Job summary
Full or part time position.
This is an exciting role to join our team in delivering high quality, patient centred care. The ideal candidate will be an experienced Practice Nurse, though training will be provided for the right candidate.
We offer competitive salary, 6 weeks holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata, NHS pension scheme, uniform, free beverages and parking.
To apply, send your CV to helenherbert@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be able to support our lovely nursing team to care for our patient population.
Main duties will include baby and adult immunisations and vaccinations, wound care, smears and long term condition annual reviews.
About us
Abbeyview Surgery is a semi-rural, part dispensing Practice serving circa 9000 patients in Crowland, Lincolnshire. We are CQC Outstanding and our team have won several awards for patient care locally and nationally.
To compliment our team of Doctors, ACPs and Nurses and HCAs, our rapidly expanding team includes Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Physio, MSK, Clinical Pharmacists, Care Co-ordinator and Social Prescriber.
We have a strong team ethos where all departments work collaboratively to provide the best patient centred care possible.
The Practice has won national and local awards for providing excellent patient care. These include the Carers Quality Award, MacMillan Award for Excellence in Cancer Care, General Practice of the Year and Collaborative working with patients and other providers Award.
Job description
- be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
- support delivery of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention
Primary Responsibilities:
- Support nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
- Manage vaccination and travel clinic service
- Manage dressing clinics to provide wound care (ulcer /Doppler etc.) to patients
- Request pathology services as necessary
- chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required, and meeting qof targets
- Smears
- Contraception advice
- Travel clinic
- Baby immunisation clinic
- Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure read codes are used effectively
- Maintain chronic disease registers
- Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
- Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
- Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
- Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
- Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
- Maintain baby immunisation results logs
- Maintain smears results log
- Ensure compliance with ICP regulations
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a nursing team.
Desirable
- Experience of working in General Practice preferred.
- Long term condition management, including respiratory conditions
- Good IT skills – we are currently an Emis Web Practice but will be changing to System One in February.
