We are looking to expand our current team of multi-skillednurses. We have a part time role of 30 hours covering Monday - Friday available, hours and days are negotiable depending on skills.
Main duties of the job
Main job responsibilities are:
* Cytology
* Wound care / ulcer care / Doppler / Removal of Sutures
* Chronic disease management especially COPD, Asthma
* Routine immunisations/childhood immunisations
* Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
* Contraception services
* Undertaking home visits as required
* Well-people checks
* Providing general advice and guidance to patients / health promotion
These are to name but a few of the skills required but we are willing to provide training to the successful candidate.
About us
We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our team. We are a busy but friendly GP practice in Dartford. Our clinical team has 5 GP partners, 4 salaried GPs. We are a GP training practice and have a list size of approximately 15,500 registered patients.
Job responsibilities
Assist and perform routinetasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
Interest in Diabetes orCoronary Heart Disease (desirable)
Cytology
Wound care / Ulcer care/Doppler/compression bandaging
Travel Health
Removal of Sutures
Venepuncture
Routine immunisations/Childhoodimmunisations
Chaperoning and assistingpatients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
Requesting pathology tests, forexample urine culture, swabs
Following agreed clinicalprotocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
Other tasks will include
Maintain general tidiness andcleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms, including stocking and rotatingitems as required
Maintaining and cleaning equipmentused by the nurses
Participation in administrativesystems in the Practice
At all times there will be aneed to maintain accurate records
Attend and participate in anyPractice meetings when required
Any other delegated dutiesappropriate to the post
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
* Previous Primary Care experience
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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