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Job title Practice Nurse/Sister

Line manager Nurse Manager, clinical lead

Accountable to Business Manager

Hours per week 25 to 37.5 hours per week (negotiable)

Remuneration Negotiable depending on experience with generous annual leave and NHS pension package

Job summary

Summary of the role:

To provide personal medical care to our general practice patients including direct treatment planning, preventative medical care, screening, patient education and support your colleagues in the wider clinical team.

Responsibilities of the role:

As a qualified Registered General Nurse, the post holder with contribute to patient care including the following:

• Full range of nursing treatment are care plans
• Able to provide both general and specific health screening for the practice patients with referral to general practitioners as necessary
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments
• Manage Nurse led Chronic Disease Clinics including spirometry, COPD, Asthma and Diabetes
• General Treatment Room duties
• Support Health Care Assistants as required and assist with training and development
• Cervical cytology
• Venepuncture
• Flu vaccinations/COVID vaccinations/seasonal vaccination demands as well as immunisations, travel and routine baby clinics
• Ear syringing
• Complex wound dressings
• Travel vaccination clinic
• This list is not exhaustive and can be added to and changed at any time
• Following appropriate training or using your existing skills, the post holder will undertake the processes regarding pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc. in line with the course of your work

Administrative and professional responsibilities

• Take part in mandatory training both in person and electronically
• Communicate electronically as required consistently and attend meetings as required
• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
• Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients’ notes on the clinical IT system as appropriate
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care
• Attend and participate in practice meetings as required
• Apply practice policies and maintain clinical standards at all times
• Participate in audit where appropriate
• Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality
• Able to support with COVID-related reactive processes and liaise with our Duty

Nurse and Link Nurse teams as required and ensure good relationships are sustained with the community nursing teams

Practice projects

• Required to participate with any relevant research or information/audit projects within the practice and to support with QOF and CQC guidance and requirements

Student and colleagues training

• Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and support with the induction of your colleagues.
• Support with any work experience students as required

Professional development

• Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development in line with NMC Code of Conduct
• You must ensure you are registered with the NMC and any relevant councils or organisations in the context of your work
• You must ensure you are able to revalidate in good time and to meet the expectations of your role and professional registrations

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Generic responsibilities

All staff at Whitewater Health have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I)

A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates and environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This organisation is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing and safety.

The post holder is to manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team and others and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

All personnel are to comply with the:

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974,
• Environmental Protection Act 1990,
• Environment Act 1995,
• Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999
• Coronavirus Act 2020

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• Other statutory legislation which may be brought to the post holder’s attention.

Confidentiality

This organisation is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality at all times.

It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality and Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.

Whitewater Health continually strives to improve work processes which deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Staff should interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice.

All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.

Induction

At Whitewater Health, you will be required to complete the induction programme and the practice management team will support you throughout the process.

Learning and development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake in and complete mandatory training as directed by the practice manager. It is an expectation for this post holder to assess their own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate

The post holder will undertake mentorship for team members and disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences).

The post holder will provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.

Collaborative working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working and understand their own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Staff are to prioritise their own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.

Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments and the post holder is to work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working and work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.

Effective communication is essential and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

All staff should delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
Plans and outcomes by which to measure success should be agreed.

Managing information

All staff should use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in the planning, implementation and monitoring of care and presenting and communicating information.

Data should be reviewed and processed using accurate SNOMED/read codes to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes

Service delivery

Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

The post holder must adhere to the information contained within the organisation’s policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are always adhered to.

Security

The security of the organisation is the responsibility of all personnel. The post holder must ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager.

Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks with anyone and are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured. Likewise, password controls are to be maintained and are not to be shared.

Professional Conduct

All staff are required to dress appropriately for their role.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £18.00-£23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift

COVID-19 considerations:
All patients to wear masks and COVID protocols in place.

Licence/Certification:

• NMC (preferred)