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Oaklands Health Centre is seeking to hire an additional Practice Nurse to join its expanding clinical team, which currently includes Advanced Nurse Practitioners, a Paramedic, Specialist Nurses, and Health Care Assistants. The Practice Nurse will be responsible for various aspects of primary care nursing, such as cervical cytology, immunizations, wound care, chronic disease management, and QOF requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing patient-centered care and supporting quality indicators under the GMS contract.
- Conducting chronic disease management and screening, including blood tests and ECGs.
- Managing wounds, leg ulcers, and performing ear examinations and syringing.
- Carrying out cervical screening and promoting breast awareness.
- Administering adult and pediatric vaccinations and providing travel health care.
- Offering lifestyle advice and recognizing signs of abuse or vulnerable situations.
- Ensuring adherence to current evidence-based practices and supporting Health Care Assistants.
Knowledge of GMS contracts and quality frameworks is essential for this role. The successful candidate will contribute to improving care standards and addressing the population's needs.
Oaklands Health Centre is a dynamic surgery that has developed significantly over the few years. We have played a key role in the Covid response within our area and have a strong and well established clinical workforce.
Our clinical team consists of 5 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 1 Paramedic, 2 Practice Nurses, 2 Specialist Nurses and 3 Health Care Assistants.
We are looking to expand our team by recruiting an additional Practice Nurse to cover allaspects of primary care nursing including cervical cytology, immunisations, wound care, LTC management and QOF.
Core duties will focus on providing excellent patient centered care whilst supporting the practice in achieving quality indicators and requirements of the GMS contract and any relevant National Service Frameworks. This includes -
- Experience in Chronic Disease Management / willingness to undertake training
- Undertake opportunistic screening when clinically required.
- Perform bloods and ECGs
- Undertake wound care management
- Leg ulcer management
- Carry out ear examination and syringing, following appropriate training and assessment.
- Perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness.
- Administer adult and paediatric injections under an individualised prescription or PGDs, ensuring safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs.
- Provide an adult and childhood immunisation service working to PGDs - following appropriate training if required.
- Provide advice on lifestyle issues, assist and support patients in changing their unhealthy behaviours and refer appropriately.
- Deliver travel health care, including vaccinations and advice for patients - following appropriate training if required.
- Recognise the signs of child abuse, family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse, addictive behaviours, suicidal tendencies and be aware of local, referral procedures.
- Ensure that current evidence based approaches to patient are standard practice
About us
JOB PURPOSE
Undertake a range of nursing assessments and provide appropriate care / treatment in conjunction with GPs according to practice policy, protocols etc.
Strive to improve standards of care and be involved in identifying practice population needs.
Chronic Disease management is an essential part of the role as well as the mentoring of our Health Care Assistants.
Knowledge of the GMS contract, e.g. The Quality and Outcomes Framework, LES/DES is a vital element of the post.
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