Job summary
We are looking to recruit a dedicated and experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at Chiltern House Medical Centre on a full-time/part-time basis. This flexible role is ideal for a nurse seeking a better work-life balance while continuing to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care. The successful candidate will work as part of our multidisciplinary team to provide a wide range of clinical services and actively contribute to the health and wellbeing of our local patient population.

Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for delivering a broad range of nursing services as part of a multidisciplinary team, with a focus on health promotion, chronic disease management, and preventative care. The role includes providing routine treatment, supporting well woman and well man clinics, administering vaccinations, and contributing to the development of clinical policies and procedures.

About us
Chiltern House Medical Centre is committed to delivering outstanding clinical services to our NHS patients. We pride ourselves on providing compassionate, patient-focused care from the first point of contact through to diagnosis and treatment. We promote a respectful and inclusive working environment and believe that our patients come first in everything we do.

Job responsibilities

• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
• Provide travel medicine services
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process pathology results as required
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure read codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Develop, implement and embed well woman clinics
• Develop, implement and embed well man clinics
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Secondary responsibilities

• Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
• Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
• Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
• Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach, i.e. root cause analysis (RCA).

Person Specification

Clinical knowledge - Essential

• 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
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy

Clinical knowledge - Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena

Qualifications - Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse

Qualifications - Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma or degree (Care)

Experience - Essential

• Experience working in a primary care environment
• Experience chronic disease management.

Experience - Desirable

• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community 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 (opens in a new window).