We have a vacancy for a highly motivated, caring Practice Nurse to join our busy team to work across our sites working within an 8am 6pm Rota full time basis. You will have a minimum of two years experience and will ideally be fully competent in core practice nursing duties. The post is mainly around the Treatment Room environment but with some time for Well Woman and Family Planning services, training for which will be arranged. We are willing to consider experienced nurses who have not previously worked in primary care and have the right attitude, enthusiasm, and commitment to learn.
Main duties of the job
You will be an effective communicator and problem solver with a flexible approach and the ability to work well as part of our large team. Extensive continuing professional development will be supported. For further details see JobDescription attached.
About us
Our thriving, progressive, innovative semi-urban GMS practice works within a multidisciplinary team ethos and consists of eleven GP partners, highly skilled nursing staff, ANPs, paramedic, pharmacists, physiotherapist and efficient administration and reception team. We operate from 3 sites, one purpose-built premises and two smaller buildings in a different area to provide high quality care to over 25,000 patients.
We are a high-achieving, well-organised practice and use Vision Systems. We are also a teaching practice for GP trainees.
Job responsibilities
* Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
* Cytology
* Wound care / Doppler
* Removal of Sutures
* Travel immunisations
* ECG
* Venepuncture
* Routine immunisations / Childhood immunisations
* Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
* Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
* Interest in Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception
* Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
* Other tasks will include
* Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
* Maintaining GP and nurses rooms, re-stocking and rotating items as required
* Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician
* Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
* Maintain stock of waiting room leaflets as instructed by Partners and Practice Manager
* Ordering of health promotion literature
* Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
* Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
* At all times there will be an need to maintain accurate records
* A duty to advise colleagues of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
* Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required
* On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
* Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
Person Specification
Experience
* You will have a minimum of two years experience and will ideally be fully competent in core practice nursing duties.
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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