Invicta Health has an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse,Specialising in Diabetes Care to join the team on a part time basis at St James Surgery.
Working hours per week: 19 hours Tuesday & Friday 8 am - 6 pm.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
As a Band 6 Practice Nurse you will work to provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients including treatment, preventative care, screening, and patient education. The role will involve undertaking a range of nursing assessments safely and effectively and providing appropriate care and/or treatment to patients in conjunction with GPs, Clinicians and the wider nursing team. This roles main responsibility is to provide evidence based seamless care to our diabetic patients, providing them with clinical care, guidance and support with their diabetes. You will work to policies and protocols and strive to improve standards of care to the practices patient population. There may on occasion be a requirement to undertake home visits.
As an experienced Practice Nurse, you will provide leadership to the practice team in relation to a defined area of practice and support lead nurse in day to day management of the Practice Nurse team.
Invicta Health is a non-profit company, with a passion for primary care. We have a wide range of services such as hub-based GPs services, GP surgeries, services in Urgent Care Centres and A&E, a Community Primary Care mental health service, GP staff training service and the list is growing all the time.
We are formed by a federation of General Practitioners working in Canterbury and South Kent Coast areas of East Kent. Our aim is to provide local, high quality services for local people by collaborating with other established organisations in the health and social care community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Assist in
and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by Lead Nurse and
GPs. Advising and escalating any potential problems, issues or errors in a
timely manner.
Undertake and
oversee Diabetes management services including monitoring progress and response
to treatment, identifying where changes to medication may be necessary and
seeking senior support to implement, processing referrals where required,
working to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, and promoting the
preventative aspects of nursing practice. Chronic disease management,
specifically in Diabetes care.
Treatment room duties are desirable, but not essential, within your scope
of practice you may be required to undertake and womens health management
including but not limited to;
o
Cervical Cytology
o
Contraception including
reviews, depo injection and pill checks
Work to recognise changes in a patients condition and take appropriate
action.
Undertake wound and ulcer care including suture/clip removal, dressings,
and assessment to include doppler studies.
Implement, monitor, and evaluate a plan of care for wound and ulcer
management to be followed by Healthcare Assistants, Nursing Associates and
Registered Nurses undergoing training in this area of practice.
Undertake diagnostics tests including but not limited to:
o Urinalysis.
o Taking swab samples.
o Request pathology tests, for example urine culture.
o ECG and BP testing including 24hr ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
o Pulse rate and rhythm.
o Venepuncture
o Blood Glucose monitoring.
o Weight management including BMI.
o Height measurement.
o Peak flow readings.
o Spirometry (where ARTP registered)
Administer adult and child
immunisations, vaccinations and injections including travel vaccines, under a
recognised legal framework.
Ensure safe storage,
rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs.
Chaperone patients to their
healthcare appointments when requested.
Assist with minor surgery
and invasive procedures when required, this includes but is not limited to:
o Joint injections
o Minor surgical procedures
Ensure appropriate health
promotion literature is available.
Prepare and maintain
environments and equipment before, during and after patient care in line with
infection prevention and control guidance.
Undertake housekeeping
duties including, general tidiness and cleanliness of equipment, nursing rooms
and treatment rooms ensuring room and equipment logs are kept up to date and
available for auditing upon request.
Attend and participate in
any MDT and practice meetings when required.
Ensure practice fridges are
checked daily, temperature recorded, cold chain maintained and reporting any
issues where relevant.
Keep up to date with any
changes or advances within the Nursing profession, completing annual competency
reviews and necessary training.
Communicate effectively,
sensitively, and compassionately with colleagues, patients, carers recognising
needs for alternative methods of communication.
Liaise and communicate with
multi-agency partners and third-party organisations as appropriate, adhering to
organisational and national information sharing guidance at all times.
Administration
Accurately input, update and
extract information onto/from the Practice clinical system when required.
Record patient information
clearly and concisely, adhering to national and local guidance.
Liaise with and feedback
effectively to the nursing team and other members of the multi-disciplinary
team (MDT).
Infection Control
Support the Infection,
Prevention and Control lead through the following measures:
Follow procedures aimed at
reducing the risk of passing on the organisms that can cause infections.
Demonstrate a duty of care
in following best practice in adherence to guidelines which is a fundamental
requirement in underpinning the management of Infection, Prevention and
Control.
Apply infection control
measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines. This
includes:
o Dealing with blood and body fluid spillages
o Decontamination of instruments and clinical equipment
o Reporting and treatment of sharps injuries
o Segregation and disposal of waste materials
o The collection and handling of laboratory specimens
o Universal hand hygiene precautions
Monitor and change sharps
bins within the practice when requested or identified.
Assist patients and
colleagues in adopting recommended infection control measures and health and
safety measures.
Effective cleaning and
sterilisation of clinical equipment and working surfaces, preparing
treatment/consulting rooms prior to use.
Support the Lead Nurse in
the completion of relevant Infection, Prevention and Control audits.
Professional Registration
Work in
accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct
ensuring NMC registration is valid.
Have a
diabetes qualification, (PITstop Foundation Course, Diabetes Module (L6),
CDEP). Insulin initiation is desirable,
but not essential and we would be willing to support training and education for
this.
Ensure you
comply with requirements for revalidation and maintain the knowledge and skills
you need for safe practice.
Continue professional
development (CPD) to supplement existing knowledge to aid further autonomy
within the role.
Disseminate
updates in current evidence to all in practice, particularly new learning from
study.
Recognise and work within the limits of your competence and scope of
practice.
Work with the wider multi-disciplinary team to deliver services in line
with current best evidence, national and local guidelines.
Contribute to the development of policies, protocols and guidelines across
the organisation, ensuring compliance.
Work collaboratively within the practice and with professional partners
including secondary care, voluntary bodies and multi-agency organisations to
streamline care pathways using a patient centred approach.
Safeguarding
The autonomous nature of this role may expose you to situations and
circumstance which others do not see. As such it is your responsibility to
ensure that all actual and potential safeguarding concerns are identified and
acted upon in accordance with local and national guidance.
Miscellaneous
Offer and provide clinical supervision to other members of the practice
nursing team.
To mentor, supervise and develop new and existing staff, ensuring
participation in required training.
Support in the training and induction of new and junior members of staff
at the practice.
Actively participate in educational programmes for whole primary health
care team, including medical and nursing students and GP registrar, in relation
to areas of clinical and practice nursing expertise.
General Duties
Invicta Health is a learning
organisation and committed to improving services for patients and staff. All
staff have a duty to identify and report using the Invicta Health reporting
system, any incidents, and complaints as they arise. Such occurrences provide
potential opportunities for learning.
To work collaboratively and
professionally with colleagues across Invicta Health, building and maintaining
relationships.
To contribute to the development of
services, including processes, templates and principles.
Any other
reasonable duties as directed by your line manager.
Due to the
changing nature of Invicta Health, job descriptions will evolve and are
therefore subject to periodic review.
Full terms
and conditions of employment will be issued if an offer of employment is made.