Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities

• Conduct chronic disease management clinics including asthma, COPD, diabetes, heart failure, CHD
• Administer routine immunisations, including childhood immunisations, travel vaccines and seasonal vaccinations, adhering to national guidelines
• Perform cervical screening and manage contraception reviews
• Undertake dementia and learning disability reviews, offering support and guidance to caregivers
• Engage in health promotion activities, educating patients on lifestyle modifications to prevent disease and promote wellbeing
• Provide wound management including dressings and suture removal, ensuring timely and effective healing
• Collaborate with GPs and other healthcare professionals to deliver integrated and patient focussed care
• Maintain accurate clinical records, ensuring compliance with data protection and confidentiality standards
• Contribute to the development and implementation of practice policies and protocols, enhancing service delivery and patient outcomes
• Provide guidance and support to the leadership team and wider practice for infection prevention control

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities

• Conduct chronic disease management clinics including asthma, COPD, diabetes, heart failure, CHD
• Administer routine immunisations, including childhood immunisations, travel vaccines and seasonal vaccinations, adhering to national guidelines
• Perform cervical screening and manage contraception reviews
• Undertake dementia and learning disability reviews, offering support and guidance to caregivers
• Engage in health promotion activities, educating patients on lifestyle modifications to prevent disease and promote wellbeing
• Provide wound management including dressings and suture removal, ensuring timely and effective healing
• Collaborate with GPs and other healthcare professionals to deliver integrated and patient focussed care
• Maintain accurate clinical records, ensuring compliance with data protection and confidentiality standards
• Contribute to the development and implementation of practice policies and protocols, enhancing service delivery and patient outcomes
• Provide guidance and support to the leadership team and wider practice for infection prevention control

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• You must be a Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a valid NMC registration.
• You must be able to evidence experience or formal training in general practice nursing, primary care or community health.
• You must demonstrate regular CPD in line with NMC revalidation requirements.

Desirable

• Additional respiratory management qualifications are desireable.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Compassionate, empathetic, and person-centred approach to care.
• Resilient and adaptable under pressure.
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and promoting diversity and inclusion.
• High levels of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.

Skills

Essential

• Strong clinical and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to perform clinical observations and interpret results.
• Proficient in IT systems and accurate record-keeping.
• Capable of working autonomously within the scope of practice and prioritising workloads effectively.
• Ability and willingness to support other team members.

Qualifications

Essential

• You must be a Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a valid NMC registration.
• You must be able to evidence experience or formal training in general practice nursing, primary care or community health.
• You must demonstrate regular CPD in line with NMC revalidation requirements.

Desirable

• Additional respiratory management qualifications are desireable.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Compassionate, empathetic, and person-centred approach to care.
• Resilient and adaptable under pressure.
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and promoting diversity and inclusion.
• High levels of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.

Skills

Essential

• Strong clinical and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to perform clinical observations and interpret results.
• Proficient in IT systems and accurate record-keeping.
• Capable of working autonomously within the scope of practice and prioritising workloads effectively.
• Ability and willingness to support other team members.

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.

UK Registration

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

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.

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

Southwell Medical Practice

Address

The Rope Walk

Southwell

Nottinghamshire

NG25 0AL

Employer's website

https://www.southwellmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)