Practice Nurse

Primary Care Careers; Stanford-le-Hope; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stanford-le-Hope is seeking a part-time practice nurse to join their team, working 30 hours per week. This role includes providing consultations, implementing health promotion strategies, and managing patient care. Candidates will need to be Registered General Nurses with current NMC registration, and will be involved in a variety of nursing activities including vaccinations and chronic disease management. This offers a fulfilling opportunity to make a difference in patient care in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in providing nursing services to a patient population.
• Ability to work collaboratively with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultations in the surgery.
• Implement health promotion and disease management initiatives.
• Screen patients for disease risks and early signs of illness.
• Administer agreed adult injections and child immunisations.

Skills

Nursing skills

Consultation

Health promotion

Disease management

Collaboration with healthcare professionals

Infection control procedures

Education

Registered General Nurse

NMC registration

Membership in M.D.U and N.M.C

Job description

Hassengate Medical Centre has a fantastic opportunity for a practice nurse to join our team on a part-time basis, working 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Providing consultations in the surgery.
• Participation in the implementation of health promotion, disease management and the provision of a full range of nursing services to the patient population of the practice.
• Working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals.
• Following the National Service Framework protocols / NICE guidelines, screening patients for disease risks and early signs of illness.
• Providing appropriate care to patients.
• Assisting in the assurance that all policies and protocols are regularly re-assessed and reviewed, allowing effectiveness.
• Identifying care needs of the practice population, and organising work to best meet the need.
• Carrying out, without supervision, principally:agreed adult injections; child immunisations; travel vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis; smear taking and cervical cytology, including auditing results; administering annual flu and pneumonia vaccines; resuscitation and anaphylaxis management; infection control procedures; wound care and ear suction; maintenance of clinical areas, equipment and supplies; health promotion advice, including exercise, alcohol, diet and smoking.
• Moving on to other areas, as competence and practice needs require, such as: family planning and emergency contraception (including to those under 16yrs); menopause advice; chronic disease management within guidelines and competency for diabetes (6 month checks), RA, hypertension and CHD, with support of GP in need.

About us

Hassengate Medical Centre is situated in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. We have 13, 250 registered patients and a CQC rating of good.

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about thisrole, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse
• Current NMC registration
• Member of or signed up to M.D.U and N.M.C

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.