Practice Nurse

Moatfield Surgery; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in East Grinstead is seeking an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join their Multidisciplinary Primary Care Team. The role includes performing cervical smears, wound care, and vaccinations, alongside maintaining treatment room cleanliness and supporting administrative tasks. Ideal candidates will have NMC registration and experience in a clinical setting. A commitment to patient care and teamwork is essential.

Qualifications

• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working.
• Experience in Cervical Smears.

Responsibilities

• Perform cervical smears and wound care.
• Maintain cleanliness and order of treatment rooms.
• Participate in administrative systems.

Skills

Cervical Smears

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Skills

Education

NMC Registration

UK Cervical Smear Current Sampling Number

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our team Multidisciplinary Primary Care Team. You should be up to date in performing cervical cytology and childhood immunisations.

Main duties of the job

This is a treatment room nursing role, which will consist predominantly of the following duties:

• Cervical Smears
• Wound care
• Injections/Vaccinations

About us

Our friendly team comprises a skill mix of excellent Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Doctors and administrators. We are a training practice and host student nurses, post registration nurse training, registrars and FY2s. We look after 17,000 patients with a team of 50.

Job responsibilities

Other tasks will include

• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Maintain stock of waiting room leaflets as instructed by partners and Practice Manager
• Ordering of Health Promotion Literature
• Ordering of stock from the appropriate Hospitals
• Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
• A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

Further details are available upon request

Person Specification

Experience

• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
• Experience in Cervical Smears

Skills

• Aware of accountability of own role within the primary care team
• Competent time management and organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)
• Clinical skills

Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• UK Cervical Smear Current Sampling Number

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Demonstrate high levels of self-awareness, i.e. strengths and weaknesses
• Flexibility, reliability, responsive to change
• Team oriented
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Willingness to undergo education/training for both personal and service needs
• Ability to work effectively under pressure

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.