General Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

Glastonbury Surgery is looking to recruit an experienced registered Nurse to join our friendly, supportive multidisciplinary team.

This is a part-time position of up to 30 hours per week, with a flexible working pattern.

The Role

The successful candidate will provide high-quality nursing care to our patient population, working collaboratively with GPs, nursing colleagues, and the wider practice team. You will play a key role in the management of patients with long-term conditions and contribute to the ongoing development of nursing services within the practice.

What We Offer

• A welcoming and supportive team environment.
• NHS Pension Scheme.
• Competitive annual leave entitlement.
• Opportunities for training and professional development.
• Free on-site parking.
• Employee wellbeing support

We welcome and encourage informal visits to the practice, giving you the opportunity to meet the team and learn more about the role before applying.

You will be supported with a comprehensive and tailored induction plan, with a commitment to ongoing training and development.

Previous applicants need not apply. We reserve the right to close the job advert ahead of the deadline.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a skilled registered nurse to work as part of our nursing team to deliver a portfolio of services to the registered population:

• Wound Management
• Screening
• Health Promotion
• Vaccinations and Immunisations
• Ear Care
• Infection Control
• Emergency Management - competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques
• Child Health Protection
• Mens Health
• Family Planning
• Womens Health
• Travel Health Advice
• Chronic Disease Management

Job description

Main Responsibilities

Wound Management

• Perform wound care using aseptic techniques
• Undertake uncomplicated dressings, including leg ulcers
• Suture and clip removal

Screening

• Undertake opportunistic screening BP checks, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis, smoking status
• Undertake opportunistic venepuncture
• INR monitoring
• Cervical screening upon successful completion of training

Health Promotion

• Provide healthy eating advice to individuals
• Offer smoking cessation advice individually in opportunistic consultations
• Provide individual advice to patients about increasing activity or exercise
• Offer advice on recommended safe limits for alcohol consumption
• Complete referrals as appropriate

Vaccinations and Immunisations

• Administer injections under an individualised prescription or Patient Group Direction
• Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Provide an adult and childhood immunisation service
• Develop and work to Patient Group Directions for POMs

Ear Care

• Undertake ear syringing - following appropriate training
• Advise patients about safe ear care

Infection Control

• Support patients and colleagues in adopting sound infection control measures
• Apply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines, this includes;
• Universal hygiene precautions
• The collection and handling of laboratory specimens
• Segregation and disposal of waste materials
• Decontamination of instruments and clinical equipment
• Reporting and treatment of sharps injuries
• Dealing with blood and body fluid spillages

Emergency Management

• Competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques

Child Health Protection

• Recognises the signs, symptoms and categories of child abuse
• Understands the importance of recognition, observation, documentation and communication
• Is aware of child health procedures, statutory local procedures and points of referral
• Has knowledge of roles of other practitioners and agencies
• Understands basic legal issues around child abuse

Men's Health

• Raise awareness and give basic advice on issues covering
• Testicular self examination
• Incontinence and prostatic disease
• Sexual health
• Initiate opportunistic consultations with patients to cover issues of men's health
• Make appropriate referrals

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 for patients using hormonal contraception
• Teach patients how to reduce risk of sexually transmitted diseases and refer as appropriate

Women's Health

• Advise patients on the national and local cervical cytology and mammography screening programmes
• Undertake a programme of cervical cytology sampling under supervision until competent and demonstrate continuing competence
• Promote breast self awareness, demonstrate breast self examination and provide supporting literature
• Advise patients about reducing the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and make appropriate referrals
• Take swabs for microscopy as directed
• Offer health promotion/lifestyle advice to patients
• Advise on basis incontinence management and make appropriate referrals

Travel Health Advice

• Offer a holistic approach to travel health including comprehensive advice for patients prior to travel including;
• Vaccinations and medications
• Malaria prophylaxis and bite avoidance
• Safe sex
• Food hygiene
• Sun protection
• First aid and emergency medication
• Health insurance

Chronic Disease Management

• The practice holds regular specialist practice nurse led chronic disease clinics for the following conditions: Diabetes, Heart Failure, Asthma & COPD.
• Assist and support with management of a chronic disease clinic in line with qualifications.

Personal and Professional Development

• Assist in clinical audit
• Act as a mentor to other staff as required
• Work effectively in the team
• Monitor and maintain the consistency of professional standards set
• Take appropriate action if standards are not being met
• Recognise the development needs of others
• Support other members of the team
• Participate in evidence based practice
• Be aware of current evidence based approaches to patient care and demonstrate this in practice
• Demonstrate clinical expertise in practice
• Participate in clinical supervision

About us

We have a registered list size of 14,000 patients who are expertly cared for by a comprehensive and diverse multi-disciplinary team including; GPs, GP Registrars, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Pharmacy Technicians, administrative, secretarial & reception staff.

The friendly and supportive working environment offers a structured and pleasant working day. Benefits of working for the practice include a competitive annual leave entitlement, access to the NHS pension scheme, commitment to continued personal and professional development and free on-site parking.

Glastonbury is a small, friendly market town set in the beautiful countryside of Somerset. The Tor dominates the landscape alongside the ruins of the Abbey around which the town was established. Glastonbury has both a medieval and spiritual history which has attracted over the years a diverse population who live alongside many long established families in the area. This all contributes to the uniqueness of the town now famous for the annual Glastonbury Festival. Glastonbury attracts complementary practices in the town; we however provide conventional family medicine as this suits the vast majority of our practice population.

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