Practice Nurse

NHS; Stalham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A local medical practice in Stalham is seeking an experienced part-time practice nurse to provide comprehensive patient care. Responsibilities include health assessments, managing long-term conditions, and supporting women's health. Ideal candidates should have NMC registration and relevant clinical experience. The role offers NHS pension scheme benefits and a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Must have evidence of clinical skills in treatment room consultations.
• Knowledge and experience in managing long-term conditions.
• Understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Undertake health assessments and administer treatments.
• Manage and treat long-term conditions effectively.
• Support women's health needs in various consultations.

Skills

Clinical skills

Compassionate manner

Knowledge of long-term conditions

Education

Current NMC registration with an active PIN

CNO002 module or equivalent experience

Tools

Phlebotomy

ECG recording

Job description

Staithe Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practice nurse to join our team on a part-time basis. The hours/days are negotiable dependent on the right candidate.

As a key member of our practice, you will be able to treat patients in your own clinic along with the support of our team of GPs, nurse practitioners, practice nurses, health care assistants, and dispensary and administration teams.

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
• Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
• General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
• Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
• Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
• Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
• Hypertension review and management.
• Running asthma, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
• New patient and health checks.

About us

Our total practice population is approximately 7,200 and we are proud to have achieved a rating of Good at our last CQC inspection.

We are a GP training and research practice and a consistent high QOF achiever.

Some benefits/areas to highlight might include:

• NHS Pension Scheme, the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme

Job responsibilities

Ifyou would like to find out more information about this role, please do nothesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Ideally having completed the CNO002 Discovering a Nursing Career in General Practice module or the Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) however we would still be interested in those applicants with equivalent experience or qualifications.
• Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.

Experience

• Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.

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.