Practice Nurse - Stourport Medical Centre
NOTE: We are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position
Stourport Medical Centre is seeking a motivated and experienced Practice Nurse. This role involves delivering nursing assessments and providing high-quality care and treatment in line with practice policies and protocols, working collaboratively with GPs and the wider team.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to improving patient care standards and actively contribute to identifying and addressing the health needs of our practice population. Chronic Disease Management is a key component of the role, alongside mentoring and supporting our Health Care Assistants, ensuring a cohesive and skilled nursing workforce.
We are looking for someone who is clinically confident, a strong communicator, and passionate about delivering excellent primary care services.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake wound care, management, and dressing techniques. Leg ulcer management, dopplers, and compression bandaging.
* Administer adult and paediatric injections under an individualised prescription or Patient Group Direction, ensuring safe storage, rotation, and disposal of vaccines and drugs.
* Provide adult and childhood immunisation services following Patient Group Directions, with appropriate training if required.
* Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling laboratory specimens, disposing of waste materials, and dealing with blood and body fluid spillages. Report and treat sharps injuries.
* Undertake first aid and management of emergencies, e.g., burns, haemorrhage, hypo/hyperglycaemic emergencies, asthma attacks.
About us
Wyre Forest Health Partnership: a successful and ambitious health partnership working at scale to provide high-quality, innovative patient care, delivered by a valued and respected team.
WFHP has been operating since December 2014 across 5 surgeries, 3 of which are purpose-built. We operate at scale and are at the forefront of primary care delivery, managing approximately 250 staff and 50 GPs, and caring for around 72,000 patients. We have a strong quality improvement ethic and are always seeking to improve.
WFHP is working towards NHS goals to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible. We actively encourage new staff to take an interest in sustainability and incorporate it into their roles.
Job responsibilities
Undertake a range of nursing assessments and provide appropriate care/treatment in conjunction with GPs according to practice policy and protocols.
Strive to improve standards of care and participate in identifying the needs of the practice population. Chronic Disease Management is an essential part of the role, along with mentoring Health Care Assistants.
Knowledge of the GMS contract, including the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), and an understanding of LES/DES is desirable.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered first-level nurse
* Clinical supervision training and experience
Knowledge and experience
* Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
* Knowledge of health promotion strategies
* Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
* Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
* Ability to identify determinants of health in the local area
* Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
* Awareness of local and national health policies
* Awareness of issues within the wider health economy
* Basic IT skills
Right to work in the UK
* Right to work in the UK (We are not able to offer skilled worker sponsorship for this position)
Experience
* Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
* Management of long-term conditions
* Involvement in implementing and using protocols
* Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
* INR trained
* At least 1 year recent primary and community nursing experience
Skills
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families
* Clinical skills such as cervical cytology, immunisation, vaccination, ear care
* Change management skills and ability to support patients in lifestyle changes
Salary: £32,790 to £46,300 per year, dependent on experience
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