Practice Nurse

NHS; Diss; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Diss is seeking a dedicated part-time practice nurse to join their team. Responsibilities include patient assessments, health screenings, and providing vaccinations and treatment for long-term conditions. The ideal candidate will have NMC registration, with clinical skills in treatment room consultations and a compassionate, empathetic approach to patient care. This permanent role offers 28.5 hours per week in a supportive environment with a focus on high-quality healthcare.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Experience in treatment room consultations and management of long-term conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, treatment services, and health education advice.
• Manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing long-term conditions.

Skills

Clinical skills

Compassionate manner

Knowledge of long-term conditions

Empathy

Education

NMC registration with active PIN

Job description

Botesdale Health Centre located in Diss arelooking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective practice nurse. This is offered on a permanent, part-time basis for 28.5 hours/3 days per week.

Main duties of the job

• Provide assessment, screening treatment, services and health education advice.
• Assist with the organisation and co-ordination of the provision of nursing services for the practice.
• Provide nursing treatment to patients in participation with general practitioners, using agreed protocols, including the taking of cervical smears and care of leg ulcers.
• Provide general and specific health screening to the practice patients (within the agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
• Be competent in administration of childhood immunisation and travel vaccination.
• Be competent and confident in managing people with long-term health conditions.
• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis.
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug-and nondrug-based treatment methods into a management plan.

About us

We are a rural GMS 10,100 patient surgery with 4 partners, 5 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about thisrole, please see the attached job specification.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.

Experience

• 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.
• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.

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.