Broom Lane Medical Centre is advertising a position for a Nurse Associate. We are looking to recruit a Nurse Associate with primary care experience to join our team, providing assessment and treatment to patients in our general practice clinics.
We are ideally looking for a negotiable number of days, one of which would be Monday/Friday. Exact start and finish times can be discussed but would include morning and afternoon clinics.
Pay rate: band 4 equivalent pay range depending on experience
Main Duties of the Job
The applicant must be a Registered Nurse Associate on the NMC register and must have the Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.
The ideal candidate would work between 25 and 37.5 hours per week, but there is some flexibility around this.
You will provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, as well as providing nursing assistance to the Doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team.
The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by a Nursing Associate working in General Practice, including health promotion and room checks (infection control duties).
About Us
About the Practice
Broom Lane is a medium to large size practice with around 15,000 patients registered. We currently operate out of two sites.
Our clinical team is led by a group of six GP partners with a range of subspecialty interests. We are supported by excellent teams including four salaried GPs, nursing and healthcare team, practice management team, two reception teams, and an admin team. We are also a training practice and host GP Registrars along with medical students from the University of Sheffield. We also have excellent links with our PCN and are supported by a great team of ARRS roles including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, first contact physiotherapy practitioners, mental health practitioners, community paramedic home visiting service, Admiral dementia specialist nurse and social prescribing link workers.
What We Can Offer
We strive to deliver a high standard of clinical care to our patients. We are an established training practice and are used to providing professional development support and supervision. We meet regularly as a clinical team to discuss cases and provide mutual encouragement. We work hard to look after our teams and develop a good working culture as a practice.
Job Responsibilities
* To assist and perform routine nursing tasks related to patient care, such as routine BP checks, ECG, BMI and lifestyle advice, as directed and agreed with line manager, registered general nurses and GPs.
* To support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing by using behaviour change interventions, such as undertaking health checks (physical and mental), smoking cessation services.
* Support the Practice Nurse with the management of patients with long-term conditions/chronic diseases, using a holistic patient centred approach.
* Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by the Practice Nurse or GP or other member of the Primary Care Network.
* Be able to undertake baseline observations and identify signs of improvement, reporting any deteriorations or concerns, e.g. pulse, blood pressure, respirations, oxygen saturations, peak flow, spirometry, blood glucose levels, ECG, assessing nutrition and hydration, participating in screening programmes and Annual Reviews for example in patients with Learning Disabilities.
* Perform cervical smear screening on completion of additional training as guidance RCN Position Statement on Registered Nursing Associates (RNAs) training in cervical sample taking.
* Administer medications as prescribed and in accordance with NMC standards e.g. via nebuliser or injections using sub-cutaneous or intramuscular route under Patient Specific Directions.
* Following agreed protocols with referral to Practice Nurse or GPs as appropriate, assist in the assessment, planning, development implementation and evaluation of programmes to promote health and well-being and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.
* Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new patient medicals and NHS health checks.
* Document consultations accurately and appropriately, according to NMC guidelines.
* Ensure awareness of statutory and local clinical adult and children safeguarding protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect.
* Ensure infection prevention and control guidelines are maintained.
* To be responsible for providing the appropriate nursing evidence-based care of an allocated group of patients.
* Be an accountable professional who is responsible for their actions, working in line with NMC standards of proficiency and recognising and working within the limits of their competency.
* To work as part of a multidisciplinary team using resources efficiently.
* To deliver quality care to patients and to work effectively within the nursing team.
* To be competent in carrying out a variety of clinical procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nursing Associate
* Qualified in Phlebotomy
* Qualified in Cytology
Experience
* Experience of working within a nursing team
* Experience of working in a GP practice
Additional Skills
* Ability to provide quality care
* Good interpersonal and communication skills
* Basic IT skills
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.
Depending on experience aligned to AFC Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
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