Primary Care Careers

Practice Nurse

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Job summary

Maynard Court Surgery/Nazeing Valley Health Centre have a fantastic opportunity for a nurse (experienced or newly qualified) or a nurse practitionerto join our team, on a part-time basis, for 12-16 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the role include:

  • Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
  • Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
  • General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
  • Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
  • Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
  • Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
  • Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
  • Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
  • Hypertension review and management.
  • Running asthma, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
  • New patient and health checks.

About us

  • We are a SystmOne practice with 9500 patients spread over 2 sites.
  • We are high QOF/ECF achievers and rated "Good" at our last CQC inspection.
  • The successful candidate must be able to travel (own transport) as the sessions will be split over both sites.
  • Car parking is available at both sites.
  • NHS pension available.

Details

Date posted

06 February 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20 to £25 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

7014

Job locations

17/18 Maynard Court

Waltham Abbey

Essex

EN9 3DU


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A relevant nursing degree
  • Current NMC Registration with active PIN
  • General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme or equivalent experience or qualifications.
  • Competence to undertake chronic illness review with necessary certification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
  • Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
  • Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
  • Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A relevant nursing degree
  • Current NMC Registration with active PIN
  • General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme or equivalent experience or qualifications.
  • Competence to undertake chronic illness review with necessary certification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
  • Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
  • Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
  • Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

17/18 Maynard Court

Waltham Abbey

Essex

EN9 3DU


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

17/18 Maynard Court

Waltham Abbey

Essex

EN9 3DU


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Maynard Court Surgery

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

06 February 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20 to £25 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

7014

Job locations

17/18 Maynard Court

Waltham Abbey

Essex

EN9 3DU


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