Job summary
Two Rivers Medical Centre has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practice nurse to join our team, on apart-time basis for 30 hours per week, over 4 days.
Main duties of the job
- 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.
- Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- 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
As an employee of Two Rivers Medical Centre, you will enjoy the following benefits:
- Genuine responsibility from day one.
- Work with a strong social purpose.
- A competitive salary with increments based on professional development.
- Membership of the NHS pension.
- Support to guide your personal and professional development.
- Excellent training and development opportunities.
- Working in a purpose built facility.
- Working in the largest single site GP surgery in Suffolk.
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata), increasing with continual years of NHS service.
Date posted
28 August 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£17.91 to £19.51 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
8077
Job locations
30 Woodbridge Rd East
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 5PB
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Care Careers
Address
30 Woodbridge Rd East
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 5PB
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)