Job summary
We are Riverside Medical Practice. We are a small friendly GP Practice based in central Stockton. We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team.
Main duties of the job
Within the role of the Practice Nurse, you will provide care and management of patients with long term health conditions such as Asthma/COPD and Diabetes, as well as providing all aspects of nursing care duties such as wound care, adult and childhood immunisations, travel vaccinations, cervical cytology screening, contraception and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
About us
At Hartlepool and Stockton Health GP Federation our guiding aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. Relationships are key to everything we do and by working with our practice members and their Primary Care Networks, as well as other local partners, we strive to provide excellent services that help people to live their best lives.
As part of this support, we are hosting this job advert on behalf one of our member practices, Riverside Medical Practice.
Our Vision
To be a practice that performs outstanding primary care in line with our patients needs and at the highest level of customer satisfaction. As a practice we would like to attract, reward, and retain highly skilled staff and help them grown in their careers to the best of our ability.
Our Philosophy
Riverside Medical Practice strives to maintain an environment which is welcoming, caring and accessible to all our patients. We aim to treat all our patients fairly and equally, with dignity and respect.
By working in partnership with our patients we strive to provide an outstanding standard of holistic primary medical care that is highly effective, efficient, and safe for all our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Managing long term conditions
- Menopause and HRT consultations
- Smoking Cessation
- IUCD fitting and removal
- Requesting pathology tests
- Working collaboratively with General Practitioners to provide the highest level of care
- Assessing, evaluating, and monitoring treatment plans
- Be competent and up to date with Cervical Cytology screening, childhood immunisations, contraception management and all aspects of immunisations and vaccinations
- Be proactive in promoting a healthy lifestyle and care navigate to appropriate services
- Mentor and support health care assistants
- Advise on foreign travel and administering travel vaccinations
- Managing complex pressure dressings and wound care management
- Ensure infection control procedures and policies are followed and kept current
- Participate in practice audits, development plans and meetings
- Maintain own annual registration with the NMC and adhering to Code of Professional Conduct
- Promote own continuous professional development
- Any other reasonable duties that may be required on occasion
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Managing long term conditions
- Menopause and HRT consultations
- Smoking Cessation
- IUCD fitting and removal
- Requesting pathology tests
- Working collaboratively with General Practitioners to provide the highest level of care
- Assessing, evaluating, and monitoring treatment plans
- Be competent and up to date with Cervical Cytology screening, childhood immunisations, contraception management and all aspects of immunisations and vaccinations
- Be proactive in promoting a healthy lifestyle and care navigate to appropriate services
- Mentor and support health care assistants
- Advise on foreign travel and administering travel vaccinations
- Managing complex pressure dressings and wound care management
- Ensure infection control procedures and policies are followed and kept current
- Participate in practice audits, development plans and meetings
- Maintain own annual registration with the NMC and adhering to Code of Professional Conduct
- Promote own continuous professional development
- Any other reasonable duties that may be required on occasion
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Desirable
- Minimum two years post qualification experience
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- First Level Degree in Nursing
- Medical Prescriber and evidence of higher-level training i.e. master's degree / nurse practitioners course
Desirable
- Accredited training in chronic disease management
- Qualification in COPD / Asthma management, including spirometry interpretation
- Cervical cytology qualification
- Childhood immunisations
- Compression dressing and wound management
- Contraception qualification
Behaviours / Skills
Essential
- Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
- Calm and collected
- Confident
- Performing under pressure
- Polite
- Self-motivated
- Conscientious
- Adaptable
- Flexible
- Team working
- Good time management
- Problem solving
- IT skills
- Confidentiality
- Using initiative
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Desirable
- Minimum two years post qualification experience
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- First Level Degree in Nursing
- Medical Prescriber and evidence of higher-level training i.e. master's degree / nurse practitioners course
Desirable
- Accredited training in chronic disease management
- Qualification in COPD / Asthma management, including spirometry interpretation
- Cervical cytology qualification
- Childhood immunisations
- Compression dressing and wound management
- Contraception qualification
Behaviours / Skills
Essential
- Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
- Calm and collected
- Confident
- Performing under pressure
- Polite
- Self-motivated
- Conscientious
- Adaptable
- Flexible
- Team working
- Good time management
- Problem solving
- IT skills
- Confidentiality
- Using initiative
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).
