Job summary
We are currently seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated practice nurse to join our forward thinking team at Westbury Group Practice.

The successful candidate will work with a range of health and care professionals and will be supported within our strong nursing team. You will be part of the team responsible for helping people manage long term conditions, health screening, family planning, running vaccination programmes and providing wound care to the Practice population. The successful candidate must have skills and experience in caring for people with diabetes in the community, administering child immunisations and competency in compression bandaging.

Main duties of the job
The postholder will undertake clinical nursing practice, within scope of competence, to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary healthcare services. They will operate practice nurse clinics specific to competencies and needs of the service. For example; immunisation clinics, travel clinic, wound care clinics, general practice nurse clinics and diabetes clinics.

About us
Westbury Group Practice is a large GP Practice with circa 25k patients and a CQC rating of Good. We operate from a modern, purpose built centre, with good transport links and ample free onsite parking.

Benefits include:

• Membership in to NHS Pension Scheme
• Minimum 27 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Training and Development Opportunities

Job responsibilities
Job summary:

The post holder is a registered nurse who is able to work independently and in conjunction with other healthcare professionals in the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of patients’ care needs. They will work within their scope of competence, in the primary care setting.

Provide expert advice to patients and carers, ensuring the maintenance of clinical excellence and providing advice in respect of ongoing care needs. The nurse will need to prioritise care needs of the patients and be able to refer to other members of the multi-disciplinary primary care team.

The focus of the role is both on the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population.

Support the delivery of policy and procedure and participate in the improvement our service delivery.

The post holder will work within NMC Code of Conduct and will be accountable for their own professional actions within professional guidelines.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Undertake clinical nursing practice, within scope of competence, to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary healthcare services.
• To operate practice nurse clinics specific to competencies and needs of the service. For example; immunisation clinics, travel clinic, wound care clinics, general practice nurse clinics
• To operate nurse led clinics to assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for patients presenting with diabetes or pre-diabetes
• Refer patients directly to colleagues and other services/agencies as appropriate
• Providing assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.
• Undertake pathological specimens and investigatory procedures
• Support and mentor to other colleagues/ students within the practice
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
• Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion screening
• Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
• Participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care

Administration and professional responsibilities

• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
• To maintain comprehensive, accurate and contemporaneous computerised records of all consultations and contacts with patients and when appropriate written or printed records.
• Ensure QOF and Arden’s templates are completed accurately.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit
• Restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms
• Attend and participate in practice/nursing meetings as required
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the practice.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• NMC registered nurse
• Current UK driving licence and insurance
• Diploma in Diabetes

Desirable

• Diploma in Diabetes

Experience
Essential

• Team working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
• Experience of reflective practice and supervision

Desirable

• Previous experience as a practice nurse
• Autonomous practitioner with recent experience in managing patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes
• Involvement in mentoring/teaching learners
• Good understanding of primary care

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Knowledge of primary & community health care
• Knowledge of when to seek advice, escalate care and who the appropriate professional for help and advice would be
• Understands and acts in line with the NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code
• Understands requirements for NMC professional revalidation
• Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
• Can autonomously make decisions & management plans
• Able to use IT based clinical record system
• Time management and ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
• Ability to communicate effectvely (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
• Willingness and motivation to learn

Desirable

• Local & national health policy and impact on General Practice

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.