent healthcare services to our diverse practice population of c8000 across Little Horton Lane and our branch site. We pride ourselveson fostering a collaborative and inclusive work culture where every teammembers contribution is valued and respected. By joining us you will be part ofa passionate team dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of ourpatients. We have received GOOD CQC ratings at our sites.
Job responsibilities
To provide and maintain an extremely high standard of nursing care forpatients across our main GP surgery and our branch surgery as well as providing nursing assistance to thedoctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties willinclude all tasks normally undertaken and in addition any roles agreed betweenthe nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.Take responsibility for chronic disease registers and work with admin staff tomaintain robust call and recall systems for chronic disease, cervical cytology,immunisation and other populations based health promotion and diseaseprevention care programmes, escalating where necessary patients who needintervention from a GP to ensure a review as appropriate, constructing carepathways where patients receive appropriate investigations and reviews by anappropriate clinician at the appropriate time interval.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse with Experience of Primary Care
* A demonstrable commitment to professional development
* Competency in nursing duties required for the post
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Willingness to contribute to multi-professional working
* Ability to work well autonomously and within a team
* Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct (2002) and The Scope of Professional Practice (1992)
* Experience of dealing with the public/patients
* An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
* Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
* Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own
* Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
* Pleasant and articulate
* Able to work under pressure and in a changing environment
* Able to use own initiative
* Full registration with NMC
* Flexibility to work Enhanced Hours
* A commitment to ensure all Health and Safety requirements and Infection Control measures are met, as defined by national
* standards and the Practice Health & Safety Policy/Manual and the Practice Infection Control policy and procedures
* Knowledge and understanding of the range of primary care and community services
* Specific nursing skills/qualifications relevant to the post, including phlebotomy, urinalysis, cervical cytology, wound care, childhood immunisations, travel clinic and smoking cessation
* Experience of QOF and chronic disease management (such as Diabetes, CHD, Asthma etc)
* Knowledge of IT clinical systems in particular SystmOne
* Knowledge of Microsoft Office software
* Commitment to professional development & peer
* group learning
* Family Planning qualification (or willing to work towards)
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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