Treatment Room Nurse - Glenridding Health Centre
We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working, and motivated Treatment Room Nurse to work at Glenridding Health Centre. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills to work with the existing committed team, helping drive forward change and improving health outcomes. Respiratory training would be advantageous for this role.
8 hours per week (two mornings, 08:30 - 12:30, a week - not consecutively, preferably Tuesdays and Fridays or Mondays and Thursdays)
Closing Date: 04 December 2024
If sufficient applications are received, we may close this vacancy earlier than the stated closing date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver care to Practice patients, treatments, preventative care, screening and patient education. They will provide high-quality evidence-based care to meet the health and social needs of the Practice population, working within the boundaries set out by the regulated standards, and working collaboratively with the General Practice Team.
All staff are expected to work to Cumbria Health's Values:
* Clinically Focussed: Everything every one of us does is for the patient
* Responsive: We listen and we respond quickly in a patient-focused way
* One Team: We work together to provide a high-quality service which is organised and consistent, and in partnership with both the local Acute and Community Trusts
* High Standards: We provide skilled professionals working to the highest standards who are passionate about improving patient care
* Growth & Sustainability: With our strong roots we will continue to thrive and grow
Communities: Connecting and engaging to meet local needs
Job responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities represents the broad range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed here.
Clinical Skills
1. Works independently as a Practice Nurse / Treatment Room Nurse with treatment room skills within the scope of professional practice.
2. Undertakes the monitoring of Long-term conditions, including asthma, COPD, diabetes and chronic heart disease.
3. Excellent communication skills through patient consultation and nursing assessment of physical, psychological and social needs.
4. Undertakes routine assessments in relation to individuals' health and wellbeing and evaluates the outcomes of care.
5. Performs investigations and uses core clinical skill and competence.
6. Adapts to change within working situations managing unscheduled emergency situations.
7. Delivers a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes and ethnic origins of the population through continuum of life.
8. Promotes improving the health of the individual through providing advice and education to aid adjustment of lifestyle.
9. Recognises own limitations, seeks assistance and refers appropriately.
10. Delivers safe, effective evidence-based care and advice to ease patient problems.
Communication
1. Communicates effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
2. Liaises when necessary with general practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Reception & Admin Team, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency, Secondary Care, District nurses, Community MDT, social workers, mental health team, and Social Care Teams.
3. Recognises and effectively manages situations where there are barriers to effective communication.
Professional
1. Complies with Nursing and Midwifery council code of conduct and works within scope of professional practice.
2. Actively participates in clinical meetings.
3. Ensures practice and implementation of care is evidence-based by adhering to local and national guidance
4. Maintains confidentiality of information regarding patients.
5. Reports any adverse incidents or near-miss events through agreed Cumbria Health system.
6. Maintains professional development in risk awareness, health and safety, fire safety at work, Child and Adult safeguarding, conflict resolution, information governance and basic life support by attending annual mandatory training.
Leadership
1. Is a support network for other colleagues, particularly nursing team.
2. Acts as a role model to inspire and motivate others.
3. Helps to establish a culture where Long-term conditions management and health promotion flourishes in practice.
4. Is a voice that challenges practice to promote best practice.
Organisational Skills
1. Be aware and comply with Cumbria Health policies and procedures.
2. Able to adapt to change in the workplace being involved in new developments in the delivery of care.
3. Ensure faulty clinical equipment is reported and repaired and adequate for use.
4. Ensure store supplies are adequately ordered and maintained.
5. Participate and support the implementation of clinical governance, clinical audit and clinical risk assessment, setting and monitoring standards of care.
6. Promote improving the health of the community through reporting and preventing occurrences of infectious disease, providing advice and education.
7. Have a flexible approach to geographical locations across county sites.
Training and Educational
1. Currently enhancing professional development.
2. Continually keeps up to date with current evidence-based practice.
3. Is involved in lifelong learning.
4. Ensure mandatory training has been completed.
5. Participates in in-house training provided/clinical meetings/supervision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current NMC
* Evidence of recent Continual Professional Development
* Wound management training and compression bandaging training
* Relevant Vaccination and Immunisation training
* Childhood Immunisations
Other requirements
* Willingness to undertake further training
* Current driving licence and access to own vehicle
Skills and Aptitudes
* Demonstrate clinical knowledge in acute and Long-term condition management
* Able to demonstrate excellent communication and consultation skills
* Monitoring of patients with complex needs.
* Able to work independently and effectively within a team
* Flexible and motivated
* Basic computer skills.
* Ability to adapt to change within working situation
* Demonstrate clinical competence in minor illness management
* Clinical leadership skills
* Knowledge of care of the elderly.
Personal Circumstances
* Positive
* Confident
* Well organised
* Good team player
* Ability to build rapport and effective relationships at all levels
* Demonstrate initiative
* Ability to maintain workload in a sometimes busy and demanding environment
Experience
* Post registration experience minimum 2 years in relevant field.
* Evidence of good practice
* Working autonomously in a nursing role
* Experience of working within primary care.
* Experience of case management
* Experience of sexual health and reproductive health investigations/referral
* EMIS experience
* Respiratory training would be advantageous for this role.
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.
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