About this role
Job summary
Join Our Friendly and Supportive Practice Team
We are looking for a caring, motivated, and enthusiastic General Practice Nurse to join our welcoming team. Whether you are an experienced Practice Nurse or a Registered Nurse looking to begin your career in primary care, we would love to hear from you.
At Whitley House Surgery, we are committed to providing high-quality, patient-centred care in a supportive and collaborative environment. We value continuous learning and will provide the training, mentorship, and development opportunities needed to help you succeed. We are a large well-regarded training practice with 14,600 registered patients based in a single site in the centre of Chelmsford and are part of Chelmsford City Health Primary Care Network comprising 43,000 patients
The clinical system we use is SystmOne. The surgery has recently been fully refurbished and provides a nice, high spec environment for both patients and staff.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As a General Practice Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care to our patient population. Working alongside GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Healthcare Assistants, and our wider multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to health promotion, chronic disease management, preventative care, and treatment services.Your responsibilities will include:
Delivering cervical screening and immunisations (or willingness to undertake training).Supporting patients with long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD, and hypertension (or willingness to undertake training).Providing wound care, dressings, and removal of sutures/clips.Performing health checks and NHS Health Checks.Administering vaccinations and travel health services (training available where required).Undertaking chronic disease reviews within your level of competence.Warfarin management ECGsPromoting healthy lifestyles and supporting patients with self-management.Maintaining accurate clinical records using SystmOne.Participating in infection prevention and control, safeguarding, and quality improvement activities.Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
About us
Join Our Friendly and Supportive Practice Team
We are looking for a caring, motivated, and enthusiastic General Practice Nurse to join our welcoming team. Whether you are an experienced Practice Nurse or a Registered Nurse looking to begin your career in primary care, we would love to hear from you. Our current nursing team comprises a Lead Nurse, 2 Registered Adult Nurses & 3 Healthcare Assistants.
At Whitley House Surgery, we are committed to providing high-quality, patient-centred care in a supportive and collaborative environment. We value continuous learning and will provide the training, mentorship, and development opportunities needed to help you succeed. We are a large well-regarded training practice with 14,600 registered patients based in a single site in the centre of Chelmsford and are part of Chelmsford City Health Primary Care Network comprising 43,000 patients
The clinical system we use is SystmOne. The surgery has recently been fully refurbished and provides a nice, high spec environment for both patients and staff.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical practice
Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated woundsSupport and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needsSupport and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultationsImplement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and childrenSupport patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and encourage principles of self-careAssess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and wellbeing, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-beingImplement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term conditionIdentify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term conditionPrioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency careDeliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicalsCommunicationUtilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent of treatmentCommunicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicatingUtilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimensAnticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communicationMaintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment and with external stakeholdersAct as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues viewpoints to othersApply Caldicott principles when handling patient dataCommunicate effectively with members of the MDT Delivering a quality serviceRecognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct asregulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and proceduresPrioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes qualityDeliver care according to the NSF and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence(NICE) guidelines and evidence-based careAssess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluationParticipate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activitiesUtilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where requiredIn partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of healthcare, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriateEvaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of careSupport and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisationParticipate in the management, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis)Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriateUnderstand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidanceWork within policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriatePersonal and people developmentTake responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role modelSupport the development of others in order to maximise potentialActively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practiceEncourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging complacency and actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of servicesParticipate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibilityWork with other nurses and practice team to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill mix are available to meet the needs of patientsContribute and participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standardsParticipate in the engagement of practice-based commissioning or similar initiativesCritically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to own practiceKeep up-to-date with new developments locally and nationally identifying those that will enhance the teams workEnsure awareness of sources of support and guidance (e.g. patient advice and liaison service PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriateTeam workingUnderstand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over timeWork as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of workingDelegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those taking on delegated dutiesEnsure clear understanding and utilisation of referral mechanisms within the practiceAccept delegation from other nurses, prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practiceWork effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care deliveryParticipate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient careParticipate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management teamManagement of riskManage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patientsMonitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelinesEnsure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs is undertaken. Where appropriate, oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirementsUndertake mandatory and statutory trainingApply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelinesApply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for allUtilising informationUse technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating informationReview and process data using accurate Read codes and templates about patients in order to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processesUnderstand own and others responsibility to the individual organisation regarding the Freedom of Information ActCollate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance careLearning and developmentDisseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developmentsAssess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriateMake effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant informationProvide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learningEquality and diversityIdentify patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunityEnable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory cultureSupport people who need assistance in exercising their rightsMonitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policiesAct as a role model in good practice relating to equality and diversityAccept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care. Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality careThe above list is not exhaustive and the postholder will be required to undertake anyother task reasonably expected or requested by his or her line manager.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions. Wound care management. Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service. Knowledge of health promotion strategies. Administration of injections eg SC, IM. Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care. Communication skills, both written and verbal. IT skills. Self-directed practitioner. Highly motivated. Flexibility. Enthusiasm. Team player. Ability to work across organisations and with an MDT approach.
Desirable
Experience of working in a GP setting. Experience of running / supporting INR clinics - testing and warfarin dosing. Chronic disease management (recognised certificate) in e.g. Asthma, COPD, CHD, Diabetes. Travel consultation/immunisations experience.
Qualifications Essential
Registered Adult Nurse - active on NMC Register
Desirable
Clinical skills training in cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, family planning and health checks (If clinical skills not held, must show willingness to undergo training to acquire these skills)
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 (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Whitley House Surgery
Address Crompton Building
Writtle Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 3RW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.whitleyhouse.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)