Job summary
To provide patients with safe, high quality and effective care alongside the wider general practice team.

The post will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services Check

Main duties of the job

• Please see Job description
• Providing assessment, screening, treatment and health education
• Provide nursing care to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary. Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary.

About us
Embrace continuity of care and build long term relationships with patients, surrounded by the natural beauty and cultural heritage of this extraordinary region. We have a diverse population and care for around 9,100 patients. We have a modern spacious building with a variety of services that run from within it, including health visitor/midwifery and podiatry.

We are a supportive team who are committed to high-quality patient centred care whilst recognising the need for a healthy work life balance.

The Team includes two GP Partners, six salaried GPs, two Advanced Clinical Practitioners, clinical pharmacist, first contact physiotherapist, healthy living link worker and a highly performing practice nursing team and highly effective non-clinical team.

Operating under the Modern General Practice ethos, we utilise an effective blend of online consults, face to face and telephone consultations. Our GP-led triage system, working closely with skilled care navigators, enables every patient to be seen by the right professional first time and makes the best use of the expertise within our team.

As a supportive and collaborative team, we operate a GP buddy system that provides fair and consistent cross-cover for clinical administration, ensuring safe workload management and continuity during annual leave and non-working days.

Non-clinical administrative responsibilities are shared equitably across the clinical team with a focus on improving practice processes to minimise unnecessary work.

Job responsibilities

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• Cervical cytology screening
• Wound care
• Leg ulcer care
• Minor injury treatment
• Routine & Childhood immunisations
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Contraception and sexual health advice
• Routine annual health checks
• Requesting pathology tests e.g. urine/stool/sputum
• Occasional home visits dependent on patient need

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Portfolio evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Able to work as part of a team, as well as autonomously
• Multi-disciplinary team working

Desirable

• 2 years post registration experience
• Primary care experience
• Experience of managing long term conditions
• Experience of developing protocols and clinical guidance
• Audit experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes
Essential

• Knowledge of responsibility and accountability; of own role and others within the nursing team
• Health promotion and education
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of patient centred care
• Excellent communication skills
• Must have the ability to document accurately, and concisely
• IT skills (preferably using EMIS)
• Time management skills and the ability to manage a caseload effectively
• Knowledge of national guideline and local policy

Desirable

• Health economy awareness

Qualifications
Essential

• Nursing Registration
• Current registration with the NMC
• Evidence of post-registration education

Desirable

• Evidence of chronic-disease management (certificate or diploma)
• Registered cervical screening sample taker with evidence of updates
• Sexual health
• Immunisation training and evidence of updates

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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).