Practice Nurse

We are looking for an experienced, skilled and compassionate Practice Nurse to join our friendlyclinical team.

This is a varied,hands-on role providing high-quality nursing care to patients across a broad range of primary care services. We are looking for someone who is confident working independently, enjoys being part of a supportive multidisciplinary teamand is committed to providing safe, effective and patient-centred care.

Previous Practice Nurse experience within primary care is essential for this role. This post is for 2days per week every Thursday and Friday and the salary is dependent on experience.

This role is for an experienced Practice Nurse able to deliver a broad range of nursing services.

Responsibilities will include:

• -Providing safe, evidence-based nursing care, maintaining accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with practice policies and professional standards
• -Delivera comprehensive range of nursing services, including wound management,venepuncture, ECGs, and cervical cytology
• -Administerroutine and seasonal vaccinations, including childhood immunisations, travelvaccines, influenza, and COVID-19 programmes
• -Provide assessment, monitoring, and management of patients with long-term conditions such as asthma, COPD, hypertension, and diabetes
• -Promote health and wellbeing through health education, lifestyle advice, and new patient health assessments
• -Maintaining high standards of infection prevention and control
• -Working collaboratively with GPs, ACPs, HCAs and the wider multidisciplinary team ensuring patients receive coordinated and holistic support
• -Contribute to clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and service development activities

The role requiresconfident clinical decision-making, excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to clinical governance, patient safety and the delivery ofhigh-quality care.

We are a well-establishedgeneral practice committed to providing high-quality, holistic and patient-centred care to our local community.

We pride ourselves on being asupportive and friendly place to work, where staff are valued and encouraged todevelop their skills and professional interests.

Professionalism, kindness andmutual respect are important to us. Our clinical and non-clinical teams work closely together, with an emphasis on open communication, shared learning,clinical governance and continuous improvement.

If you are an experienced

Practice Nurse looking to join a welcoming and supportive primary care team, wewould be very pleased to hear from you.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:
Practice Nurse

HOURS: 14-18 Hours per week working Thursdays and Fridays

Job Summary:

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 in primary care and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training and competencies.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• -Child Immunisations and routine immunisations and vaccinations given under PGDs
• -Venepuncture
• -Removal of Sutures
• -Urinalysis
• -Swabs
• -ECG recording
• -Blood Pressure Measurements and Hypertension reviews
• -Cervical Screening
• -Travel Health
• -Contraceptive pill checks / sexual health
• -Family Planning Clinics/Contraception
• -Administration of injections
• -Health promotion and management
• -Provide emergency care to patients as necessary and attend annual Basic Life Support and Anaphylaxis training
• -Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• -Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• -Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to GPs as appropriate
• -Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses ensuring that all samples for pathology are accurately labelled and ready for collection
• -Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• -Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
• -Assisting in the implementation and management of appropriate health and safety and infection control policies, as defined in local and national policies
• -Contributes to management of stock and ordering stock where required
• -Contributes to management of medicines and vaccines as per policy
• -Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions…