Practice Nurse

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our team in a large diverse General Practice. We have a progressive team of GPs and ANPs, clinical pharmacists, mental health practitioners and we are seeking to expand our team of general practice nurses. If you are currently an experienced practice nurse in child immunisations, chronic disease management, family planning, cervical smear taking, please contact us.

Post is for 24 hours per week.

Well established GMS Training Practice.

• 5 partners
• 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners
• 2 Practice Nurses
• Social Prescribers
• EMIS WEB
• Business Manager
• IT Manager
• Full supporting administration team
• High QOF Achievement
• CQC rating GOOD
• We are a training practice with GP registrars and medical students
• Opportunities for career progression available
• Opportunities for professional development/very supportive team
• Professional/ Administration time
• 6 weeks annual leave entitlement
• 30 minutes appointments for chronic disease management
• Monthly Multi-disciplinary team meeting
• Purpose built premises with onsite parking

• We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse who is currently confident in
• Chronic disease management
• Cervical smear taker
• Immunisations administration for both adult and children
• Travel vaccine administration and advice
• Health promotion

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.

• Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection.
• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
• Running well person clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise. Facilitates change.
• Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness.
• Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines.
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
• Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear tests.
• Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
• Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
• Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, steriliser and emergency equipment.
• Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times.
• Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
• Assist patients to identify their health needs.
• Contribute a nursing perspective to the practice development plan.
• Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
• Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards.
• To attend staff meetings.
• Ensure effective relationships and communications with the PHCT and other agencies.
• Support the Practice clinical governance agenda.
• Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines.
• Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager.
• Participate in clinical supervision.
• Support others with their training and development needs.
• To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills.
• Maintain good industrial relations.
• Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission.
• Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of…