Practice Nurse

Job Overview

This is an excellent opportunity for a Practice Nurse to become a valued member of our high achieving practice. Working across our four sites serving and supporting a diverse patient demographic.

St Bartholomew and Hollow Way Medical practice has a large team, including currently six GP partners, salaried GPs, pharmacists, ANPs, Paramedics, Practice nurses, HCAs and phlebotomists. They are supported by an invaluable admin and reception team.

We work across four sites based at Manzil Way, Ivy Close, Lake St and Oxford Brookes University. We manage our own PCN.

We are a training practice, supporting trainee GPs, medical students, pre-reg nurses and pharmacists.

We work hard, support each other as a team and encourage everyone to achieve their work life balance.

We welcome informal visits and would be pleased to introduce you to our team.

The post holder will

• Contribute to effective communication within the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in nursing and practice meetings as required.
• Engage in clinical audit, quality improvement, and governance activities.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records using agreed systems and templates.
• Monitor and report stock or equipment issues in line with practice procedures.
• Participate in mandatory training and continuing professional development.
• Work collaboratively to support a safe, effective, and positive working environment.
• Participate in research and service development activities where appropriate.

Nursing

• Skilled in asthma care
• Developed understanding of COPD
• Experience of hypertension
• Accomplished in wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence-based guidelines and local policies.
• Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• 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, alcohol intake and exercise.
• Offer a holistic approach in monitoring patients with chronic diseases according to NICE guidelines
• Perform cervical cytology smear tests
• Perform venepuncture
• Suture/staple removal.
• NHS Travel immunisation
• Perform ECGs
• Able to recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
• Ensure infection control and cold chain guidelines are maintained.
• Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration cold chain management and emergency equipment.
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including Safeguarding Children and vulnerable adults.

Administration and professional responsibilities

• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team
• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team
• Maintain confidentiality at all times as per practice policy
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the Practice
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports
• Attend and participate in nurse meetings as required
• Participate in restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms as required.
• Order and maintain safe storage of vaccines ensuring that the cold chain is maintained at all times.
• Support other clinicians with their training and development needs.

Benefits:

• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person