Practice Nurse

Cuckfield Medical Practice; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Cuckfield Medical Practice in Haywards Heath is seeking a proactive Practice Nurse to join our friendly multi-disciplinary team on a permanent basis. You will contribute to high-quality, patient-centred care across the practice's diverse caseload and training environment, with supportive supervision to develop your role.

Experience in nursing is essential; knowledge of chronic diseases is desirable. The role covers wound care, sutures, diabetes care, ECGs, BP checks, immunisations, cervical

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing is essential.
• Knowledge of chronic diseases desirable.

Responsibilities

• Wound care and compression bandaging
• Removal of sutures
• Diabetes care
• ECGs
• Blood pressure measurements
• Routine immunisations including childhood immunisations & flu clinics
• Cervical smears, vaginal swabs

Skills

Nursing experience

Patient-centred care

Team collaboration

Education

Current UK professional registration

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and caring practice nurse to join our friendly practice team on a permanent basis.

Main duties of the job

We would love to welcome a highly motivated, positive and friendly practice nurse to our diverse team, who could help maintain our high standards of clinical care with a strong patient centred focus in a highly supportive environment. We are a popular training practice for doctors and other allied health care practitioners, which allows us to provide experienced supervision and would enable you to progress and develop your role within the practice.

About us

Cuckfield Medical Practice is a split-site GP Practice providing care to 13,000 patients in the Haywards Heath area. We are a large friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team of GPs, nurses, allied clinicians and skilled, experienced administrators. We are a progressive and supportive training Practice looking for a like-minded Practice Nurse who enjoys a challenge, is forward thinking and passionate about primary care.

Job responsibilities

Experience in nursing is essential but a knowledge of chronic diseases is desirable. The role is varied and covers all aspects of general practice nursing including:

Wound care and compression bandaging

Removal of sutures

Diabetes

ECGs

Blood pressure measurements

Routine immunisations including childhood immunisations & flu clinics

Cervical smears, vaginal swabs

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working within a nursing team
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice

Qualifications

• Applicants must have current UK professional registration

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.