Treatment Room Nurse

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Treatment Room Nurseto join our friendly and supportive team of Nurses and HCAs. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality nursing care to our diverse patient population, working both independently and as part of the wider multidisciplinary team.

This role is ideal for an experienced Treatment Room Nursewith strong clinical skills, excellent communication, and a patient-centred approach to care.

• Provide treatment room nursing services in line with practice protocols and evidence-based guidelines
• Perform wound care, dressings, and management of leg ulcers
• Administer vaccinations and immunisations (including childhood and adult programmes)
• Undertake cervical screening
• Carry out venepuncture
• ECGs
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Urinalysis
• Administer injections (e.g. B12, contraceptives, travel vaccines)
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records using EMIS web
• Ensure infection prevention and control standards are upheld at all times
• Work collaboratively with all practice staff and wider MDT

The team at Crown is forward thinking and dynamic. Above all it is a very friendly place to work with lots of flexibility and plenty of opportunities to learn and develop in a very supportive environment.

Clinical duties

To undertake and record on the computer the following tasks:

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• Childhood Immunisations
• Ensuring that consulting rooms and treatment rooms are tidy and fully stocked (in the absence of the HCA)
• Control of infection within the practice following the practice protocol
• To undertake recording of ECGs.
• To ensure that adequate treatment room supplies are maintained and that resuscitation equipment is safely maintained.
• To undertake health promotion activities and counselling of patients as required, if appropriate training has been undertaken.
• Collection of other pathological specimens
• Ear care, including ear syringing
• Dressings
• Suture removal
• Administration of anti-psychotic medication
• Travel immunisations and advice
• Cervical screening
• Minor operations; to include explanation to patient of the procedure and the preparation of room and equipment.
• Any other procedure for which the nurse is trained and competent and may be required for the operation of an efficient treatment room.
• To work within practice policies and protocols
• To recognise changes in the patients observations which must be reported and acted on.
• To assist clinicians in emergency management of patients
• To enable patients to access appropriate professionals within the team
• To act as a chaperone in line with the practices policy
• To appreciate the principles of Healthy Living
• To maintain clinical equipment efficiently, ensuring that all clinical equipment used is clean and decontaminated after use.
• To follow infection control standard
• To contribute new ideas to improve patient care
• To maintain set standards of organisation in treatment rooms / practice and to take appropriate action if standards are not being met.

• Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
• Experience working in General Practice
• Competent in core treatment room skills e.g. wound care, immunisations (adult and childhood), venepuncture, cytology, travel.
• Experience using EMIS web
• Sound knowledge of infection control and clinical governance
• Ability to work independently and prioritise workload effectively
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• IT literate and able to use clinical systems
• Commitment to high-quality, patient-centred care
• Experience with chronic disease management (e.g. asthma, diabetes, COPD)

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.