Nurse - General Practice

All Medical; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

All Medical in Melbourne seeks an experienced Practice Nurse for a busy General Practice setting. You must be a registered nurse with current AHPRA/NMB Australia registration and CPR certification. Prior GP or primary care experience is essential, with skills in triage, immunisations, wound care, and clinical procedures.

Strong communication and teamwork are required to deliver high‑quality patient care. The role involves managing care plans, recalls, and coordinating with doctors, while

Qualifications

• Current registration with the Nurses and Midwifery Board of Australia as a registered nurse.
• Appropriate competencies suitable for this position.
• Previous experience in a general practice or primary care setting.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• An understanding and commitment to working within the scope of practice.
• The ability to demonstrate leadership and teamwork.
• The ability to demonstrate strength in building customer and stakeholder relationships.
• CPR Certification: Knowledge of performing CPR and emergency resuscitation techniques and use of equipment and drugs.
• Well presented.
• Previous experience in the use of Medical Director and Pracsoft software.
• An understanding of the Medicare Benefits Schedule nursing items.
• An understanding or experience of the RACGP Standards for general practice.
• Full Australian driving licence.
• Experience in management of ailments in specific groups of patients including elderly patients, adolescents, migrants, refugees, etc.
• Additional qualifications in women's health, diabetes education, asthma management, performing lung function studies, etc.
• Awareness or recognised training in Medicare item/billing numbers and health funds.

Responsibilities

• Clinical duties including taking primary role in infectious disease control.
• Maintaining and documenting cold chain.
• Performing clinical triage.
• Taking patient's pathology samples, swabs and specimens.
• Checking pulses, temperatures, blood pressures, weights and ears.
• Child venepuncture.
• Performing ECG, urinalysis, pregnancy tests and peak flow monitoring.
• Educating patients on inhaler use.
• Providing wound care, treatment and management including dressings.
• Assisting doctors with minor surgeries and procedures.
• Undertake ear syringing.
• Co-ordinating recalls for patients.
• Carrying out physical examinations and investigations including cervical smear and pregnancy tests.
• Providing emergency first aid and health education.
• Immunisation administration for various age groups.
• Liaising with health care professionals and other staff.
• Chaperone for examinations as required.
• Nebulising patients as directed.
• Maintain cleanliness of rooms and stock supplies.
• Ordering medicines, vaccines and supplies, and vaccine storage.

Skills

CPR Certification

Leadership

Teamwork

Infectious disease control

Patient relationship building

Immunisation knowledge

Tools

Medical Director

Pracsoft

Job description

Experienced Practice Nurse required for busy General Practice setting.

Selection criteria

Current registration with the Nurses and Midwifery Board of Australia as a registered nurse.

Appropriate competencies suitable for this position.

Previous experience in a general practice or primary care setting.

Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

An understanding and commitment to working within the scope of practice.

The ability to demonstrate leadership and teamwork.

The ability to demonstrate strength in building customer and stakeholder relationships.

CPR Certification: Knowledge of performing CPR and emergency resuscitation techniques and use of equipment and drugs.

Well presented.

Previous experience in the use of Medical Drector and Pracsoft software.

An understanding of the Medicare Benefits Schedule nursing items.

An understanding or experience of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioner Standards for general practice.

Full Australian driving licence.

Experience in management of ailments in specific groups of patients including elderly patients, adolescents, migrants, refugees, etc.

Additional qualifications in women's health, diabetes education, asthma management, performing lung function studies, etc.

Awareness or recognised training in Medicare item/billing numbers and health funds.

Responsibilities

Clinical

Taking primary role in infectious disease control.

Maintaining and documenting cold chain.

Performing clinical triage.

Taking patient's pathology samples, swabs and specimens.

Checking pulses, temperatures, blood pressures, weights and ears.

Child venepuncture.

Performing ECG, urinalysis, pregnancy tests and peak flow monitoring,

Educating patients on using of inhalers

Providing wound care, treatment and management including applying and removing dressings as required.

Assisting doctors with minor surgeries, clinical procedures and Steri-stripping suturing.

Undertake ear syringing.

Co-ordinating recalls for patients.

Taking history, performing care plans, carrying out physical examinations, investigatory procedures, cervical smear and pregnancy tests.

Providing emergency first aid and treatment.

Giving advice, education and information about health conditions, ailments, stopping smoking and losing weight.

Assess children's and adult's immunisation needs.

Administering newborns', infants', older children and adults' immunisations, vaccinations (for example for influenza) and other injections as directed by the GP.

Liaising with other health care professionals, practice nurses, GPs and/or hospitals as needed.

Chaperone medical or gynaecological examinations as required

Nebulising patients as directed by doctors.

The practice nurse may require lifting or moving patients occasionally.

Operational:

Working with the practice manager and principal to develop and maintain a suite of practice policies and procedures.

Ensuring consumables, clinic forms, templates, checklists, equipment and medications are kept stocked including a register of stock.

Ensuring all equipment maintained to the manufacturers standards and conditions.

Maintain the cleanliness of clinical and treatment rooms to a high standard in accordance with national standardsRestocking doctors' rooms if required.Reviewing reports and results and organising appointments to see the doctors for discussion of reports and/or test resultsMaintain the practice register for recalls, reminders and follow up.Writing records and keeping patients' notes up-to-date.

Excellent communication and documentation skills.Able to work as part of and contribute to a team environment.Restocking clinics forms, templates and checklists.

Ordering medicines, vaccines and other medical consumable supplies / equipment.Ordering and storage of vaccines in line with RACGP standards for general practice.

Ordering educational literature. Following procedures for checking and ordering drugs. Safe handling of sharps, hazardous materials and contaminated waste management.

Participate in the practice risk management and quality improvement processes.Record incidents and near miss in line with practice policy. Show flexibility to changes to systems and procedures to ensure compliance with best available evidence and best practice as applicable. Practice duty of care including meeting practice standards and accountability

Maintain patient and practice confidentiality at all times.

Ensure clinical governance processes are in place. The position holder shall have constant awareness of current and new legislation to ensure the practice is complying with all statutory and regulatory obligations and ensure relevant personnel are kept informed of changes made to legislations and laws as required. This includes awareness of infection control procedures, safe handling of hazardous materials, sharps and medical waste, accreditation requirements, clinical and personal record confidentiality and management and Worksafe laws.Show knowledge of all relevant legislations and common laws and obligations affecting nursing and show compliance at all times.

Act within the practice and nursing code of ethics.Keep up to date with the current evidence on clinical practices and inform/educate other practice staff.Practice within the limits of their knowledge and competencies.Fill in roster when staff is away, on holidays, or on sick leave.Delegate tasks to other medical and non-medical staff.Perform reception duties as required.Assist with other practice duties as required.To be flexible to adjustments made on this job description at times to best utilise staff abilities.