About this role
Job summary
Testvale Surgery is looking for a highly motivated registered part time Practice Nurse, who is a conscientious team player with excellent communication skills, to join our friendly practice nurse team. The focus of the role is to be able to undertake all aspects of the treatment room and long term condition reviews, ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to our patient population.
We are a successful and forward-thinking practice hosting medical services to approximately 14 000 patients in the Totton area. We are an established training practice and regularly have medical students & GP registrars. We like to empower our workforce, supporting you to develop to your fullest potential, as well as partnering with patients to take shared responsibility for their healthcare.
Salary will be dependent on experience and will be discussed at interview. Ideally, we are looking for PT 28 hours per week. Flexibility to cover for holidays and sickness is essential.
If you have a sense of humour and are committed to working with our fun and hardworking team, you will fit in well and we would love to hear from you.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applicants must have a current UK professional registration.
Main duties of the job
Clinical duties
Provide clinical excellence in all treatment room areas of routine general practice nursing as part of GMS and national guidelines
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care pathways to meet the needs of individuals and groups within an agreed policy, PGDs, guidelines, national service frameworks and identifying the need for referral to others
Communicate effectively with patients/families/carers regarding information about their care and considering the equality and diversity needs and preferences of said population.
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records using the practice clinic system (EMIS)
Protect and promote the health and well-being of patients, their relatives and carers through advice, education, screening and signposting to appropriate agencies when required
Manage programmes of care for patients with long term conditions and other practice nurse duties by providing and evaluation care under agreed guidelines and patient group directives. These may include but not exhaustive of:
o Diabetes
o Cardiovascular disease
o Asthma, COPD
o Contraception and Sexual Health
o Adult and childhood immunisations
o Learning disabilities
o Difficult to reach service users
o Dementia
o Cervical Screening
o Anticoagulation monitoring
o Wound Care
o Travel Health
Apply infection control measures in all areas of Practice.
Signpost effectively to other clinicians and agencies when appropriate.
About us
We are a successful and forward-thinking practice hosting medical services to approximately 13200 patients in the Totton area. We are an established training practice and regularly have medical students & GP registrars. We like to empower our workforce, supporting you to develop to your fullest potential, as well as partnering with patients to take shared responsibility for their healthcare.
Testvale Surgery has its roots in Totton going back over a century and since 1987 has been at our present location on Salisbury Road. We are passionate about the care we provide for our patients and always try to offer convenient appointments and the highest quality care.
We comprise six partner GPs and five salaried GPs and a compliment of two Practice Nurses, one Health Care Assistant, one Nursing associate apprentice, one ANP and two Phlebotomists, as well as an admin support team. We are also an established training practice and regularly have medical students and GP registrars.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will be the nurse team leader at Testvale Surgery, who will be able to work autonomously, demonstrating strong professional decision-making skills, effective communication and clinical expertise. They will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of evidence-based nursing care to the practice population and will actively support the Practice Management team in developing and reviewing clinical policy. They will provide leadership to the nursing team to ensure the effective and efficient provision of Primary Health Care services.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
The post holder must possess a current NMC PIN and maintain current membership of the Royal College of Nursing.
Experience Essential
Experience of working within a primary care nurse team in a GP practice.
Desirable
Experience of working primary care Experience of working in a GP practice.
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 Testvale Surgery
Address 12 Salisbury Road
Totton
Southampton
SO40 3PY
Employer's website http://www.testvalesurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)