Practice Nurse - Respiratory - Yeovil, Somerset
SymphonyHealthcare Services has an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse with Respiratory as aspecialist interest to join our dynamic and great teamof Practice Nurses across Oaklands Surgery and Ryalls Park Medical Centre in Yeovil, Somerset. Weregularly have student Nurses come as we are a proactive training practice tohelp invest in the future of Nursing staff. We work closely with our PCN wherewe have a hub that does vaccinations, bloods, ECGs and spirometry
This is a part time post of 33 hours per week, on a permanent contract.
The annual salary range for this post is £39,146 - £41,851per annum, depending on experience (pro rata for part time hours).
Main duties of the job
The main duties of a SHS Practice Nurse are:
* Assisting the whole practice team to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients and their needs.
* Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data for contract purposes is also required
* Contributing to the development of policies / protocols / guidelines within the practice.
* Aiding the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services.
* Encouraging the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice based teams and multidisciplinary working.
About us
Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was establishedin 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developingnew models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.
Symphony has developed a model where each practice isencouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS SomersetFoundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from acentral support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategicmanagement matters).
Providing NHS services is at the heart of what wedo. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients andpractices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary careprovision.
We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop andtransform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology atthe heart of what we do.
Symphony welcome applications from people of allbackgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment andselection for our services, SHS we are committed to equality of opportunity forall.
Symphony offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic rangeof employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), alongwith flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home /office-based working where appropriate to the role.
We look forward to hearing from you and receiving yourapplication.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification document (JD) for a full list of duties, tasks and expectations associated with this role.
Please read this carefully before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered first level nurse
* Evidence of appropriate continuing personal development
* Clinical Supervision Training and experience
Experience
* At least 2 years recent nursing experience of working with patients with chronic conditions
* Audit
* QI
* Health-needs assessment
* Research
* Knowledge of EMIS/SystemOne and Ardens
Knowledge and Skills
* Management of patients with Chronic diseases
* Management of patients with complex needs
* Local and national health policy
* TEPs review
* Communication skills, both written and verbal
* Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
* Negotiation and conflict management skills
* Resource management
* Clinical examination skills ( PACR)
* Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP)
* Change 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.
£39,146 to £41,851 a yearDepending on experience
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