General Practice Nurse / Treatment Room Nurse

Topsham Surgery; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health practice in Exeter is looking for a General Practice Nurse to join a friendly team. You will provide high standards of nursing care, assist with routine patient care tasks, perform cervical cytology, and administer immunisations. This position involves collaboration with GPs and healthcare staff to meet patient needs and maintain health care policies. Experience in GPN duties is preferred, but training can be provided for the right candidate. The role is part-time, offering 22-25 hours per week from Wednesday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Must be NMC Registered Nurse.
• Experience in ECGs, wound care, and administration of medication is essential.
• Familiarity with vaccination and immunisation processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist in routine patient care procedures.
• Perform wound care and removal of sutures.
• Administer vaccinations and conduct cervical cytology.

Skills

Wound care

Cervical cytology

ECGs

Venepuncture

Immunisations

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

General Practice Nurse / Treatment Room Nurse

Are you a General Practice Nurse or Treatment Nurse looking to join a friendly and supportive team? Then look no further!

We are recruiting for a GPN / Treatment Room Nurse to join our team for 22 - 25 hours a week working Wednesday - Friday each week.

The candidate will provide and maintain a high standard of Nursing care for patients of Topsham Surgery by focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, participating in prevention and screening activities. You will work collaboratively with the Practice Team providing support to the Doctors and other members of the Primary Healthcare Team to meet the needs of the patients supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

Experience and qualification in GPN duties (childhood immunisations and cervical screening) is preferred; however, training is available for the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

Duties:

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care
• Wound care/ulcer care
• Removal of sutures
• New patient medicals
• Cervical Cytology
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Ear syringing
• Routine immunisations/childhood immunisations/travel immunisations
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
• Requesting pathology tests
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to Senior Nurse or GP as appropriate

Other Tasks to Include:

• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by GPs and Nurses
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of Nurse Treatment Rooms
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained
• Participate in QOF
• Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• At all times to maintain accurate records
• A duty to advise Lead Nurse of potential problems or errors
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

About us

Topsham Surgery is a friendly and forward thinking practice.

We are made up of 2 sites, one in Topsham and a branch site at Countess Wear.

The 2 sites are spacious with a variety of consulting and administration rooms with a pharmacy based at the Glasshouse site.

Wecare for over 12,000 patients across a large practice boundary fromMiddlemoor and St Leonards to Lympstone in the South and Aylesbeare inthe East.

Job responsibilities

Please view the job description attached to this advert for full breakdown of the post requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse

Experience

• ECGs
• Wound care and dressings
• Administration of medication via IM/SC injection
• Experience of working in primary care
• Vaccination and immunisations (National childhood immunisation programme)
• Cervical cytology
• Chronic disease clinics/management

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.