Job summary
An excitingopportunity has arisen at Priory Road Medical Centre for an enthusiasticPractice Nurse to join our team starting on 1 November 2024.
We are afriendly and welcoming practice team, where outstanding patient care, teamwork,personal development, and a continuous improvement process are really importantto us, so if thats important to you too - then this is the role for you!
Hours perweek 18
The rolewill be varied and will include chronic disease management, wound care,treatment room work, national screening work such as cervical cytology and thenational immunisation and vaccination schedule, providing travel health adviceand administering appropriate vaccinations and health promotion to help educatepatients.
Please noteif you or any immediate family members are registered at the practice, allparties will be required to change to an alternative GP provider upon an offerof employment.
Main duties of the job
The idealcandidate will:
Have an outstanding patientmanner
Be experienced in diabetesmanagement
Be a confident, courteous &articulate communicator
Be personable and presentable
Be dynamic, organised, and ableto manage own workload
Be able to keep calm underpressure
Be able to prioritise and thinkon your feet
Be hard working, reliable andloyal
Be able to pick up new PCsystems & processes quickly
Be an excellent record keeper
About us
This is anexcellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced, positive and flexiblenurse to be part of the Priory Road Medical Centre team
Based inSwindon, this friendly busy surgery has a patient list of approximately 8700patients
WyvernHealth Partnership is a newly formed partnership of five GP practices, formedin 2018 to improve the quality of care for over 50,000 patients across thearea.
Thepartnership incorporates Hawthorn Medical Centre, Lawn Medical Centre,Merchiston Surgery, Old Town Surgery and Priory Road Medical Centre.
Thepractices came together in response to the increased demand for primary careservices in Swindon and the considerable pressure this put on resources, and onstaff in particular.
The partnershiphas 23 partners and a large team of GPs, nurse practitioners, general nurses,health care assistants and support staff, working together and sharing bestpractice to benefit both our teams & our patients alike.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential: To have diabetes experienceincluding diabetic annual reviews, initiation and follow up of treatment.
To manage the care of patients with long termconditions by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment plansfor patients with long term conditions (or at risk of developing one) that meetidentified needs and promote health and well-being.
Provide the full range of nursing services asrequired to meet the needs if the practice, including venepuncture, ECGmeasurement, blood pressure measurement, urinalysis, immunisations (childrenand adults including travel), injections, cervical smears, swabs, travelservices, assessment of risk factors, lifestyle advice, weight management, earcare, suture removal, wound care, doppler assessments, family planning, etc.
Support effective treatment and prescribingby working with patients to support adherence to prescribed treatments,creating care plans, reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, andproviding information and advice (including over-the-counter medication) onmedication regimens, side-effects, and interactions.
Educate and support patients as needed,including adopting healthy lifestyles, appropriate self-care
Provide a sexual health service whereappropriate.
To assess the needs of patients, providingappropriate care/treatment in conjunction with other health care professionals,or independently, as appropriate.
Refer to colleagues or other agencies asappropriate.
Prioritisehealth problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex,urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergencycare.
Supportinitiatives, including contacting patients, to improve uptake of screening,vaccinations or other services and support the achievement of targets (under the Quality and Outcomes Framework).
To maintainaccurate and contemporaneous records to relevant professionalstandards/guidelines.
To ensureawareness of statutory and local child and adult protection procedures,including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of childabuse.
Administrationand professional responsibilities
Participate in the administrative andprofessional responsibilities of the practice team
Ensure accurate and legible notes of allconsultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes
Ensure the clinical computer system is keptup to date, with accurate details recorded and amended
Ensure appropriate items of service claimsare made accurately, reporting any problems to the practice administrator
Ensure accurate completion of all necessarydocumentation associated with patient health care and registration with thepractice
Ensure collection and maintenance ofstatistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit
Attend and participate in practice meetingsas required
Restocking and maintenance of clinical areasand consulting rooms
To assist the doctor to carry out minoroperations as required.
Report any problems to the Practice Manager
Suppliesand equipment
Maintenance of equipment and stock relatingto patient care
Trainingand personal development
Training requirements will be monitored byyearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements. Personaldevelopment will be encouraged and supported by the practice. It is theindividuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.
Participate in the education and training ofstudents of all disciplines and the introduction of all members of the practicestaff where appropriate
Maintain continued education by attendance atcourses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professionaldevelopment, ensuring PREP requirements are met.
If it is necessary to expand the role toinclude additional responsibilities, full training will be given.
Meetings
Itwill be necessary to attend and contribute to various practice meetings asrequested. The only reason for not attending will be annual, study or sickleave
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
1. Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
2. Experience of dealing with patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions Chronic Diabetes
3. Experience in Primary Care General Practice
Qualifications
Essential
4. Registered General Nurse (Currently registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council) Current NMC registration
5. Accredited training in diabetes management