Practice Nurse

Job summary

Hassengate Medical Practice located in Stanford-le-Hope are looking for an experienced practice nurse to join them on a part-time basis for 30 hours per week, with some weekend work required. Working within a well-established team, the role will be responsible for delivering a high standard of care to patients within the practice population and undertaking all duties associated with being a nurse in primary care.

Main duties of the job

• Provide consultations, evaluate symptoms and appropriate care to the patients.
• Participate in the implementation of health promotion and disease management.
• Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to ensure you share best practice.
• Follow the National Service Framework protocols/NICE guidelines, screen patients for disease risks and early signs of illness.
• Carry out child and adult immunisations, including travel assessments.
• Cervical cytology, family planning and emergency contraception advice.
• Chronic disease management.
• Infection control.
• Wound care.
• Health promotion and advice.

About us

Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham PCN is situated in a scenic, semi rural part of South West Essex, comprising six close knit GP surgeries. The successful candidate will join a team of not only GPs and nurses but existing clinical pharmacists, physiotherapists, physicians associates, paramedics and pharmacy technicians.

With teaching and dispensing member practices, there is a great opportunity for learning and further development. There is a wide scope of work from audits, chronic disease management, structured medication reviews, triaging minor ailments and managing poly-pharmacy in care homes. This post represents plenty to challenge and further develop an experienced Clinical Pharmacist who is ideally already a prescriber. This post is about integrating with an experienced team and we are looking for a team member to grow with our enthusiastic and innovative PCN.