Practice Nurse
Chelsfield Surgery
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Job summary
Chelsfield Surgery is looking to recruit a practice nurse, who will work as part of the primary healthcare team, providing personal medical services, in a holistic way, to the patients of the practice whilst upholding a very high standard of nursing care.
Main duties of the job
General practice nurse work including:-
- Assist & perform routine tasks, related to patient care.
- Perform holistic assessments of patients attending for cervical smear tests & carry out cervical smear tests.
- Undertake wound management & wound care.
- Remove sutures.
- Run well-person clinics & health promotion programmes.
- Offer travel health vaccines.
- Perform ECGs.
- Carry out chronic disease management clinics & other clinics including review of electronic patient questionnaires & data.
- Offer advice about childhood & adult vaccinations, carry out vaccinations.
- Be able to recognise & manage anaphylaxis.
- Carry out LD, mental health & dementia reviews.
- Participate in the annual 'flu vaccination programme, as well as other vaccination programmes such as shingles and pneumonia.
- Chaperoning patients & assisting.
- Assist GPs with minor surgery & coil fittings.
- Request pathology tests, urine samples or cultures.
- Use disposable instruments.
- Participation in administrative systems & meetings.
- Maintain accurate records using the patients computer medical record & the recommended read codes and templates.
- Ensure awareness of statutory & local clinical protection procedures.
- Have the ability to recognise signs & symptoms of child abuse & undertake regular child protection training.
- Be up-to-date with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation & emergency situations.
- Keep a personal development plan, updating & reviewing it as necessary, inline with current NMC re-validation guidelines.
- Maintain annual mandatory e-learning
About us
Chelsfield Surgery is situated in Orpington, Bromley. The surgery has a variety of clinical skill mix as we as being a teaching practice.
We are a part of Orpington PCN, and has plenty of support through ARRS roles.
Our team consist of 2 GP Partners , 1 Salaried GPs, 1 Advanced Clincial Practitioners, 1 Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 Sexual Health Nurse, 1 HCA, a Paramedic, Pharmacy Technician, Social Prescriber, Mental health Practitioner, Care Coordinators, physiotherapist, podiatrist and a fantastic administrative support team.
We are a training practice with 1 GP trainers with GP registrars
Date posted
29 May 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
A2077-24-0000
Job locations
62 Windsor Drive
Orpington
Kent
BR6 6HD
Employer details
Employer name
Chelsfield Surgery
Address
62 Windsor Drive
Orpington
Kent
BR6 6HD