This is a rare opportunity in practice nursing. We are one of the last remaining traditional small family practices. Our much‑loved practice nurse, who has been with us for 25 years, is retiring.
This gives us an opportunity to rethink how we provide nursing care to our 2,200 patients. At this point we don't have fixed ideas and we are open to your suggestions.
This practice is consistently ranked in the top five in England for patient satisfaction and good relationships with our patients have always been important in our work.
What is important to us is that you are capable, that you fit in well into our small friendly team and that you can communicate well with our salt‑of‑the‑earth patients.
Don't let a lack of primary care experience put you off from considering an application if you fit these criteria you may well be just what we are looking for.
As a guide we might look for 12 hours of health care assistant time at band 3 and 12 hours of band 5 or 6 nurse time. However more of one and less of the other might also work well. Our ideal working hours may prove challenging for one person, particularly if they don’t live locally; on the other hand, the opportunities of working at the Adderlane Surgery may just suit you perfectly!
Main duties of the job
* Take blood samples, check blood pressures and give injections.
* Assist clinical staff in delivering treatments, preventative care, long‑term condition management, and patient education.
* Provide clinical support to nurse and GPs including basic clinical interventions and minor procedures under supervision.
* Act as a chaperone and support specimen handling, minor operations, and clinical waste management inline with policies.
* Participate in mandatory training, induction, appraisals, and ongoing clinical governance activities.
* Maintain a safe, tidy, effective working environment at all times.
* Develop your role according to the changing needs of the practice and according to your own interests and abilities.
About us
The Adderlane Surgery is one of the smallest family practices in the North East and can trace its origins to the 1870s. We believe in the importance of ready accessibility and approachability of all our team members and good long‑term relationships within the team and between ourselves and the community we serve. Long‑term personal continuity of care is at the heart of what we seek to provide and we are proud of the fact that we have worked together in knowing our families over many years.
This is general practice with strengths you might have imagined 40 or 50 years ago, something our patients greatly appreciate and which we enjoy.
The latest GP patient survey ranks us as one of the best five practices in England and has done so for a number of years.
We recognise that over‑stressed staff of all grades do not perform to the best of their ability and we work hard to reduce the risk of our team members being over‑strained. There are times when we are busy, but we feel these are well balanced by the times we are not and we work to make each other's work lives a pleasure and not a pain.
We are currently a team of two doctors, one nurse, a manager, a secretary and two receptionists and we all have an important role to play in delivering the great care we seek to provide. Why not come and join us?
Qualifications
* Evidence of training or qualifications for the responsibilities of the post.
* Competence
* Willingness to learn and adapt to change.
* A cheerful hard‑working attitude.
* An ability to communicate well with our patients and their families.
* Friendliness and an ability to work well in our small team.
Experience
* Evidence of training or qualifications for the responsibilities of the post.
* Competence
* Willingness to learn and adapt to change.
* A cheerful hard‑working attitude.
* An ability to communicate well with our patients and their families.
* Friendliness and an ability to work well in our small team.
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.
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