Job description

Job responsibilities

• Working as a member of the practice nursing team to provide nursing treatments to all patients registered with this practice.
• Management of patients with long term conditions
• Working with other members of the primary healthcare team to meet agreed targets in line with quality, Health Standards and National Guidelines.
• To oversee other junior staff where necessary.
• Job Responsibilities:
• To provide and maintain high standards of evidence-based patient care and work with practice policies and procedures.
• To establish effective working relationships with colleagues and other agencies concerned with patient care to ensure a high standard of individual patient care is co-ordinated and maintained.
• To co-operate and participate in practice audit and research as appropriate.
• To maintain accurate and comprehensive nursing records including computerised information, in accordance with practice needs, policies and procedures.
• To work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and adhere to its principals.
• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Follow agreed clinical protocols liaising with Senior Nurses or GPs as appropriate
• Following training & assessment wound management including compression bandaging
• Following training & assessment cervical screening
• Basic sexual health screening including swabs
• Following training & assessment to provide travel immunisations to patients as needed using PGDs
• Following training & assessment routine immunisations e.g. flu/ shingles/pneumonia , using PGDs
• Following training & assessment other injections, e.g. Depo-Provera contraceptive injection/ depot injections used for mental health/ Vit B12
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Requesting pathology tests, e.g. swabs, urine, stool and sputum samples
• General health promotion work, e.g. weight management and smoking cessation with sign posting to most appropriate health care practitioner within the practice
• Other tasks will include:
• Maintain general tidiness within ones own working area within the treatment room
• Participation in administrative systems in the practice
• To work collaboratively with the nurse manager and the leadership team to support the smooth running of general nursing and continuous improvement
• Attend and participate in any practice meetings and other meetings when required.
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a nursing team
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Experience of working in ED

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
• Registered Nurse
• Current registration with NMC
• Evidence of clinical updating and CPD.

Desirable

• Qualified in Phlebotomy
• Qualified to NVQ level 3
• Diploma in Long Term Condition/s (preferred but not essential)

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Marlow Medical Group

Address

Victoria Road

Marlow

Buckinghamshire

SL7 1DN