Practice Nurse

Main duties will include: providing care for the presenting patient, taking care history, clinical assessments and evaluation of care. To support and manage chronic conditions such as, Asthma, COPD Diabetic reviews, Spirometry reviewsas well as supporting with: Cervical smears, Child imms and other duties that fall under the nurses remit.

To work collaboratively with GPs, ANP's, nursing team and all other partnerships in our community such as PCN services.

We also work closely with Universities in our area and regularly have students working along side both GP's and Nurses to help grow and develop our future work force.

Using EMIS and working towards achieving high QOF results using Ardens templates.

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC Produce accurate, 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
• Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities
• Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
• In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate
• Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care
• Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
• Use a structured framework (eg root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events
• Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery
• Monitor and develop the performance of the GPN team in accordance with local policies
• Approve the performance of the team, providing feedback as appropriate
• Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance
• Managing information
• Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information
• Review and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
• Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases
• Understand responsibility of self and others to the practice and primary care trust regarding the Freedom and Information Act

Learning and development

• Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing competence against set standards
• Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (eg courses and conferences)
• Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
• Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning

Equality and diversity

• Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity
• Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
• Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights
• Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies
• 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

Moreton Group Practice we have a clinical team consisting of GPs, four ANP's, four practice nurses and three HCA's. They are supported by a large admin team comprising of Medical Secretaries, Medicines Managers and Administrators.

We are a friendly team passionate about providing excellence in care to our patients. We are based over two sites and the role will require working over both. The sites are both within walking distance of each other.

We were rated "Good" at our last CQC inspection. We are high achievers in QOF and other enhanced services.

Moreton Group Practice are also attached to Moreton and Meols PCN who provide additional health professional roles, for instance pharmacists, physiotherapists, paramedics, health & well being coaches and more to our team.

Essential: - Experience; - Essential; - At least 2 years recent primary and community nursing experience; - Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries; - Nurse-led triage; - Compiling protocols and clinical; - Registered first level nurse MSc or equivalent; - Relevant nursing/health degree; - Clinical supervision training and experience; - Extended/independent nurse

Desirable: - Desirable; - Working with community development initiatives; - Health-needs; - assessment; - Full qualified in smear taking, Diabetic checks, Asthma checks and Child immunisation.; - Community nursing specialist qualification

Essential: - Self-directed practitioner; - Highly motivated; - Flexibility; - Enthusiasm; - Team player; - Ability to work across boundaries

Desirable: - Good IT Skills and ability to work with EMIS, ICE, Docman use Ardens templates

Essential: - At least 2 years recent primary and community nursing experience; - Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries

Desirable: - Past General Practice experience, working as a Practice nurse.