General Practice Nurse
- NHS
- Part Time
- Hartlepool
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
Seaton Surgery is a welcoming and supportive practice located near the beautiful Sea Front in Seaton Carew. We provide care to a diverse patient population of over 4,000 individuals.
We are seeking a dedicated, approachable, and down-to-earth Practice Nurse to join our dynamic team for 25-30 hours per week. This role will involve supporting our healthcare assistants and providing exceptional patient care.
Our open and friendly work environment encourages professional development. We hold regular clinical meetings for our clinical staff to share ideas, best practices, and support one another. A good sense of humour is essential!
The ideal candidate will have experience in all aspects of General Practice Nursing, including child immunisations, cervical screening, travel vaccinations, and chronic disease management.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an ideal candidate with experience across all areas of General Practice Nursing, including child immunisations, cervical screening, travel vaccinations, and chronic disease management. The successful candidate will be expected to take a supporting role with our skilled GPA.
About us
We are a friendly and enthusiastic team, including 2 GP partners, 1 salaried doctor, an ANP, and a GPA, with great managerial and support staff. We work closely together to create a warm and supportive environment for both our patients and our team!
Job responsibilities
Working autonomously and using sound clinical judgement and knowledge to provide a wide range of nursing services within agreed practice protocols, guidelines (both local and national), PGDs and PSDs including the following areas:
Wound assessment; provide care using appropriate dressing treatments to promote healing. Ongoing management assessing for progress or deterioration and acting on findings appropriately to promote healing and minimise discomfort and distress to the patient.
To be involved in Chronic disease clinics Diabetes, Asthma and COPD
To be involved in cytology
Removal of sutures.
Investigations including swabs, urinalysis, venepuncture, capillary blood testing, BP measurement,
Care within the Local Enhanced and Direct Enhanced Service contracts including, Health Checks, Alcohol Monitoring, and Post-Operative Care.
Childhood Immunisations, flu and additional immunisation programmes.
Travel vaccination clinics
To continually improve the reputation of Seaton Surgery for its nursing services by:
Meeting accepted standards of best practice.
Working effectively and efficiently with clinicians, other staff, suppliers and community colleagues.
Adhering to the approved infection control policy, using appropriate PPE, handwashing and taking an active part in clinical cleaning procedures and clinical checks to ensure a safe environment in which to provide patient care.
Providing timely assessment of patients raising concerns and/or discussing symptoms during a consultation ensuring appropriate advice/feedback and/or onward referral to other members of the health care team.
Recognising and reporting Safeguarding concerns for both adults and children.
Demonstrating effective time management, organising and prioritising regular workload within timings of clinics and accommodating urgent patients where needed.
Recording all data in patient records in a timely manner as required by the NMC code using accurate read coding to allow audit and statistical assessment.
Recognising barriers to effective communication in patients, such as altered perception, hearing loss, pain, fear and making allowances for this.
Providing support and training to less qualified members of the nursing team and taking an active role in practical training of medical students and GP Registrars.
To alert the Doctors and/or the Practice Manager to any potential problems and to consider/suggest/take corrective action as and when required.
To read and follow all standard operating procedures, including CQC protocols, at all times maintaining the highest levels of service delivery to patients, doctors, staff and external providers.
To read and follow the approved Information Governance policy, at all times maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality regarding patient, colleague and commercial information and to report any breach or suspected breach immediately.
At all times, to maintain the highest standards of behaviour, to comply with and follow practice policies, protocols and procedures e.g. health & safety, equality & diversity and to report any breach or suspected breach immediately.
To provide cover for members of the nursing team during periods of sickness and annual leave.
To undertake regular mandatory training and personal development, to keep PDP and professional registration up to date and to attend staff meetings.
To undertake any other activities that may from time to time be reasonably requested by the Practice Manager or the Partners.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate Registered Nurse Qualification.
- Membership of a professional body.
- Evidence of recent training
Desirable
- Evidence of continuous academic development
Experience
Essential
- Aware of accountability of own role and other roles.
- Experience of working within a nursing team.
- Wound care management.
- Competency in performing cervical smears.
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Experience of working in a Primary Care environment.
- Awareness of clinical governance.
- Minimum of 2 years post registration experience.
Desirable
- Chronic disease management Asthma, COPD, Diabetes
- Experience of using Primary care IT systems (we use SystmOne).
Qualities/Attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (Written and Oral)
- Time Management and the ability to work to deadlines
- Excellent negotiation and conflict management skills
- Analytical skills
- Problem solving skills
- Excellent Interpersonal skills
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 (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Seaton Surgery
Address
Station Lane
Seaton Carew
Hartlepool
TS25 1AX
