This is a rare chance to join Bridge Road Surgery. Our innovative, busy practice is seeking an enthusiastic practice nurse to join our excellent, well-established nursing team. The role will include general nursing duties, diagnostic tests, and chronic disease management. We will give full support to any successful candidate in their professional development and encourage specialism and prescribing development.
We have an excellent reputation for giving the best of care and a 'Good' CQC Rating.
If you are as passionate about nursing care as we are, please do apply!
Main duties of the job
You may be working in our busy treatment room giving wound care, vaccinations, or dealing with minor injuries.
You may be completing chronic disease annual reviews, lifestyle advice, or health checks.
You may be involved in research studies.
The role is varied every day. You are expected to work within your competence, and you will be supported to develop professionally and lead your own clinics.
You will be NMC registered, professional, reliable, and flexible. You will be passionate about giving the very best of care to your patients.
You will be a team player, working with others but also able to work on your own. You will engage in nurse meetings and clinical meetings and be prepared to try new initiatives.
You are prepared to challenge existing processes for the benefit of the patients.
About us
We are a practice with approx. 12,500 patients. We have 8 GPs, and a mixture of Advanced nurse practitioners, prescribing nurses, non-prescribing nurses, clinical pharmacists, paramedics, and pharmacy technicians. Supported by a loyal and capable admin and reception team.
We are passionate about patient care, and making sure we give the best of care is important to us.
We have a strong training ethos and throughout the year support GP registrars, nursing students, pharmacy students, and medical students from Cambridge University and NNUH. We offer work experience to those at the very start of their medical professional journey.
We participate in many research studies and will often look to pilot many new initiatives for both the CCG or local Primary care Network.
We are a busy practice but work very closely as a team. We are always very welcoming and supportive to new employees. We understand how daunting a new role can be.
Job responsibilities
Summary: To assess the nursing needs of patients and provide appropriate nursing care and treatment in participation with the Doctors or independently according to agreed and documented protocols.
1. To assist the Doctors in the running of:
1. Baby and child immunisation clinics
2. Minor operations
3. Health promotion and any chronic disease management clinics undertaken by the Practice.
2. With regard to the aforementioned health promotion and disease management clinics, the responsible nurse will be required to:
1. Acquaint themselves with all the necessary equipment and procedures necessary for the fulfillment of the aims of each clinic
2. Follow a pre-determined management protocol as outlined by the responsible Doctor/Nurse.
3. Make every effort to maintain an up-to-date knowledge in medical nursing. Implicit in this is a willingness to undergo further training or attachment to improve their skills.
4. Maintain an adequate supply of patient information and advisory leaflets and develop an awareness of all other sources of information and help that are available to patients.
3. To administer immunisations for:
1. Infants and pre-school children as directed by the Health Authority
2. Booster tetanus/diphtheria and polio immunisations for adults
3. Pre-holiday immunisation for patients.
4. To carry out vaccinations as determined by specific public health requirements.
4. To see and advise patients on request with a view to diagnosis, treatment, or referral for further advice and/or treatment from another source, which may be a Doctor, social worker, health visitor, district nurse, chiropodist, dentist, etc.
5. To carry out diagnostic tests which lie within their capability such as urine analysis, blood pressure monitoring, height and weight measurement, blood glucose monitoring using a glucose meter, spirometry, occasional venepuncture, and electrocardiography.
6. To assist in the treatment and management of numerous conditions which require regular attention and supervision, such as re-dressing of post-operative wounds, gravitational ulcers, the removal of sutures, and any emergency that presents.
7. Nurses should be acquainted with the electronic pathology forms and specimen bottles and should complete the details on the said forms and bottles in anticipation of the Doctor's needs.
8. To maintain a clean and tidy clinical environment within the Doctors consulting rooms, in the Treatment rooms, and the nurse's consultation rooms.
9. The nurse must have a good working knowledge of the use of the computer and its use in the documentation of the consultations and clinical activities and assessment carried out within the Practice, thus enabling the Practice to maintain a full, up-to-date record of all activities.
10. To ensure the prompt removal of used equipment such as speculae, proctoscopes, etc. from the Doctors consulting rooms after consultations and to replace any items of equipment that may be kept therein.
11. To order and maintain a full stock of equipment such as needles, syringes, specimen bottles, as obtained from the Health Authority, hospital pathology department. To maintain the stock levels of sterile equipment.
12. From time to time the nurse may be asked to undertake additional duties or to learn new skills and providing that you have been given adequate instructions or training, and then you may not reasonably refuse to undertake these duties.
13. Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols.
14. Work with patients in order to support compliance with, and adherence to, prescribed treatments.
15. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, medication regimes, side-effects, and interactions.
16. Assess patient travel health questionnaires & offer travel health advice referring on to specialist clinic if need be.
17. Undertake new patient checks.
18. Fit & remove 24 hour blood pressure monitor.
19. Checking and recording Batch numbers and expiry dates of all drugs and vaccinations used in the Surgery. Maintaining the cold chain for vaccinations at all times.
20. Be responsible for the custody of all drugs used in the treatment rooms.
21. Comply with the NMC Code of Conduct.
22. Be aware of the requirements of the Quality Outcome Framework and assist in achieving good outcomes through patient care.
23. Oversee the Health Care Assistant whilst he/she is working at the Practice.
24. To undertake any other duties as may be determined from time to time commensurate with the range of activities described above.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with no restrictions on Practice.
Experience
* Good communication skills, both written and verbal
* Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
* Uses initiative
* Team player and the ability to work independently when required
* Ability to prioritise
* Experience of working in a primary care setting
* Experience of working in a GP practice.
* Experience of dealing with chronic illnesses
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.
£14.06 to £20.60 an hour. Starting Salary will depend on primary care experience.
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