Practice Nurse

Hampton Medical Centre is looking to recruit an experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly, thriving Practice, based in Hampton Shopping Centre, Peterborough.

We would be happy to consider a practice nurse as part time or flexible working hours as an addition to our current nursing team.

You will be motivated, organised, supportive and flexible when working as part of our Practice Team. You will demonstrate compassion, integrity and excellent communication skills when dealing with our patients.

Being part of a training practice, you will be offered good opportunities for mentorship and further development once you have settled in the practice .

General Nursing Duties which includes:

• You MUST have past experience of a Practice Nurse role in a GP surgery, we would not be able to consider an application at this stage if an applicant has not worked in a GP surgery before.
• Undertakes general Treatment Room duties including cervical smears, administering of immunisations and vaccinations, wound care, dressings, venepuncture, ECG recording, BP monitoring, phelebotomy and travel vaccination.
• Provides telephone advice, carefully documents consultations in the patient record.
• Family planning.
• Delivers Learning Disability Reviews.
• Management of long-term conditions where possible. Particularly Asthma and COPD reviews
• Health promotion.

We are a busy, energetic Practice, with a patient list size of more than 13,000 and a strong team of support staff and clinicians: 8 GPs, 3 ANPs,PN,HCAs, Social Prescriber and Care Co-ordinators. Our team is friendly and supportive. We enjoy Practice gatherings and evenings out.

Our patient demographic is predominately young and diverse. The successful applicant will respect our principals of equality, inclusion, compassion and integrity and will embrace our core value of putting our patients at the heart of everything we do.

We are based in Serpentine Green Shopping Centre which offers excellent facilities: shops, services, gyms and dining. Hampton is still developing as a township of Peterborough with plenty of good quality housing and schools. Road networks are good.

• GENERAL NURSING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Performs first aid / resuscitation as necessary and attends and keeps updated Basic Life Support training.
• Has an awareness of Health & Safety issues with specific regard to obtaining/disposing and collection of specimens.
• Ensures that all equipment used is safe and reports any concerns to the Business Manager or Partners.
• Ensures prescriptions they generate are appropriate, effective and safe and adheres to the relevant guidelines.
• To maintain accurate, contemporaneous healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.
• Ensure evidenced-based care is delivered at the highest standards ensuring delivery of high quality patient care.
• Works with local policies and procedures.
• Enhance own performance through Continuous Professional Development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.
• To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development in order to meet the needs of the service.
• To participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change in order to meet patient need.
• Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and work colleagues.

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc. Perform investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.

Administration and professional responsibilities

• Participates in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team
• Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes
• Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date, with accurate details recorded and amended
• Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the Business Manager.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the Practice
• Ensure collection…