Job summary We have an exciting opportunity for an Experienced Practice Nurse to join a dynamic forward-thinking team. Village Health Group (VHG) is a friendly GP practice, across 4 sites within Rushcliffe: Keyworth, East Leake, Ruddington and Sutton Bonnington. You will be joining a team of 9 nurses led by a forward-thinking practice nurse. General Practice Nursing is a hugely rewarding area of nursing. You will help people to manage their own conditions, such as asthma, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. You will help them to stay well and promote healthy lifestyles whilst also assessing, screening, and treating people from small children to the elderly. You will have worked previously as a practice nurse and have experience of chronic disease management, including COPD/Asthma; Diabetes; contraception; venepuncture; cytology; as well as childhood and travel immunisations. Experience of using SystmOne would be helpful but is not essential. Site specific training, including the use of SystmOne, will be available, but computer literacy is an advantage. Main duties of the job You will need a valid NMC PIN and you must be a registered general nurse to apply. Full time and part time hours will be considered for the right candidate. We are seeking someone who is a team player, who has a flexible approach to work. We are open from 8:00am to 6:30 pm About us Please complete the application process via NHS Jobs (Rate of pay will be negotiable in line with experience) For informal enquiries and information about the role, please contact Nicola Starr (Lead Nurse) Nicola.starr3nhs.net CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS Sunday 23rd March 2025 Date posted 06 March 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary Depending on experience Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Part-time Reference number A0045-25-0020 Job locations Keyworth Health Centre Bunny Lane Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5JU Job description Job responsibilities To work as a Practice Nurse within the organisation taking responsibility for assessing the nursing needs of patients attending surgery with a broad range of long term All duties and responsibilities to be carried out in accordance with protocols developed by the Nursing Team and in agreement with the Nurse Clinical lead. To provide a high quality, evidence based easily accessible service for patients. To be able to time manage during clinics to ensure a seamless service that is delivered on time, as far is reasonably practical, to the patients. To work with the Lead Nurse in liaisons with the site Team Leaders on a day to day basis and particularly with regard to arrangements for patient recall and review, holidays and rotas, and as a member of the surgery team. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES To provide treatment room nursing care. To include wound management, venepuncture, ECG, routine injection and urinalysis. To assess and treat minor illness and injury in accordance with protocols. To discharge or refer patients as appropriate. To organise medication and wound dressings with a GP/Non Medical Prescriber as part of a plan of care for an individual patient as needed. To assess those patients wishing to travel. To offer basic vaccination, malaria prophylaxis and advice about where to seek more specialist advice. To provide contraceptive, sexual health, coil check and menopause advice and administer depo-provera injections according to protocol. To ensure patients are monitored appropriately depending on their chosen method of contraception or menopause treatment. To provide a cervical screening service in accordance with the National Policy and local NHS recall system. To be able to carry out routine swabs as part of a request by GP/ANP as required. To provide childhood and adult immunisations in accordance with the British Vaccination Schedule. To provide screening examinations e.g. new patient health check, elderly screening and lifestyle advice as requested by GP colleagues or as part of a recall system. To visit patients in their homes to undertake work on behalf of the Practice as requested by the GP/Practice Nurse Manager. To assist in the provision of care to those with long term conditions from the list below, according to skills, training and experience - To take responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients with coronary heart disease within the surgery. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol. To take responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients with asthma within the surgery. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol. To take responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients with COPD within the surgery. To perform spirometry. To analyse and inform the GP of the results. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol. To take responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients with diabetes within the surgery. