Treatment Nurse - Burnham , Berrow & Highbridge Med Centres, Somerset

Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) are looking to appoint a Treatment Room Nurse for their Burnham & Berrow and Highbridge Medical Centres. We are looking for a committed and experienced nurse to join a fantastic nursing team, to work across all three medical centres. The vacant role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) and the salary is £35,506 per annum. You also have the option of joining an NHS Pension, which is just one of SHS's many excellent employee benefits. You would be part of a nursing team responsible for ensuring that each medical centre provides optimum care, relevant to the practice population, either in practice or the home environment., As a SHS Treatment Room Nurse, you will:

• Assist the whole practice team to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients and their needs.
• Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data for contract purposes is also required
• Contribute to the development of policies / protocols / guidelines within the practice.
• Aid the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services.
• Encourage the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice based teams and multidisciplinary working.
• Recognise the opportunities for working in partnership with the Primary Health care team.
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care., As a SHS Treatment Room Nurse, your duties will include the following clinicalskills(this list is not exhaustive):
• Wound care, dressings and general treatment room skills
• Urinalysis
• Spirometry
• Contraceptive advice, Family planning, Sexual Health
• Cytology
• Warfarin (INR) monitoring
• Assist with Coil removal
• Maintaining Thyroxine register
• Ear Syringing
• ECG
• BT, BP and Weight
• Diet and Lifestyle advice
• Immunisations (childhood, flu, pneumonia, pertussis, shingles etc.)
• Injections (B12, Triptorelin, Zoladex, and Depo etc.)
• Travel Vaccinations
• Stock checking and ordering of vaccines
Chronic Disease Management Your skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):
• Hypertension
• Mental Health
• Diabetes
• Asthma/COPD
• CHD
Please see the attached job description and person specification (JD) for a full list of duties, tasks and expectations. Please read this in full before applying. Job description, As a SHS Treatment Room Nurse, your duties will include the following clinicalskills(this list is not exhaustive):
• Wound care, dressings and general treatment room skills
• Urinalysis
• Spirometry
• Contraceptive advice, Family planning, Sexual Health
• Cytology
• Warfarin (INR) monitoring
• Assist with Coil removal
• Maintaining Thyroxine register
• Ear Syringing
• ECG
• BT, BP and Weight
• Diet and Lifestyle advice
• Immunisations (childhood, flu, pneumonia, pertussis, shingles etc.)
• Injections (B12, Triptorelin, Zoladex, and Depo etc.)
• Travel Vaccinations
• Stock checking and ordering of vaccines
Chronic Disease Management Your skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):
• Hypertension
• Mental Health
• Diabetes
• Asthma/COPD
• CHD
  
  Experience in wound care, for general nursing duties and supporting the wider team is desirable., Registered nurse.
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.
Desirable
• Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice.
Experience Essential
• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
• Interest and basic knowledge in long-term conditions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of audit.
• Primary Care Experience.
Desirable
• Suitable post registration experience.
• Experience of working in a General Practice setting.
• Experience of using a GP Clinical System (EMIS preferred).
• Basic/advanced certificate of life support.
• Awareness of the national service framework guidelines.
• Understanding of health and safety issues.
• Undertaken mentorship training.
Knowledge and Skills Essential
• Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to teamwork.
• Knowledge of the needs of patients with long-term conditions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Evidence of problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
Desirable
• Able to use own initiative
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to work in a changing environment
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• Registered nurse.
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.
Desirable
• Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice.
Experience Essential
• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
• Interest and basic knowledge in long-term conditions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of audit.
• Primary Care Experience.
Desirable
• Suitable post registration experience.
• Experience of working in a General Practice setting.
• Experience of using a GP Clinical System (EMIS preferred).
• Basic/advanced certificate of life support.
• Awareness of the national service framework guidelines.
• Understanding of health and safety issues.
• Undertaken mentorship training.
Knowledge and Skills Essential
• Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to teamwork.
• Knowledge of the needs of patients with long-term conditions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Evidence of problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
Desirable
• Able to use own initiative
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to work in a changing environment
  
  Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for 120,000 patients.
SHS has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from a central support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters). Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do. SHS welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, SHS we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. SHS offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home / office-based working.