We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our excellentand well-established nursing team at Park Practice. We are a friendly andbusy training practice delivering care at our modern, purpose-built premises inEastbourne. Part-time and full-time applications will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to haveexperience of working as a Practice Nurse in a GP practice. Practice Nurseduties include: cervical smears, vaccinations & immunisations, wound careand chronic disease management.
Salary dependent on experience.
All applicants must have a valid UK NMC PINnumber and be eligible to work in the UK.
About us
We are a GMS Practicewith a list size of 13,500. We have 7 Partners, 4 salaried GPs, 1 NursePractitioner, 1 Nurse Prescriber, 2 Paramedic Practitioners, 5 PracticeNurses, 1 Assistant Practitioner, 2 HCAs and a Phlebotomist who are supportedby helpful and professional management and administration teams. The wholePractice team is committed to providing quality patient care and received arating of "GOOD" at the CQC inspection in 2016.
Applications with CV please and we respectfully requestthat no recruitment agencies contact us regarding this position.
Pleasenote for all vacancies:
We do not employstaff who are registered at the practice as patients. If employment is offered,it is on the condition of registration with another GP practice.
Job responsibilities
Cervical smears,vaccinations & immunisations, wound care and chronic diseasemanagement. Please see job description attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Experience
* Primary care nursing experience
* Management of long-term conditions
* Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines
* Experience of audit
Qualifications
* Registered first level nurse
* Clinical supervision training and experience
Knowledge and skills
* Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, Wound care
* Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
* Communication skills, both written and verbal
* Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families
* Negotiation and conflict management skills
* Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
* Knowledge of health promotion strategies
* Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
* Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
* Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
* Diabetic management
* Family planning
* Respiratory care
* Sexual health
* Travel immunisations
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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