We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed part time practicenurse to join our friendly patient focused team.
Main duties of the job
Our practice nurses play a key role in providing patient care, promoting health, and supporting doctors in the day-to-day running of the practice. Duties include carrying out health assessments, administering vaccinations and immunisations, treating minor injuries, managing long-term conditions such as diabetes or asthma, and providing advice on healthy lifestyles. Practice nurses also perform routine procedures such as blood pressure checks, cervical screening, wound care, and blood tests. In addition, they maintain accurate patient records, support infection control procedures, and help educate patients about their treatment and ongoing care.
About us
New Road Surgery in Rubery is a well-established and welcoming GP practice that is dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare to the local community. The surgery offers a wide range of medical services, including health checks, vaccinations, chronic disease management, and minor surgery clinics, all delivered by a caring and professional team of doctors, nurses, and support staff. Patients benefit from accessible facilities, convenient opening hours, and a strong focus on patient wellbeing and personalised care. The practice is known for creating a friendly environment where patients feel listened to and supported in managing their health needs.
Job responsibilities
The practice nurse will be responsible to the partners.
Duties include:
* HCA: Providing supervision, advice and guidance to any practice employed Healthcare Assistant - this may include undertaking annual appraisal for the HCA.
* The management of minor injuries
* Dressings and review of wounds and sutures
* Phlebotomy urgent & fasting, routine when necessary.
* Assistance in minor operative procedures carried out by the partners.
* Chaperoning the partners when required, advising non-clinical staff on best practice with regard to chaperoning
* Advice to patients on disease prevention
* Contraceptive advice according to practice protocols
* Cervical smears, breast awareness, swabs and BP checks
* Administration of immunisation of children, adults and holiday goers according to practice protocols
Setting up and running disease clinics
Running other clinics at the discretion of the partners including keeping accurate and up to date records and inputting all data on the practice clinical system, completion of paperwork when required.
* Audit of practice nurse-run clinics when requested by the partners
* Ensuring adequate stocks of in-date emergency drugs as required in the list provided
* Ensuring equipment such as sphygs, scales, nebulisers and other clinical equipment are kept in good working order.
* Carry out daily testing of the fridge temperature, and weekly testing of the defibrillator battery.
* Ensuring that the doctors rooms are kept adequately stocked with sample bottles, phlebotomy equipment, speculae, gloves and a variety of other items commonly in daily use by the doctors
* Ensuring that the nurses treatment rooms are kept in a hygienic and safe condition at all times
* Referring to a partner or other doctor employed as an assistant or locum all patients requiring prescription or who do not confirm to recognised protocols or patterns of disease
* Performing new patient health checks/NHS Health Checks & any other routine health checks
* Relevant paper work as agreed by the partners.
* All information to be recorded on the patients computer record (emis web)
* Ensuring that adequate stocks of vaccination, contraceptive materials and other items necessary for the completion of dressings, minor ops and the usual general practice examinations.
* Other reasonable requests made by the partners or practice manager
Person Specification
Qualities and Attributes
* Pleasant and articulate
* Ability to work without direct supervision
* Able to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
* Ability to work as part of an integrated multi skilled team
* Able to work under pressure
* Able to work in a changing environment
* Organised
* Reliable
* Flexible
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse
* NMC Registered
* A demonstrable commitment to professional development
* Qualifications in Cytology
* Qualifications in Immunisation
* Recognised qualification to diploma level Chronic Disease Management Diabetes or Asthma and COPD
* Recognised qualification Sexual Health
Knowledge and skills
* Knowledge and skills
* Competent in basic nursing duties required for the post
* Specific nursing skills and qualifications
* Knowledge of Quality Outcomes Framework
* Computer Literate
Experience
* Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct
* Experience of dealing with the public and patients
* Experience of using Emis Web Clinical System
* Experience of undertaking Audit
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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