Practice Nurse

Watling Street Practice; Milton Keynes; Sur place; GBP 12 000 - 15 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

28 days annual leave (pro-rata) plus 3

NHS Discounts with Bluelight card

Wellbeing resources for staff

Résumé du poste

Watling Street Practice in Milton Keynes is seeking a compassionate Practice Nurse to join our clinical team for 15 hours per week, with a focus on diabetes care among other nursing duties. The role supports a fast-paced primary care environment and offers flexibility in working patterns.

The position includes clinic duties, vaccinations, wound care and routine immunisations, within a friendly, patient-centred practice that values teamwork and high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience as a practice nurse in a primary care setting.
• Dressing skills including leg wounds and dressings.
• Immunisations including travel vaccines and cervical cytology knowledge.

Responsabilités

• Provide nursing services to patients, including treatment, screening and minor procedures.
• Run clinics for vaccinations, wound care and contraceptive reviews.
• Undertake diagnostic tests such as blood glucose monitoring and urine analysis.
• Take and process laboratory specimens safely.
• Provide telephone advice and home visits as appropriate.
• Contribute to a positive patient-centred culture across the team.

Connaissances

Treatment Room Nurse

Dressings

Baby Immunisations

Smears

Contraception checks

Bloods

ECGs

Travel immunisations

Description du poste

A fantastic opportunity to join a high performing GP surgery, looking to welcome a Practice Nurse to the team.

We regularly review applications, and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role.

Hours, Salary and Benefits

• 28 days annual leave (pro-rata'd), increasing to 33 days with length of service, plus bank holidays & your birthday off
• NHS Discounts with a massive number of retailers (with a Bluelight card)
• Wellbeing resources available free to all staff

Shift Pattern: 15 hours per week -Conversations around flexible working and compressed hours are encouraged

We are seeking someone to join us on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but are open to discussing other working patterns with the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Practice Nurse with an interest in diabetes to join our clinical team; someone with excellent communication skills, a strong sense of empathy, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

About us

Our ethos is to treatpatients as we would expect our family members to be treated. We are proudofour caring and supportive team approach and it is important that the successfulapplicant fits well within our team.

We pride ourselves onbeing a modern, forward thinking general practice whilst retaining traditionalvalues.

As Watling StreetPractice, our three sites are within Stony Stratford, Great Holm and ShenleyChurch End. We are part of the Watling Street Primary Care Network and have acommunity team including nurses, social prescribers and social work assistantsupporting our patient populations.

We strive to provide highquality, readily accessible medical and preventative health care within a wellorganised, efficient, up-to-date, friendly and caring environment.

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide nursing services to patients, including treatment, screening, advice and minor therapeutic procedures
• Run clinics for patients including vaccinations, cervical cytology, contraception reviews and wound care to include removal of sutures and leg ulcers.
• To undertake diagnostic tests including blood glucose monitoring and urine analysis
• To take and despatch safely laboratory specimens including blood, urine, swabs and smears
• To provide treatment for cuts and bruises, dressings of wounds and leg ulcers and removal of sutures
• To provide immunisations for all ages and diseases and to know the contra-indications and side effects of vaccinations
• To provide telephone advice to patients and occasional home visits where appropriate and within levels of competence
• Helping to maintain a positive, patient focussed culture
• Helping to maintain a positive, supportive culture across the whole of the practice team

Person Specification

Experience

• Treatment Room Nurse
• Dressings, including legs
• Baby Immunisations
• Smears
• Contraception (Depos and pill checks)
• Bloods
• ECGs
• Travel immunisations

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.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A2688-26-0038

Job locations

Watling Street Practice @ Great Holm

Kensington Drive

Great Holm

Milton Keynes

MK89HN

United Kingdom

Market Square

Milton Keynes

MK11 1YA

United Kingdom