Job summary
Would yoube interested in joining our friendly primary care team of multidisciplinaryhealthcare professionals to deliver primary care services in a busy GPPractice. Newlands Medical Centre is looking for a dynamic Practice Nurse tojoin our friendly primary care team based in central Middlesbrough. This is anexciting opportunity to join our team. If you are passionate about primary carewe would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking,be a caring, compassionate, andcommitted nurse who, acting within theirprofessional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient chronicdisease management such as diabetes, coronary heart disease annual healthchecks, health promotion as well as cytology, childhood immunisation, travelvaccines, health checks and dressings. They will demonstrate safe, competentclinical decision-making and expert care, including health promotion for patients.
The post holder will be supported to become a nurseprescriber.
About us
We have Investors in People Silver Award and are committed to developing our team to provide quality care to our 10,000 patients. We are a training practice and teach GP Registrars. We are a member of Greater Middlesbrough PCN and work closely with our other 7 member practices.
Our Primary Care multidisciplinary team currently consists of 4 GP partners, 3 salaried GPs, 2 practice nurses, 2 health care assistants, clinical pharmacist, and pharmacy technician. We also have allocated ARRS roles via our PCN which included FCP, Dietician, social prescribers, mental health work, among others. Attached staff include midwife, health visitors and district nursing team.
EMIS clinical system
Consistently high QOF achievements
Committed to developing all staff
Monthly clinical meeting updates
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Chronic Disease Management, diabetes, coronary heart disease, COPD, asthma, learning disabilities, severe mental health and agree management plans.
2. Annual health checks working to Ardens Templates.
3. Proactively offer health promotion.
4. Dressings, injections, vaccinations and immunisations, cytology screening and injections flu, pneumonia, shingles, RSV.
5. Annual health reviews to national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice
6. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care Support and promote national screening bowel, breast, cytology.
7. Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients requiring ear syringing.
Delivering a quality service
8. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
9. Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures
10. Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines, and evidence-based care
11. Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking, and formal evaluation
12. Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the practice
13. Use the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
14. In partnership with the primary care team, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate by attending internal quality improvement and clinical meetings
15. Support and participate in shared learning across the practice
16. Use a structured framework ( root-cause analysis, reflection) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents, and near-miss events
17. Contribute to the appraisal of the performance of HCAs, providing feedback as appropriate
18. Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance
19. Working with practice management to ensure the whole team have skills and knowledge regarding domestic violence and vulnerable adults. Provide guidance and support to ensure appropriate referral if required
Management of risk
20. Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
21. Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures, and guidelines
22. Ensure appropriate supervision of safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs. Oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements where appropriate
23. Working with the practice management, ensure the nursing team has access to and undertakes mandatory and statutory training requirements
24. Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
25. Advocate for policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all
26. Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
Managing information
27. Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation, and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information
28. Review and process data using accurate SNOMED codes to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
29. Understand responsibility of self and others to the practice regarding the Freedom of Information Act
30. Undertake mentorship for HCAs, assessing competence against set standards
31. Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments ( courses and conferences)
32. Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
33. An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
34. Ability to use own judgment, resourcefulness and common sense.
35. A commitment to maintain a high professional standard of nursing care and keep up to date with all aspects of nursing care relevant to the post.
36. A commitment to ensure all Health and Safety requirements and Infection Control measures are met and to report any problems to management.
37. A commitment to the effective use of Practice and NHS resources
38. An awareness of own limitations and experience.
39. To work only in accordance with the UKCC Code of Conduct and within the Scope of Professional Practice.
40. Chronic Disease management skills, management of patients with long-term conditions.
41. Dressings, venepuncture, basic observations, cytology screening, injections, vaccinations, and immunisations.
42. Ability to work to PGDs and NMC code of practice.
43. Communication skills, both written and verbal.
Desirable
44. Experience in Primary Care.
45. Negotiation skills
46. Conflict management skills
Qualifications
Essential
47. Membership of the RCN.
Desirable
48. Formal qualifications in diabetes, coronary heart disease, asthma and COPD.