Practice Nurse - Birchwood Medical Practice

East of England, East of England

Permanent

Depends on experience

Nurse/Midwife Manager
(Band 7)

Practice Nurse - Birchwood Medical Practice

Job summary

Ware looking for a Practice Nurse to complement our dynamic and inclusive 3 site practice based in Surrey. This particular role would be based in our Birchwood site in Horley.

Days and hours have a level of flexibility to fit with the candidates needs. Hours 22-37.5 per week.

As a training practice for GPs, PAs and Nurses we welcome newly qualified nurses or nurses looking to move into primary care and will provide training and support for the right candidate. Pay is according to experience, we offer the NHS pension scheme, free parking on site and other excellent staff benefits.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the service and delivery of the care management of the practice population. Work collaboratively within the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

Conducting health assessments, screening, and triage services, and providing appropriate follow-up care.
Undertaking a range of clinical procedures, including wound care, immunisations, cervical screening and phlebotomy.
Supporting patients with chronic condition such as diabetes, asthma and COPD.
Providing health education and promoting preventative care to patients.
Ensuring that all clinical activities are conducted in line with relevant regulations, standards and guidelines.
To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice.
To review patient medications to enhance compliance.
To support patients in theuse of their prescribed medicines or over-the counter medicines within own scope of practice.
Maintain accurate clinical records.
Ensure read codes/templates are used effectively.
Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.

We welcome anyone who has specific interest in either Diabetes or Respiratory and would like to develop skills further in these areas. We offer daily mentoring and regular team meetings to help support our team. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of nursing in Primary Care with career advancing opportunities.

About us

Modality East Surrey Medical Practice looks after 39,000 patients across 3 sites. We have a lead Divisional Nurse and a robust nursing team where everyone works collaboratively and with mutual support.

Modality is one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation.

All employees are welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you have a passion for supporting patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care. You will learn more because you will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to influence service improvement.

If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.

Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.

Pre-employment

Vaccinations

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.

Right to work checks

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage

References

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer.

Employment history

You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Clinical leadership skills. Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, minor surgery. Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle. Communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families. Negotiation and conflict management skills. Ability to provide teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting. IT skills.

Personal Qualties

Essential

Professional approach to work, Good telephone manner, Strong team player, Smart appearance, Exercises tact and discretion at all times, Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift, Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards working hours

Experience

Essential

Minimum 2 years post-registration experience. At least 1 years recent primary and community nursing experience. Experience of nurse-led management of chronic conditions. Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines. Experience of quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking. Audit experience. Clinical supervision training and experience.

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of management of patients with chronic conditions. Knowledge of accountability of own role and other roles in primary care. Knowledge of health promotion strategies. Knowledge of local and national health policy. Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care. Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy. Knowledge of public health issues. Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area. Knowledge of public health issues in the area.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.