Practice Nurse
- NHS
- Full Time
- Littlehampton
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
Westcourt Medical Centre is a forward thinking and friendly training practice, with a growing list size that is currently around 13,000 patients. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and qualified Nurse to join our Nursing and Health Care Assistant Team.
Main duties of the job
As an integral part of the clinical team, the post holder will work alongside our GP's, Paramedics, pharmacy and nursing team. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in managing long term conditions such as COPD and Asthma, and additionally, experience of Child Immunisations, travel vaccinations and smears. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is forward thinking, shares our commitment to delivering high quality patient care and who has the interest and energy to join us in further enhancing our nursing team. We would be keen to develop the successful candidate to all areas of practice nursing. Experience with TPP SystmOne is desirable but not essential.
About us
At our GP surgery we pride ourselves on providing exceptional patient-centred care in a warm and welcoming environment. Our dedicated team of healthcare professionals, including experienced doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and friendly support staff all work collaboratively to ensure that every visit is a positive experience. With a focus on compassionate care and open communication, we empower our patients to take an active role in their health journey.
Job responsibilities
1. Holistic approach to patient care
2. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
3. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
4. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health
5. Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF
6. Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
7. Provide travel medicine services
8. Request pathology services as necessary
9. Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
10. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
11. Ensure read codes are used correctly and effectively
12. Maintain chronic disease registers
13. Chaperone patients where necessary
14. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
15. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
16. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
17. Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
18. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
19. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
20. Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
21. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
22. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Travel medicine
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
- Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
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
Westcourt Medical Centre
Address
12 The Street
Rustington
West Sussex
BN16 3NX
Employer's website
https://www.westcourtmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
