Job summary
King Street Surgery have an exciting opportunity for a practice nurse on a part time basis, for 21 hours per week Wednesday to Friday, to join their friendly, patient focussed team, based across 3 sites in Kempston. Working within a multi-skilled nursing team, including nurse prescribers and HCAs, they are keen to grow the department further. They offer a high quality service, within a mutually supportive and caring environment.
Main duties of the job
- General nursing services.
- Wound care (including 4 layer bandaging/doppler assessments for which training can be given).
- Cervical screening.
- Removal of sutures/staples.
- Contraception/family planning.
- Provide cover for long term illness clinics.
- RBP and urine checks.
- Height/weight checks and dietary advice.
- Care of patients using nebulisers.
- Chaperoning.
- Health promotion.
- Injections and immunisations travel, childhood immunisations, Zoladex, B12, Depo Provera etc.
- Phlebotomy.
- Treatment and clinic rooms, stock control, infection control, etc.
About us
King Street Surgery is a long established dispensing practice, offering a high quality service to patients, within a supportive and caring environment. As a training practice across three sites we are at the forefront of clinical practice and our practice ethos is one which supports training and development. We have a list size of 21,700, with 7 GP partners, 14 salaried GPs, 11 practice nurses, a paramedic and clinical pharmacists who are supported by the management and administration team of 25+.
Job description
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Job description
Job responsibilities
If
you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the
attached job specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN holding current Nursing and Midwifery Council Registration
Desirable
- A qualification in Diabetes and/or Asthma/COPD is desirable though not essential.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening.
- Working towards management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, dressing and wound care.
- 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
- RGN holding current Nursing and Midwifery Council Registration
Desirable
- A qualification in Diabetes and/or Asthma/COPD is desirable though not essential.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening.
- Working towards management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, dressing and wound care.
- 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).
