Practice Nurse @ Voyager Family Health

Job summary

Are you a friendly, enthusiastic Practice Nurse looking to join a genuinely supportive and welcoming team? We have a fantastic opportunity to join us at Voyager Family Health in Farnborough!

We're looking for a Practice Nurse to join our wonderful nursing team, replacing a much-valued colleague who is retiring.

This is a Friday-only position (0830-1830), with the potential for additional hours in the future. Friday availability is essential. The role could be ideal for a nurse with a portfolio career or someone looking for a regular day in a friendly, well-established GP practice.

You'll be joining a fantastic team of 14 nursing colleagues who genuinely support one another, working in modern premises with excellent facilities.

We're proud of our reputation for looking after both our patients and our staff. We work hard, support each other and believe that a happy team makes for excellent patient care.

If you're a caring, motivated Practice Nurse who enjoys being part of a close-knit team, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

As a Practice Nurse at Voyager Family Health, you'll enjoy a varied and rewarding role, providing high-quality, patient-centred care as part of our friendly and experienced multidisciplinary team.

Your Friday clinics will involve a mixture of routine treatment room nursing, preventative healthcare and health promotion. You'll support patients with their ongoing healthcare needs, helping them to stay healthy and manage their wellbeing.

We're looking for someone who is confident in core Practice Nurse duties, including immunisations, cervical screening and wound care, and who enjoys building positive relationships with patients.

Experience in chronic disease management would be a bonus, but is not essential. We welcome applications from nurses who are keen to develop their knowledge and skills in this area.

You'll work closely with our GPs, ANPs, Practice Nurses and wider healthcare team, with plenty of support from experienced colleagues.

Above all, we're looking for a compassionate, reliable team player who takes pride in delivering excellent patient care and enjoys making a difference.

About us

Voyager Family Health is a friendly, forward-thinking GP practice in Farnborough, caring for approximately 20,000 patients.

We have a fantastic team of around 64 colleagues, including a brilliant nursing team of 14, including ANPs, Practice Nurses, HCAs and Phlebotomists. We're incredibly proud of our supportive team culture, where colleagues look out for one another, share their knowledge and genuinely enjoy working together.

As a training practice for student nurses and Nursing Associates, we're passionate about learning, development and helping people reach their potential.

We're fortunate to work in modern, spacious premises with excellent facilities, providing a lovely environment for both patients and staff.

We have a strong reputation for looking after our team and believe that feeling valued, supported and happy at work makes all the difference.

We pride ourselves on providing outstanding patient care while maintaining a positive, friendly working atmosphere. We're ambitious about being the best surgery in town, but we never forget that it's our people who make the practice special.

Come and see what makes Voyager such a great place to work!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

The Practice Nurse is responsible for providing evidence-based, high-quality nursing care to patients in a primary care setting. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the nurse will manage a varied caseload including long-term condition management, immunisations, cervical screening, wound care, and health promotion.

Mission Statement

Voyager Family Health is a GP surgery that is committed to preserve and enhance its good reputation for being caring and innovative by providing high-quality medical services in a friendly, happy, and healthy environment.

We undertake to -

• Always treat our patients with respect and courtesy
• Provide our patients with advice and treatment in a timely manner
• Help our patients make decisions about their health by treating them with respect
• Discuss available treatments and refer our patients on to other experts where necessary
• Act as their advocate and guide them through health care services
• Maintain confidentiality in what we discuss and the records we keep on their behalf
• Keep up to date with developments in health care by continuing to learn

Primary Responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels -

Chronic Disease Management

• Experience in chronic disease management would be advantageous but is not essential. Depending on the successful candidates experience, competencies and training, responsibilities may include-
• Supporting the delivery of chronic disease clinics, providing patient care and referring to secondary/specialist services as appropriate.
• Contributing to the implementation and evaluation of individual treatment plans for patients with long-term conditions, including-
• Diabetes
• Asthma and COPD
• Hypertension
• Identifying and supporting patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, helping to prevent deterioration in health.
• Supporting the maintenance and management of chronic disease registers

Treatment Room Duties

• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Cervical cytology (smears)
• Childhood and adult immunisations
• Travel health advice and vaccinations
• Wound care and dressings (inc. doppler)
• Removal of sutures
• Injections e.g., B12, contraceptives
• ECGs, BP monitoring, urinalysis
• NHS Health Checks, Learning disability Health Checks and new patient checks

Health Promotion and Screening

• Lifestyle advice - smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol advice, well-being programmes
• Supporting national screening programmes
• Family planning and contraception advice - if trained

Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately e.g., vulnerable patients etc.

Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Administrative and Team Duties

• Accurate record keeping using clinical systems e.g., EMIS
• Ensure read codes are used effectively
• Chaperone patients when necessary
• Maintaining equipment and supplies
• Supporting QOF and Enhanced Services targets
• Participating in audits and clinical governance
• Mentoring junior staff or HCAs (if required)
• Attending practice meetings and CPD sessions
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process pathology results as required
• Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• Keep an up-to-date log of fridge temperatures
• Assist with infection prevention and control measures as needed
• Ensure that revalidation is kept current

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management

Clinical knowledge and skills

Essential

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy

Desirable

• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Travel medicine
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma
• Spirometry
• CHD
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure

Desirable

• EMIS Web user skills
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Able to communicate effectively and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

Other Requirements

Essential

• Flexibility to work outside core office hours
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health clearance
• NMC registration

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

Voyager Family Health

Address

Apollo Rise

Farnborough

Hampshire

GU14 0NP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://voyagerfamilyhealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)