Job summary

Are you an experienced practice nurse that is looking for a new challenge. We are a training practice that has a list size of 17000 patients across 4 locations in West Lancashire. Two Practices in Skelmersdale, one Practice in Banks Southport and one in the old historic town or Ormskirk. We have a huge family of clinical staff. We are an innovative practice that delivers all national and local enhanced services and offer an abundance of training opportunities. Part time, full time /flexible hours to suit will be considered.

Main duties of the job

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.

About us

Our Practice family consists of 7 Gp’s, GP Registrars, 3 ANP’s, Nurse Prescribers, Practice Nurses, Pharmacists, Community Paramedic, and HCA’s. Our administrative team – 17 receptionists which includes a head receptionist at each location, 3 clinical coders, one scanner, data quality lead, 2 deputy Practice Managers, Office Manager and Practice Manager. The Health and Well Being of our staff matters immensely to us, so have recently appointed a Health and Well-being lead and Champion. We are an innovative practice that delivers all national and local enhanced services and offer an abundance or training opportunities. We have a whole practice study day every month where the whole of our team gets involved.

Date posted

04 November 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

A1087-22-7290

Job locations

Sandy Lane Health Centre

Westagate

Skelmersdale

WN8 8LA

Beacon Primary Care

11 Railway Road

Ormskirk

Lancashire

L39 2DN

North Meols Medical Centre

Church Road

Southport

Merseyside

PR9 8ET

Hillside Health Centre

Tanhouse Road

Skelmersdale

Lancashire

WN8 6DS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Beacon Primary Care

Job DescriptionPractice

Job summary

The post holder is responsible for ensuring the deliveryof safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population across all BeaconPrimary Care sites. The post holder is accountable for contributing to thenursing service delivery. Clinically, the focus of the role is the delivery ofevidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and managementand preventative nursing interventions to all patients. As autonomous practitionersthe nurse is responsible for the care delivered, demonstrating criticalthinking and skills in clinical decision-making. They will work collaborativelywith the whole general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supportingthe delivery of policy and procedures, and providing leadership as required.

KeyresponsibilitiesClinicalpractice

  • Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes that promote health and well-being
  • Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition
  • Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition as appropriate
  • Work with other health care professionals to diagnose, monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions, including non-drug-based treatment methods using a management plan, and in line with national and local policies and practice needs
  • Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols
  • Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments
  • Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions
  • Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
  • Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care
  • Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations
  • Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children
  • Advise, support and administer vaccinations where appropriate for patients travelling abroad
  • Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care
  • Communication

  • Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
  • Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication
  • Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment and with external stakeholders
  • Deliveringa quality service

  • Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
  • Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
  • Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
  • Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care
  • Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
  • Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the practice
  • Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
  • Collaborate on improving the quality of health care in partnership with other clinical teams, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate
  • Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
  • Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate
  • Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance
  • Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
  • Leadership personal and people development

  • Take responsibility for own development learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model
  • Support the development of others in order to maximise potential
  • Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice
  • Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility
  • format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate
  • Managementof risk

  • Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
  • 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
  • Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
  • Undertake mandatory and statutory training requirements
  • Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
  • Apply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all
  • Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
  • Utilisinginformation

  • Use technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information
  • Review and process data using accurate Read codes to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
  • Understand the responsibility of self and others regarding the Freedom of Information Act
  • Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care
  • Comply with latest general data protection regulations
  • Learningand development

  • Act as mentor to students, assessing competence against set standards as requested and if appropriately qualified
  • Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments
  • Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
  • Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
  • Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
  • Equalityand diversity

  • Identify patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity
  • Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
  • Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights
  • Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice
  • Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care
  • Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care
  • Miscellaneous

    Towork closely with all members of the Practice team and undertake any otherduties as may be required from time to time across any of the sites.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Beacon Primary Care

    Job DescriptionPractice

    Job summary

    The post holder is responsible for ensuring the deliveryof safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population across all BeaconPrimary Care sites. The post holder is accountable for contributing to thenursing service delivery. Clinically, the focus of the role is the delivery ofevidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and managementand preventative nursing interventions to all patients. As autonomous practitionersthe nurse is responsible for the care delivered, demonstrating criticalthinking and skills in clinical decision-making. They will work collaborativelywith the whole general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supportingthe delivery of policy and procedures, and providing leadership as required.

    KeyresponsibilitiesClinicalpractice

  • Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes that promote health and well-being
  • Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition
  • Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition as appropriate
  • Work with other health care professionals to diagnose, monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions, including non-drug-based treatment methods using a management plan, and in line with national and local policies and practice needs
  • Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols
  • Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments
  • Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions
  • Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
  • Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care
  • Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations
  • Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children
  • Advise, support and administer vaccinations where appropriate for patients travelling abroad
  • Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care
  • Communication

  • Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
  • Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication
  • Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment and with external stakeholders
  • Deliveringa quality service

  • Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
  • Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
  • Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
  • Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care
  • Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
  • Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the practice
  • Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
  • Collaborate on improving the quality of health care in partnership with other clinical teams, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate
  • Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
  • Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate
  • Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance
  • Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
  • Leadership personal and people development

  • Take responsibility for own development learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model
  • Support the development of others in order to maximise potential
  • Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice
  • Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility
  • format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate
  • Managementof risk

  • Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
  • 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
  • Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
  • Undertake mandatory and statutory training requirements
  • Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
  • Apply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all
  • Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
  • Utilisinginformation

  • Use technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information
  • Review and process data using accurate Read codes to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
  • Understand the responsibility of self and others regarding the Freedom of Information Act
  • Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care
  • Comply with latest general data protection regulations
  • Learningand development

  • Act as mentor to students, assessing competence against set standards as requested and if appropriately qualified
  • Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments
  • Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
  • Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
  • Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
  • Equalityand diversity

  • Identify patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity
  • Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
  • Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights
  • Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice
  • Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care
  • Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care
  • Miscellaneous

    Towork closely with all members of the Practice team and undertake any otherduties as may be required from time to time across any of the sites.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • see attached
  • Desirable

  • see attached
  • Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • see attached
  • Desirable

  • see attached
  • 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.

    Certificate of Sponsorship

    Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

    From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

    UK Registration

    Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

    Additional information

    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.

    Certificate of Sponsorship

    Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

    From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

    UK Registration

    Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).