Practice Nurse inStoke-on-Trent inStoke-on-Trent PUBLISHED
WED 23 OCT 2024
Tunstall Primary Care rS5IXZAR
In this role, the Practice Nurse will collaborate with healthcare professionals, manage care plans, maintain detailed patient records, and promote health education. The position offers a negotiable salary based on experience, along with benefits such as 5 weeks of leave, statutory bank holidays, and access to the NHS pension scheme. Tunstall Primary Care supports ongoing professional development through mentoring, regular appraisals, and training opportunities, while emphasizing confidentiality and compliance with professional conduct standards.
As a Practice Nurse at Tunstall Primary Care, you will play a vital role in delivering exceptional healthcare services to our patients. You will work collaboratively with our healthcare providers and support staff to ensure the highest standards of patient care are maintained.
This is a full-time and permanent position with a negotiable salary for a 37-hour week, to be determined during the recruitment process based on your experience and performance. Additionally, you will enjoy 5 weeks' leave per year, statutory bank holidays, and access to the NHS pension. If you are a dedicated and compassionate nurse, with general practice experience, looking to make a difference in the lives of patients, we encourage you to apply.
We are looking for an individual with:
- Excellent all round communication skills
- Fully qualified and experienced General Practice Nurse
- Childhood Immunisations
- Chronic Disease Management
- Care Plans
- Contraceptive Advice/Pill Checks
- Cervical Cytology
- QOF /QIF/Enhanced Services
- Undertaking Audits
- Knowledge of EMIS Web clinical system, however training can be provided for the right candidate
About us
Job Summary
The Practice Nurse / Nursing Associate will be expected to provide care in the treatment room for the patients of Tunstall Primary Care Centre and Packmoor Medical Centre. This would normally be carried out by face-to-face consultations including, travel and childhood immunisations, Immunisations, dressings, chronic disease management, contraception checks, Cervical Screening & core nursing services.
Areas of Clinical Responsibility
To carry out nursing care plans and treatments in conjunction with GPs or independently to agreed protocols.
To work in accordance with clinical guidelines and practice policies
To carry out health screening as required
To carry out all general treatment room duties including, dressings,
To carry out immunisations, including travel & childhood immunisations
Undertake NHS health checks and participate in research projects, as & when appropriate.
To undertake Chronic disease review for patients with a long-term condition
Contraception checks Ie- Pill Checks.
To undertake ECGS, Venipuncture where necessary
To undertake holistic assessments for the FAAs (Facilitating Admissions Avoidance)
To perform Cervical Smears for the cervical screening programme.
To maintain appropriate records and statistics
To communicate any abnormal findings to other members of the nursing team and/or the GPs, as appropriate
To visit patients at home as and when appropriate
To be active in health promotion and patient education
To carry out specialist nursing activities as appropriate and to participate in training and development.
To work within the principles of the Practices GMS contract. and Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality Improvement Framework (QIF) the LES/DES and the GMS contract
Attending primaryhealthcare team meetings and other meetings as may be necessary for your duties.
Willing to upskill as part of (PDP) Personal Development Plan
Professional
1.To adhere to the NMC code (Nursing & Midwifery Council) of Professional Conduct and to work in accordance with the scope of professional practice
To take responsibility for ones own professional practice and educational updates, in accordance with Prep and the needs of the practice
Participate in activities that lead to personal and/or team development
Participate in Development Reviews, as and when required
Support
We normally arrange for all new staff members to have a mentor or supporter within the practice team.
All staff have regular appraisals and have access to appropriate training and development.
Confidentiality
To maintain confidentiality in relation to patient data at all times
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters.They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers.They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
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