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of patients with hypertension in accordance with the protocol. In cases of co-morbidity, to work closely with the lead GP and Lead Nurse, as appropriate in accordance with protocol and personal competencies. Aside from any provision of chronic disease management care, to perform general medication reviews with patients. To be responsible for the maintenance of accurate records, reflecting consultations and communications with patients. To ensure the careful labelling of specimens and printing of prescriptions. To ensure nursing care is evidence based and evaluated appropriately. To undertake a role in research and audit, independently or in conjunction with other members of the team. To take responsibility for the teaching and supervising of the Health Care Assistant, phlebotomists and Nursing students as required. To attend designated meetings and relevant training courses keeping professionally up-to-date. To be fully conversant with the in house complaints procedure. To be responsible for ensuring that patient queries and complaints are dealt with according to the procedures laid down by the Practice, adhering to the NHS Executive guidelines and requirements. To make sure that the clinical room is kept tidy, and instruments are sterilised as required. To participate actively in Infection Control and Health and Safety audit. Any other duties within the range and scope of this Job Specification as deemed necessary and appropriate to skill by the Lead Nurse as the organisation and structure of the Nursing Team moves forward. Cultural LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT Ensure continuing education, training and development is undertaken to meet role specific and governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development. Continue to develop soft skills and emotional intelligence in line with the requirements and culture and to uphold the values and culture of Village Health Group. BEHAVIOURS Village Health Group staff should strive towards the following behaviours to support their professional development and working life o Communicate appropriately and clearly and also know when to listen o Polite and professional at all times o Self- starting, inquisitive and determined o Organised, Structured and Purposeful o Diplomatic, Tactful, Emotionally Aware o Determined, Focused and Resilient o Self -Aware as an individual or part of a team o Happy to Contribute, Respectful, Adaptable o Eager to learn and seek the highest outcomes o Patient and outcome focused o Respectfully challenging and decisive o Know when to ask for help o Work Safely o Visible leadership and consistent management ADMINISTRATION & GENERAL As an employee of the Village Health Group it is expected that you will take due diligence and care in regard to any information collected, recorded, processed or handled by you during the course of your work and that such information is collected, recorded, processed and handled in compliance with Practice requirements and instructions. To work to the agreed standards, policies and procedures, values and beliefs of the organisation The duties of this post are a guide to the range of responsibilities that may be required. These may change from time to time to meet the needs of the service and/or the development needs of the post holder. This job description will be revised regularly to take account of changes within the organisational structure and the practice business plan. Job description Job responsibilities To work as a Practice Nurse within the organisation taking responsibility for assessing the nursing needs of patients attending surgery with a broad range of long term All duties and responsibilities to be carried out in accordance with protocols developed by the Nursing Team and in agreement with the Nurse Clinical lead. To provide a high quality, evidence based easily accessible service for patients. To be able to time manage during clinics to ensure a seamless service that is delivered on time, as far is reasonably practical, to the patients. To work with the Lead Nurse in liaisons with the site Team Leaders on a day to day basis and particularly with regard to arrangements for patient recall and review, holidays and rotas, and as a member of the surgery team. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES To provide treatment room nursing care. To include wound management, venepuncture, ECG, routine injection and urinalysis. To assess and treat minor illness and injury in accordance with protocols. To discharge or refer patients as appropriate. To organise medication and wound dressings with a GP/Non Medical Prescriber as part of a plan of care for an individual patient as needed. To assess those patients wishing to travel. To offer basic vaccination, malaria prophylaxis and advice about where to seek more specialist advice. To provide contraceptive, sexual health, coil check and menopause advice and administer depo-provera injections according to protocol. To ensure patients are monitored appropriately depending on their chosen method of contraception or menopause treatment. To provide a cervical screening service in accordance with the National Policy and local NHS recall system. To be able to carry out routine swabs as part of a request by GP/ANP as required. To provide childhood and adult immunisations in accordance with the British Vaccination Schedule. To provide screening examinations e.g. new patient health check, elderly screening and lifestyle advice as requested by GP colleagues or as part of a recall system. To visit patients in their homes to undertake work on behalf of the Practice as requested by the GP/Practice Nurse Manager. To assist in the provision of care to those with long term conditions from the list below, according to skills, training and experience - To take responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients with coronary heart disease within the surgery. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol. To take responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients with asthma within the surgery. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol. To take responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients with COPD within the surgery. To perform spirometry. To analyse and inform the GP of the results. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol. To take responsibility for maintaining the register and recall of patients with diabetes within the surgery. