Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Grimsby; In loco; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Fir Tree Medical Centre is recruiting a full-time practice nurse to work across one of its GP surgeries. The role focuses on nursing care for patients and supporting GPs and the wider primary care team, with cross-site working across the group.

You will undertake chronic disease reviews, immunisations, cervical screening, and routine clinical tasks in line with protocols, and ensure accurate record-keeping and compliance with NMC guidelines.

Competenze

• Membership of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is required.
• NMC registration and a current professional development plan are essential.

Mansioni

• Provide high-quality nursing care and support GPs and the primary care team.
• Carry out routine clinical tasks and refer to senior staff as needed.
• Undertake chronic disease reviews and conduct immunisations, cervical screening, and injections as directed.
• Perform venepuncture, cervical cytology, peak flow and blood pressure measurements.
• Order basic pathology tests and provide brief interventions and onward referrals.
• Run well person clinics and deliver health promotion and lifestyle advice.

Conoscenze

Customer service

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Clinical judgment

Safeguarding awareness

Lifelong learning

Descrizione del lavoro

Fir Tree Medical Centre, which runs several GP surgeries, is recruiting a full-time practice nurse for one of its surgeries. The post centres on nursing care for patients and supporting GPs and the wider primary care team with routine clinical work. Cross-site working across the group sets the role apart, alongside chronic disease reviews, immunisations and cervical screening. NMC registration is required.

What the job involves

• Provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, supporting GPs and the primary healthcare team
• Carry out routine clinical tasks as directed by GPs and to agreed protocols, referring to senior nurses or GPs as needed
• Undertake chronic disease reviews (asthma, COPD, coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension) and new patient medicals
• Give routine adult and child immunisations and B12 and Zoladex injections, under patient group directions
• Perform venepuncture, cervical cytology, peak flow and blood pressure measurements
• Request basic pathology tests such as urine culture and swabs, and provide brief interventions and onward referrals
• Run well person clinics and health promotion, with lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol and exercise
• Provide holistic travel health advice, including vaccinations, medicines, safe sex, food hygiene and sun protection
• Chaperone patients examined by other clinicians
• Obtain informed consent, manage anaphylaxis and perform CPR to current UK guidelines, and document consultations to NMC guidelines
• Order vaccines to maintain stock, maintain equipment and nurses' rooms, and keep accurate practice records
• Attend practice meetings, advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors, and carry out other delegated duties

Qualifications

• Membership of the RCN

Registration & licences

• NMC registration
• Up-to-date NMC portfolio and written professional development plan

Experience

• Experience working within a nursing team

Skills & knowledge

• Great customer service and communication skills
• Strict confidentiality
• Use of own judgment, resourcefulness and common sense
• Awareness of own limitations and experience
• Awareness of signs of child abuse and of statutory and local clinical protection procedures
• Commitment to keeping up to date with all aspects of nursing care relevant to the post

Other

• Work in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
• Commitment to health and safety, infection control and effective use of resources
• Cooperation with annual appraisal meetings

Nice to have

• At least two years' practice nursing experience
• Experience within primary care networks
• Cervical cytology testing
• Child and routine immunisations
• Chronic disease reviews and hypertension new patient medicals
• Peak flow readings, blood pressure measurements and venepuncture