practice nurse

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Colchester; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working

CPD support with training and dev.

Bank holidays

Job summary

Ambrose Avenue Group Practice is seeking a dedicated Practice Nurse to join a busy team across Ambrose Avenue and Tollgate in Colchester. You will undertake health assessments, administer treatments and participate in a wide range of clinics to support patients with long-term conditions.

The role requires an active NMC PIN, a relevant nursing degree, and competence in phlebotomy, injections, ECGs and spirometry. Flexible working and CPD support are offered.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree and current NMC PIN are required.
• Experience in treatment room procedures and consent.
• Competence in asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking health assessments, administering medications and tests.
• Delivering and evaluating health interventions for patient needs.
• Create patient-centred plans for long-term conditions.
• Managing long-term conditions in line with policies.
• Reviewing medications for effectiveness and adherence support.
• Initiating appropriate emergency care when needed.
• Support for sexual health, contraception and cytology clinics.
• Participating in vaccination and immunisation programmes for all ages.
• Conducting opportunistic wound care and hypertension reviews.
• Running asthma, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.

Skills

Phlebotomy

ECG recording

Wound care

Vaccinations

Cervical cytology sampling

Minor surgery assistance

Spirometry

Compassionate care

Long-term condition management

Education

Nursing degree

NMC registered nurse with active PIN

General Practice Nursing training (optional)

Tools

SystmOne

Anima

Accurx

Job description

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
• Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
• General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
• Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
• Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
• Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
• Hypertension review and management.
• Running asthma, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
• New patient and health checks. A relevant nursing degree.
• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Ideally having completed the CNO002 Discovering a Nursing Career in General Practice module or the Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme), however we would still be interested in those applicants with equivalent experience or qualifications.
• Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.
• Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long‑term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long‑term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
• Immunisations - up to date. Ambrose Avenue Group Practice is a busy general practice based across two sites (Ambrose Avenue and Tollgate) in Colchester.We are a large, dynamic team offering a stimulating and welcoming environment, caring for over 14,000 patients.We have 4 GP partners, 2 salaried GPs, 1 ANP, 2 nurse practitioners (soon to be ANPs), 1 diabetic nurse, 2 practice nurses, 2 HCAs, 1 H&W Coach, 1 GP assistant, 1 phlebotomist, 1 clinical pharmacist, 2 pharmacy technicians, and a wonderful team of administration staff.We use clinical systems such as SystmOne, Anima and Accurx and we are committed to training and developing both clinical and non‑clinical teams.
• We offer a competitive salary with appropriately agreed annual leave, according to length of service, plus bank holidays. Our ethos is to achieve and outstanding work‑life balance while offering our patients the best possible service. Supporting your work‑life balance and professional development is essential to us, so we will be happy to discuss and requirements for flexible working and offer the following benefits:
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Supportive and friendly environment
• Peer support
• CPD support with training and development.
• Come and work with us and make a difference to patient care at Ambrose!