General Practice Nurse / Treatment Room Nurse

NHS; Exeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Exeter is seeking a General Practice Nurse or Treatment Room Nurse to join their friendly team for 22-25 hours a week. Responsibilities include providing nursing care, assisting with medical tasks, and maintaining patient records. The ideal candidate should be an NMC Registered Nurse with experience in primary care, wound care, and cervical cytology. Training is available for the right candidate, making it an excellent opportunity for supportive professional development.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with NMC.
• Experience in administering medication via injection is required.
• Prior experience working in primary care is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of nursing care for patients.
• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure infection control guidelines are followed.

Skills

Experience in GPN duties

Wound care

Venepuncture

Cervical cytology

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.