Job summary
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Practice Nurse to join our Friendly and Forward thinking Clinical Team.
We are a busy Practice and the ideal candidate needs to be flexible, versatile and up for a challenge
Have the commitment to deliver an exceptional patient / clinician experience within a professional environment
The ideal candidate would be an experienced Practice Nurse working in General Practice looking for the next challenge in their career.
Main duties of the job
We
are looking for someone who has experience in chronic disease and case load
management to include:
Diabetes
COPD
Asthma
Coronary
Heart Disease
Atrial
Fibrillation
Anticoagulation
Monitoring as well as NOAC and DOAC Therapy
Cervical
Cytology
Childhood
Immunisations
Travel
Immunisations
Vaccination
Programme Training in Flu and Covid
Spirometry
Learning
Disabilities
The
following personal attributes are essential:
Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills
Commitment
to continuing professional development.
Ability
to develop clinical protocols to be implemented and used within our wider team.
Ability
to prioritise workload and time manage.
Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
without relying on supervision
About us
We have a Fantastic, Supportive, Friendly Clinical and Admin Team. Consisting of 5 Partners, 1 Salaried GP, 2 ANP's, 3 Practice Nurses, 2 HCA's and a number of Locum GP's.
And within our Reception and Admin Team we have separate Prescription and Letter Readers Team.
Our clinical system is EMIS, working with DOCMAN10 , Accurx to support patient triage.
We have a list size of approximately 13700 patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description:
- holding patient consultations within the Surgery
- carrying out physical examinations and tests such as cervical smears
- providing advice about contraception and fitting contraceptive devices
- giving advice, education and information about chronic health conditions and ailments, stopping smoking and losing weight
- taking patient samples, swabs and specimens, and checking pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
- administering immunisations, travel vaccinations and infant injections
- running well woman and man clinics and clinics for specific chronic diseases such as Diabetes, COPD, Hypertension, AF, Asthma
- delegating tasks to healthcare assistants
- writing records and keeping patients notes up to date
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description:
- holding patient consultations within the Surgery
- carrying out physical examinations and tests such as cervical smears
- providing advice about contraception and fitting contraceptive devices
- giving advice, education and information about chronic health conditions and ailments, stopping smoking and losing weight
- taking patient samples, swabs and specimens, and checking pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
- administering immunisations, travel vaccinations and infant injections
- running well woman and man clinics and clinics for specific chronic diseases such as Diabetes, COPD, Hypertension, AF, Asthma
- delegating tasks to healthcare assistants
- writing records and keeping patients notes up to date
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Chronic Disease Management - Diabetes, Hypertension, CHD, Asthma, Spirometry
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (cervical cytology,
- contraception, etc.)
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the
- results, advising patients accordingly
- Travel medicine
Desirable
- IT Skills - EMIS
- Effective Time Management
- Ability to work as a Team as well as autonomously
- Problem Solving and analytical skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a GP Practice
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Previous history of working with a nursing team and dealing with vulnerable patients
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, working as a practice nurse or a community nurse
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Working Autonomously
Desirable
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Chronic Disease Management - Diabetes, Hypertension, CHD, Asthma, Spirometry
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (cervical cytology,
- contraception, etc.)
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the
- results, advising patients accordingly
- Travel medicine
Desirable
- IT Skills - EMIS
- Effective Time Management
- Ability to work as a Team as well as autonomously
- Problem Solving and analytical skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a GP Practice
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Previous history of working with a nursing team and dealing with vulnerable patients
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, working as a practice nurse or a community nurse
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Working Autonomously
Desirable
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
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).