Practice Nurse

Job summary

Fakenham Medical Practice has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practice nurse to join our team on a full-time basis for 37.5 hours per week, to support the provision of first-class healthcare to patients.

Main duties of the job

• Telephone triage, to assess and treat patients with minor injuries and minor illness according to approved protocols and guidelines.
• Assessing and treating minor injuries/illness.
• Prescribe medication.
• Cytology.
• Wound care.
• Removal of sutures.
• ECGs.
• Venepuncture.
• Hypertension management.
• COPD/asthma management.
• Diabetes management
• Routine immunisations/childhood immunisations
• Assist with achieving QOF targets
• Request pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs

About us

The Fakenham Medical Practice is a nine-doctor dispensing practice providing care to around 15,000 patients in and around Fakenham in north Norfolk.

We work from modern, purpose-built premises. The partners and staff have a shared belief in the delivery of high quality, traditional personal family healthcare. Patients interests are kept very much to the fore and there is a strong commitment to develop patient services. To promote a multi-disciplinary team approach, we share our premises with other providers including a pharmacy, adult social services, and local community services e.g., physiotherapy and midwifery.

The practice is part of Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board and has a branch surgery at Walsingham. We are a training practice for GP Trainees.

Our mission statement: Fakenham Medical Practice is committed to working with compassion and understanding to provide all its patients with accessible, responsive and efficient services that deliver good, safe and effective care.