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of these patients in accordance with the protocol. To share the workload and responsibility with GPs for the care of patients with hypertension in accordance with the protocol. In cases of co-morbidity, to work closely with the lead GP and Lead Nurse, as appropriate in accordance with protocol and personal competencies. Aside from any provision of chronic disease management care, to perform general medication reviews with patients. To be responsible for the maintenance of accurate records, reflecting consultations and communications with patients. To ensure the careful labelling of specimens and printing of prescriptions. To ensure nursing care is evidence based and evaluated appropriately. To undertake a role in research and audit, independently or in conjunction with other members of the team. To take responsibility for the teaching and supervising of the Health Care Assistant, phlebotomists and Nursing students as required. To attend designated meetings and relevant training courses keeping professionally up-to-date. To be fully conversant with the in house complaints procedure. To be responsible for ensuring that patient queries and complaints are dealt with according to the procedures laid down by the Practice, adhering to the NHS Executive guidelines and requirements. To make sure that the clinical room is kept tidy, and instruments are sterilised as required. To participate actively in Infection Control and Health and Safety audit. Any other duties within the range and scope of this Job Specification as deemed necessary and appropriate to skill by the Lead Nurse as the organisation and structure of the Nursing Team moves forward. Cultural LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT Ensure continuing education, training and development is undertaken to meet role specific and governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development. Continue to develop soft skills and emotional intelligence in line with the requirements and culture and to uphold the values and culture of Village Health Group. BEHAVIOURS Village Health Group staff should strive towards the following behaviours to support their professional development and working life o Communicate appropriately and clearly and also know when to listen o Polite and professional at all times o Self- starting, inquisitive and determined o Organised, Structured and Purposeful o Diplomatic, Tactful, Emotionally Aware o Determined, Focused and Resilient o Self -Aware as an individual or part of a team o Happy to Contribute, Respectful, Adaptable o Eager to learn and seek the highest outcomes o Patient and outcome focused o Respectfully challenging and decisive o Know when to ask for help o Work Safely o Visible leadership and consistent management ADMINISTRATION & GENERAL As an employee of the Village Health Group it is expected that you will take due diligence and care in regard to any information collected, recorded, processed or handled by you during the course of your work and that such information is collected, recorded, processed and handled in compliance with Practice requirements and instructions. To work to the agreed standards, policies and procedures, values and beliefs of the organisation The duties of this post are a guide to the range of responsibilities that may be required. These may change from time to time to meet the needs of the service and/or the development needs of the post holder. This job description will be revised regularly to take account of changes within the organisational structure and the practice business plan. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Good standard of general education Registered Nurse Membership of professional body Desirable Supervisory Management qualification Non Medical Prescriber Experience Essential Practical experience of working with others Experience of using own initiative Experience of working within a Primary Care setting Desirable Practical experience of Systmone record keeping system Skills Essential Excellent communication skills (Written and Oral) IT skills Time Management and the ability to work to deadlines Conflict management Problem solving skills Interpersonal skills Car Driver Behaviours Essential Planning and organising Performing under pressure Adaptability Team working Self motivated Flexibility Confidentiality Knowledge Desirable A detailed understanding of a General Practice environment Some working knowledge of staff motivation techniques An understanding of the GMS/PMS contract competency framework Some knowledge of the Practice clinical system Person Specification Qualifications Essential Good standard of general education Registered Nurse Membership of professional body Desirable Supervisory Management qualification Non Medical Prescriber Experience Essential Practical experience of working with others Experience of using own initiative Experience of working within a Primary Care setting Desirable Practical experience of Systmone record keeping system Skills Essential Excellent communication skills (Written and Oral) IT skills Time Management and the ability to work to deadlines Conflict management Problem solving skills Interpersonal skills Car Driver Behaviours Essential Planning and organising Performing under pressure Adaptability Team working Self motivated Flexibility Confidentiality Knowledge Desirable A detailed understanding of a General Practice environment Some working knowledge of staff motivation techniques An understanding of the GMS/PMS contract competency framework Some knowledge of the Practice clinical system 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name PartnersHealth Address Keyworth Health Centre Bunny Lane Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5JU Employer's website https://www.partnershealth.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)