Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

Due to retirement, we are looking for an experienced and motivated part time practice nurse to join the team here at St James Medical Centre 15 hours per week over 2 days. We are based in leafy Rawtenstall in the valley of Rossendale close to good motorway links.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be part of a team providing practice nursing services to our patient population. Main duties include;

• Managing Chronic Disease.
• Performing Cytology Testing
• Running vaccine clinics such as childhood vaccines and seasonal vaccines
• Performing monitoring test such as BP, ECG and Spirometry and blood tests when required .
• Vaccine management.
• Infection Prevention and Control .
• Involvement in achieving QOF targets and other targets as required.

Job description

Assess, plan, provide and implement and evaluate nursing care to meet the care needs of individuals in the practice population

Provide access to GP/PAs

Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care

Check all emergency equipment and drugs regularly and ensure records are up to date.

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care e.g. diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking cessation

Actively maintain health promotion material within the practice and waiting room notice boards

Undertake health screening, surveillance, new-patient screens and immunisation

Maintain patient confidentiality and accurate record keeping

Attend and participate in practice team and clinical meetings

Vaccination and immunisations, administering injections, ensuring safe vaccine storage, implementing cold chain policy.

• Infection Control support patients and colleagues in adapting sound infection control measures, implementing infection control policy

To perform venepuncture

Mentor and assess trainees and junior team members.

Specific Health Care responsibilities:

Child Care and Child Protection

Recognise signs, symptoms and categories of child abuse.

Understand importance of recognition, observation, documentation and communication.

Is aware of child health procedures, statutory local procedures and points of referral.

Has knowledge of other practitioners and agencies roles.

Understands basic legal issues around child abuse.

Family Planning

• Advise patients on available methods of contraception and refer as appropriate.
• Support patients attending for emergency contraception and refer as appropriate.
• Perform interval health checks on patients attending using hormonal contraception.
• Teach patients on risk of STD and refer as necessary.

Womens Health

• Advise women on national/local cervical cytology and mammography screening programmes.
• Undertake cervical smears
• Audit minimum of 20 consecutive smears each year to demonstrate adequate sampling rates.
• Promote breast self-awareness and provide supporting literature for breast self-examination.
• Take swabs for microscopy as directed.
• Make appropriate referrals re menopausal symptoms, osteoporosis, and heart disease.
• Advise on basic incontinence management and make appropriate referrals.

Chronic Disease Management

(Including diabetes, asthma, COPD, CHD, epilepsy)

• Assist in maintaining GP contract re chronic disease patients.
• Work within practice guidelines, ensuring safe practice and acknowledge limitations.

Travel Health Advice

• Vaccinations and medications
• Malaria prophylaxis and bite avoidance
• Safe sex
• Food and water hygiene
• Sun protection
• Health insurance
• First aid

Other

• Any other tasks deemed reasonable and necessary to the role.

To understand and embrace Equality and Diversity and respect different abilities, cultures and beliefs.

Safeguarding Children and Adults

• The organisation has a zero tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All employees are required to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children Board Procedures and the Children Act (1989, 2004). In accordance with the CCG and Local Safeguarding Adult Board policy all staff must ensure the health and wellbeing of vulnerable adults is appropriately safeguarded.
• All staff are required to attend training appropriate to their role in safeguarding children and adults, which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and knowing how to raise concerns when those signs of abuse are noticed in a person.

About us

We have a population of 8200 patients. We are a friendly, organised, forward thinking practice. We have the benefit of a number of ARRS staff clinics such as PA, TNA, Mental Health Practitioner, First Contact Physio and Health and Wellbeing coach. We are a training practice and this fosters a culture of support for our staff. We have excellent clinical and administration teams and effective processes in place to help clinics run smoothly.