Practice Nurse (Fixed Term)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist General Practitioners in the care of their patients. This includes treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. This may be on an NHS basis or private basis.

The role is 28-32 hours per week, worked across all The Ridings Medical Group sites. The exact working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate, offering a degree of flexibility where possible. This role would suit a qualified Practice Nurse with experience in areas such as childhood immunisations, travel vaccinations, cervical cytology and chronic disease management.

The successful candidate will be a strong team player, able to work collaboratively and confidently within a multidisciplinary team across multiple sites. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, flexibility and a patient-focused approach are essential for this role. The ideal candidate will demonstrate professional standards, supporting health promotion and disease prevention initiatives and contributing to the ongoing development of practice services to ensure excellent patient outcomes.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Solid understanding of confidentiality.
• Ability to manage change in an inclusive manner.
• Ability to work with other teams, providing support.

AI and Right to work

Essential

• Please advise if AI contributed to any part of your application, indicating the extent of its use.
• Confirm you meet the visa requirements detailed in the attached 'Additional information for applicants' document.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered first level nurse.
• Experience of working as a Practice Nurse within General Practice.
• Good standard of general education.

Experience

Essential

• Involvement in implementing and using protocols, PGDs, PSDs and clinical guidelines.
• Experience in long term conditions, vaccinating (travel & child immunisations), cervical screening and phlebotomy.
• Experience of managing effective change.
• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience.

Desirable

• A detailed and advanced working knowledge of SystmOne, particularly in respect of searches, coding, data quality etc

Special knowledge and competencies

Essential

• Demonstrate the application of evidenced based practice.
• Able to demonstrate a depth and breadth of current issues and policies within the NHS and have the ability to translate into General Practice.
• Ability to work as part of a large team and in conjunction with other health care professionals, but also able to work independently.
• High level of clinical skills and competency relevant to the role.
• Understanding and experience of interagency working and adult/child protection.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience of Clinical Governance and risk assessment.
• Accountability of own role.

Behaviours

Essential

• Planning, organising and the ability to multitask.
• Performing under pressure.
• Assertive and prepared to challenge in a constructive and professional manner.
• Flexibility and ability to cover colleagues.
• Taking the initiative.
• Self-motivated.
• Team working.
• Diplomatic.
• Empathetic.
• Willingness to learn about how the Practice works overall in order to understand the impact of contractual changes.

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.

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.

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

The Ridings Medical Group

Address

The Ridings Medical Group

4 Centurion Way

Brough

HU15 1AY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.theridingsmedicalgroup.nhs.uk/