licensed practical nurse Swansea, Wales
Job description
Hours: 24 – 37.5 hours – job share considered
Salary: £28,407 - £38,383 depending on experience.
Job Summary:
A vacancy has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Practice Nurse to join our group surgery.
The surgery consists of 16,000 patients, between two GP practices on a single site, in a centrally based location with a diverse population. The GPs are complimented by a large team that includes five Practice Nurses, two Health Care Support workers, and exceptional management and administrative support.
The successful candidate will be hardworking, adaptable, and reliable. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual, a dedicated team member who can work constructively with all members of the practice team.
Essential Skills: travel and baby vaccinations, cervical screening, health promotion advice, and the management of long-term chronic conditions. Work will involve all general treatment room duties, housekeeping, administration duties, and supporting the clinical team and GP’s.
Desired Skills:
Diploma in diabetes qualification or equivalent and ARTP Spirometry trained including interpretation of results.
Opportunities for development.
JOB DESCRIPTION - PRACTICE NURSE
Job Summary:
Fforestfach Medical Centre is a friendly group practice, treating a diverse population. The nursing team consists of one Lead Nurse, four Practice Nurses and two Health Care
Assistants and aims to provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care to patients.
The duties include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and any roles agreed between the partners and the nurses as appropriate, having regard to current training.
Job Responsibilities:
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with known long-term conditions.
- Proactively identify and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing long-term conditions.
- Support Diabetes management clinics.
- Undertake chronic disease management clinics.
- Assess problems presented opportunistically by patients.
- Minor illness consultations working to Practice protocols.
- Travel immunisation and advice.
- Offer advice and administer childhood and adult vaccinations under patient group directions according to national immunisation programmes.
- Offer health promotion and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise.
- Perform ECGs
- Perform ear irrigation
- Perform cervical cytology smear tests
- Perform venepuncture
- Wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines.
- Suture removal.
- Assist in the provision of minor surgery.
- Able to recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
- Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
- Ensure infection control and cold chain guidelines are maintained.
- Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including
Safeguarding Children
- Assist with the management of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilisation and emergency equipment.
- Confidentiality of information gained at work must be preserved at all times.
Personal and Organisational
- Carry out duties and document consultations in accordance with NMC Code of
Conduct
- Support the Practice clinical governance agenda.
- Ensure effective relationships and communication with the whole Primary Health
Care Team and other agencies
- Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines.
- Support others with their training and development needs.
- Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
- Attend staff meetings.
- Partake in administrative duties as per the needs of the practice and patient recall and monitoring.
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 assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Reporting potential risks identified
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non- judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
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
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patient’s needs.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 24 - 37.5 per week
Salary: £28,407.00-£38,383.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 11/08/2023
Reference ID: FMGPRACTICENURSEJUL2023
