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Job Summary
The core purpose of this post is to take responsibility to provide high quality practice nursing care to meet the needs of the patients accessing appointments at Greendale Primary Care Centre; which includes treatment, screening, preventative care, patient education, clinical quality systems maintenance; and the supervision of any less qualified clinical colleagues, while working in partnership with other clinical, management and administrative colleagues to meet Greendale Primary Care Centre developmental goals and vision.
Main duties of the job
1. Maintain accurate patient records, entering onto the practice system the appropriate agreed codes, using agreed standards of data entry, templates, and protocols, completing all documentation, computerised and paper-based, as is required for good patient care.
2. Provide basic and higher levels of practice nursing care as needed for patients.
3. Provide care for minor injuries, dressings, and higher-level wound care, liaising directly, where appropriate with community and secondary care counterparts, escalating to a GP or referring onto community services e.g., leg ulcer clinic/tissue viability etc.
4. Support Greendale Primary Care Centre in achieving quality indicators and targets of the primary care services contract and any relevant National Service Frameworks.
5. Undertake opportunistic screening when clinically required e.g., blood pressure, BMI, smoking status, alcohol intake etc.
6. Perform venepuncture and electrocardiography and suture and staple removal.
7. Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients.
8. Take swabs ensuring samples are taken by the lab.
9. Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care dressing techniques in line with current evidence-based guidelines, and locally agreed formulary.
About us
Nottingham City GP Alliance (NCGPA) is a GP Federation that supports the future of primary care in Nottingham city. Since forming in 2016, we have grown from five members of staff to over 200 and rising. We are the lead employer of Primary Care Network (PCN) staff and Additional Roles (ARRS), meaning we employ for many different roles across the city! Our spacious head office is located in the heart of Nottingham city centre, and is close to a range of transport links. Many roles are based within local practices, or other locations in the community.
Salary
Depending on experience £32,850-£36,370pa pro rata
Contract
Fixed term, Duration: 9 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Job locations
Greendale Primary Care Centre, 249 Sneinton Dale, Sneinton, Nottingham, NG10 2FR
Confidentiality
While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
Health and Safety
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Federation's Health and Safety policy.
Safeguarding
All employees are responsible for taking all reasonable measures to ensure that the risk of harm to children and vulnerable adults are minimised.
Person Specification
Essential Skills and Abilities
* Good standard of education with at least level 3 qualifications including GCSE at English and Maths (or equivalent levels of qualifications).
* Registered NMC Nurse.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a range of different audiences.
* Good organisational skills and ability to follow procedures and guidelines consistently and effectively.
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