Practice Nurse

Wood End Health Centre have an exciting opportunityto join our forward thinking, innovative 8000 patient practice. We arecurrently looking to appoint an experienced Practice Nurse to Join our team.

The Practice is two miles from Coventry city centreand has mixed demographics including high levels of deprivation, offering thesuccessful candidate an opportunity to really make a difference to ourcommunity. Our core ethos is to provide high quality, accessible Primary Careservices for all our patients, designing care around their needs, whilstadapting to the ever changing challenges and demands of Primary Care and theNHS.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a UK registered nursewith valid NMC PIN number and significant post experience

Provide Excellent patient care

Must have goodknowledge on Quality Outcomes Framework

Must be able torelay clinical information and maintain accurate, comprehensive consultationrecords, EMIS web & Docman

Must have PC Skillsideally will be able to use basic word, excel & email

Able to work inchanging environment and implement change when applicable to provide highquality health outcome

(Please see Job description)

About us

We are a friendly training practice, with threepartners and two salaried GPs and we also host medical students from Warwick Medical School.

We work closelyand collaboratively with our PCN (Sowe Valley) who share in our values. We area high QOF achieving practice and were rated as Good by CQC in 2022.

Job responsibilities

To provide nursing services to patients, includingtreatment, screening, advice and minor therapeutic procedures.

To run special clinics for patients including familyplanning, child health surveillance,

cryotherapy, vaccinations, cervical cytology, warfarin monitoringand chronic disease management.

To undertake diagnostic tests including blood glucosemonitoring, PEFR and urine analysis.

To advise on and supervise patients use of devicesincluding MDIs, PEFR meters, urinary

diagnostic stix, blood glucose monitoring and nebulisers.

To take and despatch safely laboratory specimens includingblood, urine, swabs and smears.

To provide ear syringing, treatment for cuts and bruises,dressings of wounds and leg ulcers and removal of sutures.

To provide immunisations for all ages and diseases and toknow the contra-indications and side

effects of vaccinations.

To provide immunisations and health advice to patientstravelling abroad.

To provide telephone advice to patients and occasionalhome visits where appropriate and

within levels of competence.

To keep up to date with resuscitation techniques.

To ensure emergency drugs are kept up to date and tooperate a system for checking expiry

dates of drugs and vaccines.

To maintain the nursing and treatment rooms in good order

Health promotion

To give lifestyle advice to patients including advice onsmoking, alcohol consumption, diet and

To provide new registration health checks for all newpatients registering with the practice.

To provide well-person advice such as breast andcervical screening and HRT.

To provide health advice to patients concerning risks ofheart disease and cancer, including

those with a personal and/or family history.

To provide other general and specific advice in line withnational and local health priorities.

Management of Chronic Disease (this includes diabetes,asthma, Hypertension, COPD, CVA/ TIA, CHD,

and CHD risk assessment and management).

Identifying significant abnormalities and monitoring anddevelopment of individual

management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with thepatient and other health

professionals.

Participation in annual influenza campaign (which mayinclude paid overtime at evenings /mornings / weekends).

Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information torefer (e.g. drugs; domestic violence;

child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; socialproblems)

Supplies and equipment Treatment room and other areas

In participation with the nurse manager and nurse team,ensure the maintenance of

equipment and stock levels relating to patient care.

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

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Following appropriate training, undertake the collection,storage and despatch of

pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples,swabs, smears etc and ensure

the cleanliness of any equipment so used. Perform anyinvestigatory procedures requested bythe GPs.

Administrative andprofessional responsibilities

Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatmentsare recorded in the patients notes

on the clinical computer system as appropriate.

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentationassociated with patient health

care and registration with the practice.

Attend and participate in practice meetings as required,practice meetings are held quarterly,

the nurse on duty is expected to attend. Clinical andsignificant event meetings are typically held monthly, the nurse on duty is expected to attend.

Assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategyand policy and develop appropriate protocols.

Research projects

Co-operate and participate as required in any researchprojects within the practice.

Student/staff education and training

Participate in the education and training of students ofall disciplines and the induction of allmembers of practice staff with special responsibility fornursing staff.

Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staffconcerned with patient care and with

all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriateregard to confidentiality.

Maintain continued education by attendance at courses andstudy days as deemed useful or

necessary for professional development.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust uswith, 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 privacyand act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this JobDescription, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients andtheir carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to informationrelating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any sourceis 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 inaccordance with the practice

policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and theprotection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintainingtheir own and others health, safety and

security as defined in the practice Health & SafetyPolicy, to include:

Using personal security systems within the workplaceaccording to practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities andundertaking such activities in a way that

manages those risks

Making effective use of training to update knowledge andskills

Using appropriate infection control procedures,maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe wayand free from hazards

Equality andDiversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity andrights of patients, carers and colleagues, to

include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoplesrights, interpreting them in a way

that is consistent with practice procedures and policies,and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs ofpatients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of theindividual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities andrights.

Personal/ProfessionalDevelopment

The post-holder will participate in any training programmeimplemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training toinclude:

Participation in an annual individual performance review,including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professionaldevelopment

Taking responsibility for own development, learning andperformance and demonstrating skills

and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within thepractice, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

Assess own performance and take accountability for ownactions, either directly or under supervision.

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflectingon own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teamsperformance.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies tomeet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effectivecommunication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other members of thepractice, patients and carers

Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods ofcommunication and respond accordingly.

Contribution tothe Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies,standards and guidelines will affect own work.

Participate in audit where appropriate

Person Specification

Experience

• Must have experience of working in Primary care in a GP Practice.
• Must have good knowledge on Quality Outcomes Framework
• Must be able to relay clinical information and maintain accurate, comprehensive consultation records, EMIS web & Docman
• Must have PC Skills ideally will be able to use basic word, excel & email
• Able to work in changing environment and implement change when applicable to provide high quality health outcome

Qualifications

• UK registered nurse with valid NMC PIN number and significant post experience

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.