Practice Nurse

NHS; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Plymouth seeks an experienced Practice Nurse to join a dynamic team. The role involves health promotion, chronic disease management, and providing specialist care in key areas. Essential qualifications include UK registration and at least 2 years of experience. Join us in making a difference in patient care, with a supportive environment for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with a minimum of 2 years experience post registration.
• Desirable: Special interest in diabetes at L6 or L7.
• Experience working in a General Practice setting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate health promotion and chronic disease management.
• Conduct cervical screening and baby immunisations.
• Maintain health screening and promotion clinics.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong IT skills

Time management

Good interpersonal skills

Education

UK Registered nurse with NMC

Minimum 2 years post registration

Tools

SystmOne

MS Office

Job description

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly Plymouth PCN. You will join a large team of Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants and will undertake all aspects of the practice nurse role including cervical screening, baby immunisations and chronic disease management.

We are an innovative 5 surgery PCN with a practice population of 34,000. We are a training Practice where we encourage training and education for our own staff and we support student nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and GP trainees.

Main Duties

The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policies and procedures.

Initiating and maintaining health screening and promotion clinics for identified areas of the practice population, recognising where modification of systems or referral is necessary.

Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing personal recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes.

Providing specialist care for registered patients in the following key areas: IPC, Asthma, Hypertension, Diabetes, COPD, Cervical Smears, Contraception, Baby immunisations.

Providing routine treatment in general clinics, including Wound Management, Blood tests, and ECGs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• UK Registered nurse with NMC;
• Minimum 2 years post registration;

Desirable:

• Special interest in diabetes at L6 or L7
• Experience working in General Practice setting;
• Cervical Cytology;
• Child and Adult immunisations;
• Care of Long Term Conditions (LTCs) Experienced in Wound care.
• Demonstrate an understanding of audit;

Experience

Essential:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills;
• Clear, polite telephone manner;
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook;
• Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written;
• Time Management and timekeeping;
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously;
• Good interpersonal skills;
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
• Good team player;
• Ability to be reflective, accept criticism and act constructively.
• Evidence of problem-solving and decision making skills;

Desirable:

• Interest in diabetes;
• Experience working in General Practice setting;
• IT skills (SystmOne, MS Office, Internet);
• Knowledge of clinical governance;

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.