Are you the nurse we are looking for to join our team? As a Practice Nurse, you will be afforded the opportunity to join the primary care team in Canolfan Goffa Ffestiniog, working towards the delivery of a new model of multi-disciplinary health care services to the people of Blaenau Ffestiniog and surrounding areas.
This dynamic team currently comprises of Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Advanced Pharmacists, and Physiotherapists in addition to GPs and other allied health professionals.
You will undertake a wide and interesting range of nursing duties relevant to primary care and the population needs including wound care, immunisation, contraception and sexual health services, cervical screening, warfarin monitoring, lifestyle advice, assisting with minor surgery, travel health, and long-term condition management. You will work closely with the wider managed primary care practice teams in the west of BCUHB.
The successful applicant will ideally already have experience of long-term conditions and working in Primary Care or General Practice; however, applications will also be considered from those without previous primary care experience but who can demonstrate transferable skills and are willing to undertake the training required to fulfil the needs of the role.
Main Duties of the Job
The purpose of the post is to provide nursing services to the patients of the practice. The post holder will perform tasks prescribed and delegated by the GPs and Senior Nurses, working unsupervised to Patient Group Directions, agreed protocols, within an evidence base and within defined competencies.
The main duties of the role involve undertaking chronic disease management clinics to support the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) including Asthma, COPD/Spirometry, Diabetes, and Chronic Heart Disease. Identifying and managing as appropriate treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition, performing basic nursing tasks such as ear syringing, blood pressure monitoring, ECGs, assessing and caring for patients presenting with wounds including the removal of sutures and clips and leg ulcer management, participating in vaccination and immunisation programmes; administering injections, ensuring safe vaccine storage and implementing cold chain policy, undertaking cervical cytology screening on those who are eligible in line with national guidelines, undertaking health screening, surveillance and new-patient screens, taking pathology samples from patients for analysis (blood, urine, etc.), assisting GPs with minor surgery procedures, and assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness as well as in minor illness clinics.
About Us
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute, and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.
Job Responsibilities
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered first level nurse with active statutory registration
* Mentor experience and qualification
* Teaching qualification
* Membership of a professional body
Experience
* Some community or primary care nursing experience
* Experience of nursing long-term conditions
Knowledge
* Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
* Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
* Knowledge of health promotion strategies
* Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
* Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
* Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area
* Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
* Awareness of local and national health policy
* Awareness of issues within the wider health economy
Personal Qualities
Skills
* Clinical skills - cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, minor surgery
* Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
* Communication skills, both written and verbal
* Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families
* Negotiation and conflict management skills
* IT skills
* Uses initiative and gets on well with people at all levels
Other Relevant Requirements
* Ability to work core hours, flexible approach to work
Welsh Language Requirements
* Ability to speak Welsh
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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