Job Summary
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of basic practice nursing services care to the practice population. Supported by senior nurses within the practice, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required.

Main Duties of the Job

• Excellent clinical skills.
• Awareness of current nursing issues.
• IT skills including accurate data entry.
• Basic treatment room nursing skills.
• Demonstrate appropriate professional and personal boundaries.
• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm in developing clinical skills.
• Respects the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies

About Us
IntraHealth is one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services. We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.

We also provide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a well-established organisation having provided NHS services since 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralised back office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis support.

We operate NHS services across the North East, Midlands, North West and Yorkshire.

Job Responsibilities - Clinical Practice

• 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
• Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a 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
• Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and practice protocols
• Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-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
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and encourage principles of self-care
• Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds
• Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework (NSF) for Mental Health
• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children
• Advise, support and, where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad
• Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with long term conditions

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Current NMC registration.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Work without direct supervision.

Desirable

• Qualifications/ experience in
• Cervical cytology.
• Childhood immunisation and travel vaccination.
• Chronic Disease Management experience in 1 or more chronic disease.

Experience
Essential

• At least 1 years experience of working in general practice.
• Experience of treatment room duties required for the post.
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
• Experience of quality initiatives such as QOF and KPIs

Desirable

• Experience of clinical system.
• Knowledge of local health issues.
• Awareness of local and national health policy

Attitudes
Essential

• Be a supportive team member providing assistance to other team members.
• Ability to be flexible in hours worked providing holiday and sickness cover.
• Attend training and study days as necessary.
• Ability to adapt and implement change.

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).