We are looking for an enthusiastic, people person to join our friendly, hard working Nursing team. Burlington Primary Care has approximately 17,000 patients from a wide variety of backgrounds all with differing needs. Our Practice Nurses have a varied and interesting workload, dealing with patients either face to face, by telephone or by group consultation. The working hours will be 37.5 hours per week with shifts to be Monday - Friday between the hours of 7am - 6.30pm (exact shifts to be agreed with successful candidate) We offer a very generous package of 6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays and entry into the NHS pension scheme Main duties of the job Our Practice Nurses have a busy working day, with a wide variety of tasks to keep the day interesting. Duties can include the following, but for full details please see the job description: Contraception and family planning Long term condition reviews ECG recording Spirometry Smears Wound care Injections/vaccinations Processing lab samples Childhood immunisations Health and wellbeing promotion Dopplers Travel vaccinations and advice 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE: To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care, in conjunction with nursing team colleagues, to the practice population. To focus both in the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with long-term conditions and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population. To provide nursing care to practice patients to include primary care treatment, preventative care, screening and education. 2. DIMENSIONS: The post holder will be required take an active role to support efficient and effective service delivery to the practice population of approximately 16,500 patients. To take an active role in supporting the practice to maximise achievement against local and national targets in respect of the PMS contract, QOF and Enhanced Services. To attend any relevant Practice meetings 3. KEY RESULTS AREAS: 1. To provide assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice. To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment of any specific clinical specialism / pathway advertised for the post (e.g. asthma, diabetes etc.) To work as an integral part of the practice nursing team in organising the provision of nursing services (where applicable) for the practice. Provide nursing treatments to patients. Provide general health screenings and health promotion to the practice patients. Advise patients on minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary. Provide general wound care (no compression), post operative, wound packing, lower leg Participate in national screening work such as cervical cytology and delivery of national immunisation and vaccination schedules. Provision of effective chronic disease management programmes to the practice population according to agreed protocols. Undertake the collection of pathological specimens eg swabs, smears Perform investigative procedures e.g. ECG and spirometry. Provide family planning and sexual health screening and advice. 2. Administrative and professional responsibilities. Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team. Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded contemporaneously in the patients computerised record and where appropriate, in their written notes using SystmOne. Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice. Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports. 3. Treatment room supplies and equipment. Clean relevant equipment and maintain supplies of appropriate consumables in accordance with the Practice infection control policy 5. Liaison Maintain effective communication and coordination with other members of the multidisciplinary practice nursing team. Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality. 6. Professional Development Attend and participate in meetings with other members of the practice team. Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful and necessary for professional development or the work being undertaken by the practice. To undertake a yearly annual review in accordance with the Practice Performance Management System. To maintain any status / registrations required to undertake the duties of the role (e.g. re-validation) To ensure all CCG and Practice structured learning programmes are kept up-to-date (e.g. Mandatory training, e-Learning etc) 7. Infection Control Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and on-going correct usage by staff Hand hygiene Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection 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 work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management Undertaking periodic infection control training Routine management of own team / team areas Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection Spillage control procedures, management and training Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance