Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Route to career development

Supportive partnership

Training for professional development

Job summary

College Street Medical Practice in Nottingham is seeking a Practice Nurse to join the nursing team. The core duties include immunisations, screening, chronic disease reviews, phlebotomy and wound care, with an opportunity for career development within the practice.

Applicants should be registered nurses with prior experience; primary care experience is preferred, and the role involves working with GPs, a pharmacist and a healthcare assistant team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Primary care experience preferred.
• Immunisation and screening experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Immunisations and travel vaccinations.
• Screening including cervical cytology.
• Chronic disease reviews and management (COPD, asthma, diabetes, hypertension) in line with NICE guidance.
• Learning disability annual reviews.
• Contraception and sexual health services.
• Treatment room work: dressings, wound care, removing clips and sutures.
• Venepuncture and occasional phlebotomy.
• ECGs, blood pressure checks and spirometry.
• Assisting doctors with coil and implant insertion.
• INR monitoring (Star trained).
• Reporting safeguarding concerns and auditing infection control when asked.
• Working with other health professionals and managing own time and workload.

Skills

Good communicator

Autonomous

Team player

Work under pressure

Excellent timekeeping

Self-aware

Education

NMC registration

Registered Nurse

Job description

This Practice Nurse post sits in the nursing team of College Street Medical Practice, a small training practice with around 6,000 patients. The core of the work is clinical care: immunisations, screening including cytology, chronic disease reviews, phlebotomy and wound care. The practice works closely with GPs, a pharmacist and a healthcare assistant team, and offers a route to further career development within the practice. Applicants need to be registered nurses with prior experience as one; primary care experience is preferred.

What the job involves

• Routine and childhood immunisations, plus travel vaccinations
• Health promotion and screening, including cervical cytology
• Chronic disease reviews and management (COPD, asthma, diabetes, hypertension) in line with NICE guidance
• Learning disability annual reviews
• Contraception and sexual health services
• Treatment room work: dressings, wound care, removing clips and sutures
• Venepuncture and occasional phlebotomy
• ECGs, blood pressure checks and spirometry
• Assisting doctors with coil and implant insertion
• INR monitoring (Star trained)
• Reporting safeguarding concerns and auditing infection control when asked
• Working with other health professionals and managing own time and workload

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Experience working as a registered nurse

Skills & knowledge

• Good communicator
• Able to work autonomously and within a team
• Confident and able to work under pressure
• Flexible and a good team worker
• Excellent timekeeping
• Self-aware and understanding of own limitations

Other

• Commitment to ongoing professional and practice development

Nice to have

• Chronic disease management qualifications
• Previous GPN experience
• INR experience
• Experience working in a primary care setting

What’s offered

• Supportive partnership
• Support and training for professional development
• Option to further your career within the practice
• Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience