Practice Nurse

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Practice Nurse looking to take the next step in your primary care career?

We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our award-winning practice. We're a friendly, patient-centred GP practice committed to delivering high-quality care. The candidate will undertake all General practice chronic disease management as well as general practice nursing duties,
including child / adult vaccinations, wound care and cytology (These 3 accreditations and experience are Mandatory). Should be competent in all QOF chronic disease reviews and immunisations.

We offer a highly competitive rate of pay.

Ideally we are looking for a candidate to work approximately 25
-30 hrs over 5 days, be
flexible
- ideally AM and PM sessions across main and branch sites. Lots of opportunities for overtime to cover colleagues holidays available.

We would also welcome practice nurses with Non Medical prescribing certificate & minor ailments certificate to apply .

The practice has provided practice nurse VTS training in the past .

If you are an overseas candidate - please only apply if you hold NMC registration & a visa to work in the UK.

The successful candidate would have experience and skills in the following areas:

QOF related Chronic Disease Management

Routine immunisations / Childhood immunisation

Performing Cervical Cytology as part of the national screening programme

Providing wound care, dressings, removing sutures etc

ECGs

Venepuncture

Contraception

Knowledge of national and local guidelines with the ability to apply these to individual patients and set targets is essential.

We ask for experience in dealing with above holding a diploma as a minimum

Knowledge of all the chronic disease's is not expected but core knowledge and ability to asses follow up of stable patients based on QOF requirement is a must.

We are a national award-winning practice, including twice winners of NHS Leadership Awards. We also offer community surgery at our practices, including onsite Carpal Tunnel Surgery, conducted by Orthopaedic Consultants. We hold twice weekly suspect cancer clinics which we are only 2 GP practices nationally that do this.

We have a total complement of over 30 staff including GP's, some specialising in Women's Health and Mental Health, HCAs, Nurse Associates, Care Co-ordinators, Physician Associate, Practice pharmacists, MSK practitioners and a dedicated frontline administrative staff.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment where your skills and idea matter

Opportunities for CPD, training and role development

Well equipped clinical rooms and a collaborative clinical team

Staff wellbeing focus and a positive, open workplace culture

We are an expanding organisation and proactive locally, regionally and nationally.

We are graded Good / Outstanding on CQC

See requirements of this part time to full time position under Job overview

We are looking to Recruit a NMC UK registered nurse with the skills as stated in the advert with mandatory qualification & Experience with Baby-children Immunisation and Cervical Smear taking .

Hours of work can be from a minimum of 4 hours to a maximum of 37.5 hours ( WTE)

We welcome practice nurses who wish to train to be Advanced Nurse practitioner and or to obtain a prescribing certificate

We have supported such nurses since 2009.

We offer a salary rise after 6 months

Plus a discretionary bonus after the 1st QuoF year completion

• Registered first level nurse
• Clinical supervision

• Minimum 2 years post registration experience
• Management of long-term conditions
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines
• One year recent primary and community nursing experience Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
• Experience of audit

• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
• Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of local and national health policy
• Awareness of issues within the wider health economy

• Clinical Skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, minor surgery and wound care
• Experience of teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
• Chronic Disease Experience.

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.