About this role
Job summary
The Practice Nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the patients at Lowton Surgery and Platt Bridge medical Centre. The role will be for 32 hours, 8 hours per day over 4 days.
Working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.
The post-holder will work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.
The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available. A nurse with prescribing qualifications will use them appropriately.
Main duties of the job
Management of Chronic Disease:
Identifying significant abnormalities Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionalsPatient health checks
Identifying significant abnormalities Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issuesRisk assessment
Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domesticviolence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems) Health screening
Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. womens and mens health, sexual health, older people) Undertaking monitoring tasks (e.g. smears) and providing advice as appropriate Providing in-depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the post-holders specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans. Travel health
Immunisation (adult and child)
Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously
Confidentiality:
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & safety
About us
SSP Health is a growing organisation including 40+ General Practices. We are leading specialists in GP lead surgeries and primary care. Our mission is to continue to evolve GP surgeries to meet the current and future needs of the communities in which we operate, to deliver outstanding clinical services, responsive to patient needs, encompassing a health and social care approach to enhance the quality of patients' lives.
Job description Job responsibilities MAIN DUTIES OF THE ROLE
Management of chronic disease
Identifying significant abnormalities Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals
Patient health checks
Identifying significant abnormalities Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified
Risk assessment
Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domesticviolence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems)
Health screening
Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. womens and mens health, sexual health, older people) Undertaking monitoring tasks (e.g. smears) and providing advice as appropriate Providing in-depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the post-holders specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans.
Travel health
Administering injections and providing guidance in accordance with guidelines Identifying problems Provision of specialist and evidence-based support to the team.
Immunisation (adult and child)
Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.
First contact
Working independently or alongside the general practitioner and making decisions/ recommendations as appropriate.
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness; regulatory / contractual / professional requirements; and good practice guidelines Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice, including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc. are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate. Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile way, safe and free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management Actively identifying, reporting and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually) Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection Spillage control procedures, management and training Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance Maintenance of sterile environments Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and or study days necessary to ensure that NMC professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Experience Essential
Experience of working in General 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 SSP Health
Address Lowton Surgery
208C Newton Road
Lowton
Warrington
WA3 2AQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ssphealth.com/ (Opens in a new tab)