Job summary
Burnham, Berrow and Highbridge Medical Centres (known as Symphony North) are looking to recruit a Treatment Room Nurse to join their dedicated Nursing Team on a 12-month fixed term basis, working 2 4 hours per week across all three sites.

The pay scheme for this role is £21.26 - £24.11 DOE.

You will be part of a nursing team responsible for ensuring that the practice provides optimum care relevant to the practice population, either in practice or the home environment.

You will focus on supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities in line with the objectives and vision of Symphony Healthcare Services. They will work collaboratively with the whole general practice team to meet the needs of patients and supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

You will also demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making, assessment and expert care.

Main duties of the job

• Assist the whole practice team to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients and their needs.
• Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data for contract purposes is also required
• Contribute to the development of policies / protocols / guidelines within the practice.
• Aid the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services.
• Encourage the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice based teams and multidisciplinary working.
• Recognise the opportunities for working in partnership with the Primary Health care team.
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known 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.

About us
Symphony Healthcare Services Limited was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.

Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with backing from a central support team (HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision.

We work closely with our practice teams to grow, enhance and transform patient care and working practices, with innovation and technology at our core.

Symphony welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all.

Symphony offers many fantastic employee benefits, including the option to join a NHS or NEST pension scheme, plus varied salary sacrifice options (see attached poster), plus generous annual leave, flexible working from day one of employment and home working options where appropriate to the role.

Thank you for your interest in joining Symphony! We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.

Job responsibilities
Clinical skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):

• Wound care, dressings and general treatment room skills
• Urinalysis
• Spirometry
• Contraceptive advice, Family planning, Sexual Health
• Cytology
• Warfarin (INR) monitoring
• Assist with Coil removal
• Maintaining Thyroxine register
• Ear Syringing
• ECG
• BT, BP and Weight
• Diet and Lifestyle advice
• Immunisations (childhood, flu, pneumonia, pertussis, shingles etc.)
• Injections (B12, Triptorelin, Zoladex, and Depo etc.)
• Travel Vaccinations
• Stock checking and ordering of vaccines

Chronic Disease Management skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):

• Hypertension
• Mental Health
• Diabetes
• Asthma/COPD
• CHD

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered nurse.
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.

Desirable

• Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice.

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
• Interest and basic knowledge in long-term conditions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of audit.
• Primary Care Experience.

Desirable

• Suitable post registration experience.
• Experience of working in a General Practice setting.
• Experience of using a GP Clinical System (EMIS preferred).
• Basic/advanced certificate of life support.
• Awareness of the national service framework guidelines.
• Understanding of health and safety issues.
• Undertaken mentorship training.

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to teamwork.
• Knowledge of the needs of patients with long-term conditions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Evidence of problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.

Desirable

• Able to use own initiative
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to work in a changing environment

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.