Practice Nurse

Wellside Surgery is recruiting a part-time practice nurse for about 20 hours a week within its general practice clinical team. The core of the work is treatment room care, including chronic disease management, immunisations, cervical cytology and specimen collection, carried out on the request of each patient's GP. The post serves a practice population of about 9,000 and can extend into minor illness and chronic disease work depending on experience and interest.

Fit depends on being a registered nurse with previous general practice experience.

• Full range of treatment room services for patients
• Chronic disease management
• Preventative procedures, including child immunisations and travel vaccines
• Cervical cytology
• Collecting pathological specimens
  
  Investigatory procedures at the GP's request
• Assisting GPs with clinical procedures, including chaperoning
• Home visits at the GP's request or in an emergency
• Minor illness services, depending on experience and interest
• Keeping clear, accurate consultation notes on the computerised patient record
• Care of equipment, stock levels, ordering and stock control
• Clinical audit, practice research and attending practice meetings

• Good standard of general education
• Membership of a professional body

• Registered nurse

• Previous experience of working in general practice

• Good communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Time management skills
• Good team worker

• Flexible
• Reliable
• Enthusiastic
• Self-motivated

• Diabetes, asthma or COPD diploma
• Minor illness course
• Chronic disease management experience
• Minor illness experience
• EMIS clinical system

• Annual leave as per contract