Nursing Associate

Riverside Surgery, High Wycombe; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Surgery in High Wycombe is seeking a Nursing Associate to join our busy GP practice. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high standards of patient care and support our clinical nurses.

The role requires a Nursing Associate Foundation Degree, UK registration, and experience in general practice. Hours are flexible and negotiable to fit practice needs and patient care.

Qualifications

• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree and current UK registration.
• Experience working in General Practice preferred.
• Good communication and compassionate patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care and dressings.
• Perform and record clinical observations (BP, temp, pulse, etc.).
• Administer injections and vaccinations (flu, covid, RSV, etc.) and venepuncture as required.
• Promote health and wellbeing, e.g., NHS Health Check.
• Support long-term care planning for patients with chronic diseases.
• When competent, perform smear tests and baby immunisations.

Skills

Experience in General Practice

Education

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree Qualification

Job description

Job summary

We are pleased to offer an opportunity for a passionate, forward thinking Nursing Associate to join our Nursing Team and work alongside our multidisciplinary workforce at Riverside Surgery. We are a busy practice serving a diverse range of patients (11,700 approx) in the centre of High Wycombe.

We would welcome applicants who feel they can make a difference with their expertise and positive outlook and would like to contribute to Riverside Surgerys vision of providing excellent care.

Successful applicants will have excellent communication skills and ensure high quality care is given as well as provide a high standard of general nursing care to all patients, ensuring that they are treated with dignity and respect while promoting a safe environment.

Main duties of the job

You will maintain a high professional standard of nursing care in adherence to all Practice policies, protocols and guidelines. It is essential that the Nursing Associate works within their own level of competency and expand their role in accordance with practice requires and own scope of practice.

Job responsibilities will include:

• Providing wound care and dressings
• Perform and record clinical observations such as BP, temperature, respiration rate, pulse including appropriate coding
• Provide a range of injections (B12, depo etc) and vaccinations (flu, covid, RSV etc), venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required and in line with the competencies of the role
• Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check
• Support long term care planning for our patients with chronic diseases e.g. care and support planning, serious mental illness reviews etc
• If competent we would also ask you to perform smear tests and baby immunisations.

About us

We are a large, friendly GP training Practice based near the town centre of High Wycombe. The surgery was purpose built in 1991 and we offer a large range of services. We have over 11,700 registered patients of all ages. We have a diverse population group of varying ethnicity. Our list is open and we welcome new patients living in the area.

We have a large clinical team (4 Partners, 4 salaried GPs, 2 Nurse Specialists, two nursing associates and a paramedic). We have a strong admin/non-clinical team who provide excellent support alongside. This job opportunity has arisen following a re-organisation of the clinical nurse team and retirement of a colleague.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a nursing associate, preferably who has completed the GPN course, and worked in general practice. The hours and days are flexible / subject to negotiation.

You will maintain a high professional standard of nursing care in adherence to all Practice policies, protocols and guidelines. It is essential that the Nursing Associate works within their own level of competency and expand their role in accordance with practice requires and own scope of practice.

Job responsibilities will include:

• Providing wound care and dressings
• Perform and record clinical observations such as BP, temperature, respiration rate, pulse including appropriate coding
• Provide a range of injections (B12, depo etc) and vaccinations (flu, covid, RSV etc), venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required and in line with the competencies of the role
• Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check
• Support long term care planning for our patients with chronic diseases e.g. care and support planning, serious mental illness reviews etc
• If competent we would also ask you to perform smear tests and baby immunisations.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in General Practice

Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree Qualification

Desirable

• The Graduate/Postgraduate Certificate in General Practice Nursing

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.