Description
The Crays PCN is a network of 6 GP surgeries working together to deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care.
The Experienced Practice Nurse (ARRS) will work as an integral member of the Primary Care Network multidisciplinary team, delivering a comprehensive range of nursing services including chronic disease management, cervical screening, vaccination and immunisation programmes, health promotion, and preventative care.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver routine and enhanced nursing services across PCN practices.
- Undertake chronic disease reviews and management for patients with long-term conditions.
- Provide cervical screening services in line with national standards.
- Deliver vaccination and immunisation programmes for adults and children.
- Support proactive care for frail, complex and housebound patients.
- Carry out clinical assessments, investigations and treatment within competence.
- Promote health education, self-management and disease prevention.
- Contribute to population health initiatives and health inequalities programmes.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service development.
- Work collaboratively across practices and multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Long-Term Condition Management: Undertake and manage reviews for patients with long-term conditions including diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease.
- Cervical Screening: Deliver cervical screening appointments in accordance with NHS Cervical Screening Programme requirements.
- Vaccinations and Immunisations: Deliver childhood and adult immunisation programmes.
- Housebound Patient Care: Deliver nursing care to housebound patients across the PCN.
- Treatment Room Services: Provide venepuncture, blood pressure monitoring, ECG recording, wound care and dressings, ear care, health assessments and screening, and lifestyle and wellbeing advice.
- Preventative Care and Health Promotion: Provide health education and behaviour change interventions.
- Care Coordination and MDT Working: Work collaboratively with GP practices, PCN clinical teams, community nursing services, pharmacy teams, social prescribing teams, mental health practitioners, and secondary care providers.
- Governance, Quality and Safety: Maintain clear, accurate and contemporaneous clinical records.
- Leadership and Service Development: Support development of nursing services across the PCN.
Person Specification
- Essential qualifications: Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration, Diploma or Degree in Nursing, Cervical Screening Qualification and current competency, Immunisation and Vaccination Training.
- Essential experience: Significant experience working as a Practice Nurse within Primary Care, experience of managing patients with long-term conditions, experience undertaking cervical screening, experience delivering adult and childhood immunisation programmes.
- Desirable qualifications: Diabetes Diploma or equivalent chronic disease qualification, experience delivering care to housebound and frail patients.