Job Description

Mendip Vale Medical Group are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly Practice Nurse team at Southmead and Henbury Family Practice in order to continue to support the delivery of core nursing services and chronic disease reviews and management.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a range of nursing assessments and provide appropriate care and treatment in conjunction with GPs and other clinical staff, or independently in line with national guidelines, surgery policies and procedures.

The post-holder will look to improve patients health outcomes in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients within their care. Working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary surgery team to meet the needs of patients.

The post-holder will develop good working relationships with:

Patients GP, APs and other Surgery staff Other Practice Nurses Community Nurses and other healthcare staff
Clinical Responsibilities:

To undertake a variety of duties as directed by the Nurse Manager. To deliver a high standard of patient care as a Practice Nurse in general practice. Work with other members of the nursing and healthcare team to organise and provide nursing services for the practice population. Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with GPs or independently, following national guidelines and surgery policies and procedures. Advise patients on general healthcare and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary. Provide specific evidence based practical skills and knowledge in the following areas (or be working towards developing skills and knowledge): Cytology and sexual health screening Travel Health Wound care, including support for the Leg Club initiative Removal of sutures ECGs Asthma / peak flow readings Hypertension management Contraception Routine immunisations / child immunisations COPD Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions within the post-holders knowledge and competencies Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care. Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning or sexual health consultations. Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Surgery policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety. Undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the Nurse Manager. Maintain registration as a Nurse and comply with appropriate professional codes. In participation with the other practice nursing staff, ensure the maintenance of equipment and stock levels relating to patient care. Regular stock checks, requesting basic pathology tests for example; urine culture, swabs, clinical consumables i.e. speculums. Commit to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice. Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Mainatin up to date, accurate patient records, contributing to the accuarcy of Read-Coding patient data to the maximum surgery performance under QOF. Attending training and events organised by the Surgery or other agencies, where appropriate.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 30,796.00-46,772.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Store discount
Application question(s):

Be an experieneced Practice Nurse or registered nurse with a willingness to develop skills and knowledge in all chronic disease areas and other relevant services that are nurse led or supported at Mendip Vale.
Licence/Certification:

NMC registration (preferred)
Work Location: In person