Practice Nurse

Health Care First Partnership; Castleford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A collaborative healthcare provider in Castleford is seeking a dedicated Practice Nurse to join their team. The role involves delivering high-quality clinical care and maintaining treatment standards for patients. Ideal candidates will be registered nurses with experience in primary care and possess key interpersonal and decision-making skills. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Experience working in primary care or community-based environment.
• Understanding of current NHS issues in nursing.
• Interest in long-term conditions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver prescribed programmes of patient care.
• Maintain cleanliness of treatment areas and equipment.
• Undertake home visits if required.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Team player

Negotiation skills

Clarity of speech

Education

Registered Nurse

Diploma for Long Term Condition Management

Basic Life Support

Full NMC registration

Job description

A great opportunity to drive clinical excellence within an innovative NHS GP practice.

We are recruiting a Practice Nurse to work alongside our established team to provide high class clinical care to our patient population.

As a vital member of our team, you will play a pivotal role delivering prescribed programmes of patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Day to Day Skills (depending on competency and training):
  • Venepuncture
  • Blood pressure monitoring
  • ECGs
  • Urinalysis
  • Cytology
  • Long Term Condition Reviews
  • Routine, travel and childhood immunisations
  • Contraception
  • Peak flow measurement
  • Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
  • Maintenance and cleaning of general equipment including defibrillator and nebulisers
  • Ordering of Health Promotional Literature
  • Ordering of stock, as and when required
  • Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels, as and when required
  • There may be a requirement to undertake home visits

About us

Health Care First Partnership (HCF) is a partnership formed by a group of high‑quality practices: Dr Bance & Partners, Ferrybridge Medical Centre, Queen Street Surgery and FMC Health Solutions Limited (t/a Park View Surgery). We came together to deliver modern services that are high quality and will meet the needs of our patients into the future.

HCF is a General Practice Partnership open to all patients living within our practice boundary within Methley, Castleford, Ferrybridge, Airedale, Normanton and surrounding villages. We work in partnership with our patients and our Patient Forum to provide medical care for our patients.

We are a Personal Medical Services (PMS) practice offering Primary Care Services for the diagnosis and prevention of disease. We help patients to manage their health and prevent illness. Our GPs assess, diagnose, treat and manage illness. They carry out screening for some diseases and promote general health and wellbeing. Our GPs act as a patients advocate, supporting and representing a patients best interests to ensure they receive the best and most appropriate health and/or social care.

The Practice has a current list size of 31,500 patients and we are part of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (formerly NHS Wakefield Clinical Commissioning Group).

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification which is available within the Supporting Information section.

Person Specification

Skills and Qualities

• Good interpersonal skills, both oral and written
• Evidence of problem solving and decision making skills
• Good team player
• Ability to be reflective, accept criticism and act constructively
• Willingness to accept additional responsibilities
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Neat and well presented
• Clarity of speech
• Good health record
• Punctual timekeeper and a positive role model
• Ability to work core hours
• Flexibility for cover
• Ability to travel to meetings

Experience

• Relevant experience of working within a primary care or and community‑based environment
• Insight and understanding of current NHS issues in nursing and the NHS
• Interest and basic knowledge in long‑term conditions
• Demonstrate an understanding of audit
• Compiling procedures and clinical guidelines

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills
• Recognised Diploma Qualifications for Long Term Condition Management (COPD, Asthma, Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease)
• Basic Life Support
• Cytology and Family Planning
• Full NMC registration
• Recognised Infection Control qualification

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.