Job summary
Hanham Health is looking forward to welcoming a registered nurse to our clinical team to cover maternity leave from February 2025.
We would love to show you around Happy for informal visits/chat , please contact sue.gotts@nhs.net.
Main duties of the job
Our very friendly and professional team have a strong multi-disciplinary working ethos and enjoy supporting each other. Working closely with GP colleagues, the post-holder will deliver several Treatment Room clinics providing assessment; treatment; screening; health education services and advice to patients including
Wound management
Administering a vaccinations and immunisations.
Contraception, STI checks and advice and cervical screening.
As part of the clinical team, you will participate in clinical supervision; ongoing CPD; team and practice meetings as well as contributing to projects and audits.
We value the contribution that our nursing team makes, and, in turn, we offer excellent support and opportunities for personal development.
About us
We are friendly, patient focussed and progressive General Practice. We are seeking a Part Time Treatment Room Nurse to help provide care for over 22,000 patients. We have a supportive clinical team consisting of doctors; chronic disease nurses; treatment room nurses; pharmacists; nurse practitioners / paramedics, and a physio and mental health nurse that deliver care from 2 sites.
We strive to provide excellent care to our patients and are supported by a well-established and highly professional teams. We are high QoF achievers; continually striving to improve our service. We are a training practice for GPs, Nurses and HCAs and work hard to ensure that our nurses can take full advantage of training and development pathways. We value the contribution that our nursing team makes, and, in turn, we offer excellent support and opportunities for personal development. Ideally, we are looking for a Registered Nurse with experience in delivering Treatment Room procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
We are looking for a Registered Nurse to provide excellent patient care; assessing patient needs and planning, delivering and evaluating care provision. They will provide a professional service performing a range of relevant treatment room activities without direct supervision and providing support to the GPs. Treatment room experience essential.
General Clinical
- To provide high quality patient care
- Participate in setting standards for care and auditing clinical outcomes.
- Promote & participate in maintaining a safe comfortable & therapeutic environment.
- Participate in developing strategies and implementing health promotion programmes for clients and carers and facilitate screening clinics.
- Take responsibility for the safe storage and administration of drugs and equipment.
- Provide information, advice and support to patients face to face and via the telephone.
- Involved in team discussions to ensure best practice.
- Chronic Disease
- Asthma
- Hypertension Clinic
- COPD Clinic
- Holiday Vaccination Clinic
- Flu Vaccination Clinic
- Cervical Smears
- Family Planning
Treatment Room Clinical Skills required
- Venepuncture
- Urine testing
- Swabs
- ECG procedure
- Assistance in Minor Surgery
- Infection control management of equipment
- Immunisation and Vaccine administration
- Injections
- Wound management
- Cervical Cytology
- Health promotion
Organisational- To maintain accurate records and data on Treatment Room activities, using the EMIS computer programmes.
- To work as an effective team member and promote a multi-agency collaborative approach to health care.
- To work as an effective team member and promote a multi-agency collaborative approach to health care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
We are looking for a Registered Nurse to provide excellent patient care; assessing patient needs and planning, delivering and evaluating care provision. They will provide a professional service performing a range of relevant treatment room activities without direct supervision and providing support to the GPs. Treatment room experience essential.
General Clinical
- To provide high quality patient care
- Participate in setting standards for care and auditing clinical outcomes.
- Promote & participate in maintaining a safe comfortable & therapeutic environment.
- Participate in developing strategies and implementing health promotion programmes for clients and carers and facilitate screening clinics.
- Take responsibility for the safe storage and administration of drugs and equipment.
- Provide information, advice and support to patients face to face and via the telephone.
- Involved in team discussions to ensure best practice.
- Chronic Disease
- Asthma
- Hypertension Clinic
- COPD Clinic
- Holiday Vaccination Clinic
- Flu Vaccination Clinic
- Cervical Smears
- Family Planning
Treatment Room Clinical Skills required
- Venepuncture
- Urine testing
- Swabs
- ECG procedure
- Assistance in Minor Surgery
- Infection control management of equipment
- Immunisation and Vaccine administration
- Injections
- Wound management
- Cervical Cytology
- Health promotion
Organisational- To maintain accurate records and data on Treatment Room activities, using the EMIS computer programmes.
- To work as an effective team member and promote a multi-agency collaborative approach to health care.
- To work as an effective team member and promote a multi-agency collaborative approach to health care.
Person Specification
Skills and Qualities
Essential
- Essential
- Can work well in a team and autonomously.
- Able to build effective working relationships at all levels.
- Able to demonstrate innovative practice.
- Has excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Able to listen carefully in order to understand the needs of others and empathise.
- Good time management - Able to organize own day-to-day tasks and able to prioritise time sensitive tasks.
- Able to be proactive.
- Able to deal sensitively with anguished and distressed individuals.
- Able to remain impartial and non judgmental during times of sensitivity, stress and conflict.
- Able to maintain accurate records.
- Able to always maintain confidentiality with regards to patients and staff.
- Self-motivating. Able to work with minimal supervision.
- Team worker. Considerate, professional, supportive and generous.
- Adaptable and innovative.
- Gains respect by example and leadership Honest, caring and sympathetic.
- Personable and approachable.
- Hard working, reliable and resourceful.
- Disclosure and Barring Service Check
- 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.
- UK Registration
- Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a treatment room/practice nurse setting.
- Experience of working in teams within a clinical team setting.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment with a wide range of individuals at different levels.
Desirable
- Experience of developing relationships with external agencies and organisations.
- Experience of chronic disease and health promotion
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Level 1 nurse already practicing at a band 5/6 (or equivalent) level.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Good keyboard skills and experience of using Microsoft office e.g. Word, Excel
- Smear Taker
- Diploma in Chronic Disease management
- Experience of using EMIS computer software
Person Specification
Skills and Qualities
Essential
- Essential
- Can work well in a team and autonomously.
- Able to build effective working relationships at all levels.
- Able to demonstrate innovative practice.
- Has excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Able to listen carefully in order to understand the needs of others and empathise.
- Good time management - Able to organize own day-to-day tasks and able to prioritise time sensitive tasks.
- Able to be proactive.
- Able to deal sensitively with anguished and distressed individuals.
- Able to remain impartial and non judgmental during times of sensitivity, stress and conflict.
- Able to maintain accurate records.
- Able to always maintain confidentiality with regards to patients and staff.
- Self-motivating. Able to work with minimal supervision.
- Team worker. Considerate, professional, supportive and generous.
- Adaptable and innovative.
- Gains respect by example and leadership Honest, caring and sympathetic.
- Personable and approachable.
- Hard working, reliable and resourceful.
- Disclosure and Barring Service Check
- 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.
- UK Registration
- Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a treatment room/practice nurse setting.
- Experience of working in teams within a clinical team setting.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment with a wide range of individuals at different levels.
Desirable
- Experience of developing relationships with external agencies and organisations.
- Experience of chronic disease and health promotion
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Level 1 nurse already practicing at a band 5/6 (or equivalent) level.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Good keyboard skills and experience of using Microsoft office e.g. Word, Excel
- Smear Taker
- Diploma in Chronic Disease management
- Experience of using EMIS computer software
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
