Job summary
Woodhouse Health Centre is looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our team of Nurses and HCAs. The ideal candidate would be dynamic, able to work on their own initiative, committed and a team player.
Main duties of the job
Your role would be to deliver effective healthcare to our patients, including long term condition management, wound management, vaccinations and cervical cytology, depending on clinical competence.
You would also complete appropriate clinical coding in line with QOF and IIF targets.
About us
Woodhouse Health Centre is one the largest health centres in the area with around 12000 patients. We cover a wide area and are an extremely busy Practice with a large amount of vulnerable and elderly patients. We are also a GP training practice.
We have six GP partner's, salaried GP's, GP Registrars and F2 Doctors. Nurses, HCA's, Pharmacists, Paramedics, and a variety of other clinical roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work as part of the practice's multidisciplinary team, the post holder will effectively deliver nursing services to the entitled patient population.
To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice
To review patient medications to enhance compliance
To oversee the provision of wound care services to patients
To co-ordinate the provision of travel medicine services
To request pathology services as necessary
To process pathology results as required
To oversee the provision of chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
To ensure ensure effective use of read codes
To chaperone patients where necessary
To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management) Nurse prescriber
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Women's health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- Good working knowledge in Diabetes Hypertension Asthma CHD Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Understand the importance of evidence based practice
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Understanding of infection prevention and control measures Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong IT skills Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
Desirable
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Travel medicine
- Spirometry
References
Essential
- Two references are required before a start date is given as per NHS protocol.
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
Woodhouse Health Centre
Address
Woodhouse Health Centre
5-9 Skelton Lane
Woodhouse
Sheffield
S13 7LY