Practice Nurse

Southgates Medical Centre & The Woottons Surgery; King's Lynn; Presencial; GBP 34.000 - 44.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Southgates Medical Centre & The Woottons Surgery in King’s Lynn is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse for a permanent role, 32 hours across four days, working across both sites.

You will join a busy team of around 20 nurses, provide vaccinations, diabetes and respiratory care, and support with prevention, screening and patient education.

Formación

• Registered Practice Nurse with ongoing NMC registration.
• Experience in baby/child immunisations.
• Experience in Respiratory and Diabetes care.

Responsabilidades

• Arrange and supervise programmes of assessment, screening and treatment with health education.
• Administer nursing treatments in conjunction with doctors or independently per protocols.
• Arrange health screening and provide guidance to patients as needed.
• Maintain accurate nursing records and participate in infection control.
• Assist with clincal governance and team workload management.

Conocimientos

Excellent communication skills

Educación

Registered Practice Nurse

Descripción del empleo

Southgates Medical Centre & The Woottons Surgery

Practice Nurse

The closing date is 17 November 2026

Southgates and The Woottons Surgeries are based inKing's Lynn and it has a long and proud history of excellent patient care.

We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join ourfriendly and professional team in serving our patients.

This role is for a permanent contract for 32 hours per week (4 days per week).

We have two surgeries in King's Lynn and you may berequired to work across both of these (Southgates and The Woottons).

For any further information please contact: GemmaGay, HR Manager on [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be a registered nurse, ideally with baby immunisation experience. Diabetes/Respiratory experience would also be welcomed.

A team player whom can demonstrate excellentinterpersonal and communication skills, has the ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise the workload of the nursing team.

About us

You would be part of a friendly & professionalteam of around 20 nurses.

The Practice has around 22,000 patients, so itis a busy but enjoyable working environment.

Job responsibilities

Job Title: PracticeNurse

Band: 6a

Purpose of post: ExperiencedPractice Nurse to assist medical personnel in the care of patients includingtreatment, preventative care, screening and patient education.

Responsible to: Practice Manager

Accountable to: Practice Manager

Major duties and responsibilities

1. Toarrange and supervise programmes of assessment, screening and treatmenttogether with general health education advice:

• a) The provision of nursing servicesfor the Practice, including working with doctors and other practiceprofessionals as appropriate.
• b) Provide nursing treatments topatients in conjunction with the general practitioners or independently toagreed laid down protocols.
• c) To arrange for general and specifichealth screening to practice patients - subject to agreed protocols - and withreferrals to general practitioners as necessary.
• d) To arrange for patients to beadvised on general health care and minor ailments with onward reference togeneral practitioners if necessary.
• e) To administer childhood/ adultvaccinations in accordance with national standards.

2. Treatmentroom - supplies and equipment:

• a) In conjunction with the seniorPractice Nurse, make sure consulting/treatment rooms are fully stocked withequipment and clinical consumables relating to patient care.
• b) To clean all medical equipment in anappropriate manner.

3. Pathologicalspecimens and investigatory procedures:

• a) To collect pathological specimensincluding intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears, etc. for investigatoryprocedures requested by the general practitioners.
• b) To hold and store all specimenscorrectly for collection by the laboratory messengers. Ensurethey are collected and stored in accordance with laid down clinicalprocedures. Special regard must be paidto COSSH regulations.

4. Infection Control:

• a) To take on the InfectionControl champion responsibilities if needed.
• b) To perform and participate in InfectionControl Audit at both sites.
• c) To comply with infection controlstandards and policies.

5. Professional responsibilities:

• a) Ensuring that details of allconsultations and presentations by patients are properly recorded on the SystmOnecomputer system.
• b) Complete all necessary health authorityand other documentation as required by the practice, such as child vaccinereturns
• c) To attend and participate inappropriate meetings.
• d) To assist the senior Practice Nursecarrying out practice philosophy, strategy, procedures and general policy.
• e) To assist fully in the clinicalgovernance procedures of the medical centre to ensure safe practice and acontinuous review of quality standards.
• f)Toparticipate in the team philosophy of the medical centre.
• To participate with the partnersand other clinical staff as required in any audit or research projects withinthe practice.

7. Educationand training of practice staff:

• a) Participate in the education andtraining of students of all disciplines.
• b) Maintain awareness of current clinicaldevelopments and trends by reading and researching current articles to maintainup to date clinical standards.

8. Professionaleducation/development:

• a) To take part in the practice annualappraisal scheme and to develop a personal development plan.
• b) To review personal training needs atleast annually.
• c) To attend appropriate courses andcontinuing education to maintain the above

9. Other

• Any other reasonable duties that areappropriate to the post of practice nurse as required by the medical centre.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST

• b) Membership of a professional nursingbody
• c) To work in accordance with the NMC codeof conduct
• d) Ability to self-motivate, organise andprioritise the workloads of the practice nursing team
• e) Excellent communication skills withother disciplines with the practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Practice Nurse.

Experience

• Experience of working in a GP Practice.
• Experience in baby/child/adult immunisations.
• Experience in Respiratory/Diabetes.

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.

Southgates Medical Centre & The Woottons Surgery