Practice Nurse

Primary Care Careers

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Job summary

Wolverton Health Centre has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic, highly motivated & committed nurse, ideally with an interest in diabetes, to join our skilled team which currently consists of 1 ANP, 1 ACP, 2 PNs & 2 HCAs. The role is offered on a part-time basis.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

We are a 16,000+ patient practice with 5 GP partners working from a purpose-built building. We are part of Nexus MK PCN which covers 5 practices and approximately 55,000 patients.

Benefits:

  • Onsite parking
  • NHS pension
  • Generous annual leave
  • Health and wellbeing support

Date posted

22 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

7567

Job locations

Gloucester Road

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

MK12 5DF


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 an active PIN.
  • Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) or equivalent experience or qualifications;
  • Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.

Experience

Essential

  • Confident and calm and able to work as part of our Team, but also alone.
  • 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 an active PIN.
  • Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) or equivalent experience or qualifications;
  • Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.

Experience

Essential

  • Confident and calm and able to work as part of our Team, but also alone.
  • 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

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

Gloucester Road

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

MK12 5DF


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Gloucester Road

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

MK12 5DF


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Wolverton Health Centre

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

22 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

7567

Job locations

Gloucester Road

Milton Keynes

Buckinghamshire

MK12 5DF


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