Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Lathom House Surgery is a semi-rural practice located in the village of Burscough, West Lancashire, approximately 16 miles north east of Liverpool and 9 miles east of Southport. We have been established for 27 years.

We are offering a rare and unique opportunity to join our organisation in a pivotal role within our team.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic Practice Nurse to join our team providing patient centred care in a modern, forward thinking practice.

We have excellent core values in our approach to patient centred care, well established chronic disease management programme and a very experienced ANP/HCA team with support from senior GPs and Clinical Pharmacist.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate

• Qualifications and experience in Cytology, Immunisations, and Chronic Disease Management including Asthma, Hypertension, COPD, and Diabetes and preferably with Nurse Prescriber Qualification however training can be undertaken by the suitable candidate, support will be provided in house and future career development is also supported for our nursing staff.

• Responsibility in coordinating care for patients. For example QOF, and being able to organise and direct patient reviews. Experience in drug shared care management and blood testing.

• Practical skills such as Spirometry, Peak Flow Assessments, Blood Glucose, ECG, and Vaccine administration.

• Ability to interpret blood test results, and hospital letters

• Experience in quality improvement projects and audits

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills

• An enthusiastic and flexible approach to team working

  As a member of the team you will

• Be supported by a full complement of clinical and non clinical staff.

• Have access to our senior nurses at our sister practices.

• Fully involved with regular internal clinical education sessions

• Encouraged to develop your role in a budding training practice.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Dr I Saxena, Managing Partner at bm.saxena@nhs.net

Salary:negotiable dependent on experience and qualifications, flexibility to meet work-life balance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered
• Experience >3 years

Desirable

• Prescribing
• Driving Licence

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Lathom House Surgery

Address

Burscough Health Centre

Lord Street

Burscough

L40 4LA

Employer's website

https://www.lathomhousesurgery.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)