Practice Nurse – Burnham and Berrow Medical Centre
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Job summary
Come and join our friendly clinical team at Burnham and Berrow Medical Centre; we welcome applications from both newly qualified and experienced nurses.
You will work over both sites at Burnham and Berrow Medical Centre in modern, well-equipped premises alongside a great team, providing care to over 16,000 patients in a semi-rural seaside community.
Main duties of the job
You would be part of our growing nursing team, supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring long-term conditions and being actively involved in health prevention and screening activities
You will work collaboratively with the whole general practice team to meet the needs of patients andbe able to run a full Practice Nurse clinic. This would include but not limited to providing general nurse appointment cover and Chronic Disease Management.
You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making, assessment and expert care.
About us
Burnham & Berrow Medical Centre has a modern, friendly, open environment where teamwork is an absolute priority.
Our clinical team comprises GPs, practice nurses, Primary Care Practitioners (Paramedics), Long Term Condition Nurses and HCAs all supported by our management team and secretarial, admin and reception team.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our active multidisciplinary team and astraining practice, there are opportunities to engage with GP Registrars and medical students.
The Practice lies in a seaside, semi-rural community with a large branch surgery and a population of over 16000 patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assist the whole practice team to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients and their needs.
- Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data for contract purposes is also required
- Contribute to the development of policies / protocols / guidelines within the practice.
- Aid the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services.
- Encourage the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice based teams and multidisciplinary working.
- Recognise the opportunities for working in partnership with the Primary Health care team.
- Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being
- Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known 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
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals
- Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side effects and interactions
- Clinical skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):
- Wound care, dressings and general treatment room skills
- Urinalysis
- Spirometry
- Contraceptive advice, Family planning, Sexual Health
- Cytology
- Warfarin (INR) monitoring
- Assist with Coil removal
- Maintaining Thyroxine register
- Ear Syringing
- ECG
- BT, BP and Weight
- Diet and Lifestyle advice
- Immunisations (childhood, flu, pneumonia, pertussis, shingles etc.)
- Injections (B12, Triptorelin, Zoladex, and Depo etc.)
- Travel Vaccinations
- Stock checking and ordering of vaccines
- Chronic Disease Management skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):
- Hypertension
- Mental Health
- Diabetes
- Asthma/COPD
- CHD
- Performance Reporting
- Support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in conjunction with the practice nursing team.
- Participate in an annual appraisal.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
Desirable
- Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice.
- Experience
- Essential
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of working in a nursing team
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures
Desirable
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
- Experience of quality initiatives
- Experience of using a GP Clinical System (EMIS preferred).
- Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
- Chaperone procedure
Desirable
- Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Chronic disease management
- Travel medicine
- Spirometry
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
Other Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Clear, polite telephone manner
Desirable
- Strong IT skills
- EMIS / Front Desk (Informatica) user skills
Personal Qualities -Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and co-operative
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
- Effectively utilise resources
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational Health clearance
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of a Practice Nurse
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website
Employer details
Burnham and Berrow Medical Centre
Love Lane
Burnham on Sea
Somerset
TA8 1EU
Employer's website
www.burnhamandberrowmedicalcentre.co.uk
