We are a friendly rural practice in South Shropshire lookingto recruit a Practice Nurse to join our team.
Duties will include the usual range of Practice Nurse taskssuch cervical screening, chronic disease monitoring and wound management.
A willingness to learn new skills and to work as part of afriendly, effective team is essential to this post.
We can offer sociable hours, regular team meetings &social events and your birthday off every year!!
We also offer competative rates of pay with enhanced sick pay & maternity/paternity pay.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the delivery of general nursing services and disease management to our practice population.
For a full list of responsibilities, please see the Job Description.
About us
We are a rural practice in the beautiful Shropshire Hills just on Powys border with a practice list size of approximately 5600.
We currently have 2 GP Partners & 3 Associate GPs. The GPs are supported by a very experienced clinical team consisting of ANPs, practice nurses, paramedic and a HCA.
We also have an FCP, Social Prescriber, Psychotherapist and a Practice Pharmacist.
We are a high performing practice with excellent patient feedback. We work closely with our patient group and external organisations to ensure we are providing the best care possible to our patients.
Job responsibilities
Your duties will include but are not limited to the following
Clinical
* Undertake cytology and action results appropriately
* Routine acute wound care
* Care of chronic wounds, pressure and leg ulcers
* Removal of Sutures/Staples
* Urinalysis for both acute and chronic conditions
* Family planning Contraception
* Hormone Replacement Treatment monitoring
* ECGs both acute and routine as required
* Peak Flow Readings
* Long term condition management (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD)
* Hypertension Management 24hr Blood Pressure Monitoring and blood pressure checks in clinic
* Adult immunisations
* Childhood immunisations
* Prepare and send samples for lab testing
* Chaperoning or assisting another clinician as requested
* Assisting clinicians with minor procedures if required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RGN
* A demonstrable commitment to professional development
* Experience of working in Primary Care
* Computer Literate
* Able to use own initiative and work unsupervised
* Ability to deal with challenging situations and cope under pressure Possess good verbal and written communication skills
* Positive interpersonal skills
* Able to work on own without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities
* Demonstrate tact and diplomacy
* Treats people with dignity and respect at all times
* Enthusiastic and motivated Team worker
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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