Practice Nurse

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Swanscombe; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A nurse is sought by Allscreens Nationwide Ltd to provide essential care within a GP practice, including routine nursing duties and occasional home visits. The role covers initiat ing and maintaining health screening clinics, using EMIS for recalls, and supporting vaccination and screening services.

Collaboration with the Primary Care Team is required to ensure continuity of care across services. Responsibilities include wound management, warfarin monitoring, minor operations assistance, and

Responsibilities

• Meeting patients nursing care needs as identified, or where care has been transferred to them by a GP. This will usually be in surgery but occasional home visits will also be required.
• 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, employing personal recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer system, EMIS, for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data.
• The following clinics: Holiday Vaccination Clinic Flu Vaccination Clinic Cervical Smears Family Planning Baby immunisation Clinic Wound Management INR star Assisting GP with Minor Operations Amending or adding to services as needs are identified
• Maintaining efficient liaison with all areas of the Primary Care Team and other agencies to assure continuity of care where necessary.
• Routine treatment in general clinics, including: Warfarin monitoring Wound management Removal of foreign bodies ECGs Ear syringe And other general Treatment Room skills depending on the service need

Job description

The main duties and responsibilities are as follows.

1. Meeting patients nursing care needs as identified, or where care has been transferred to them by a GP. This will usually be in surgery but occasional home visits will also be required.
2. Initiating and maintaining health screening and promotion clinics for identified areas of the practice population, recognising where modification of systems or referral is necessary.
3. Managing the nursing care of patients, employing personal recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer system, EMIS, for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data.
4. The following clinics: Holiday Vaccination Clinic Flu Vaccination Clinic Cervical Smears Family Planning Baby immunisation Clinic Wound Management INR star Assisting GP with Minor Operations Amending or adding to services as needs are identified
5. Maintaining efficient liaison with all areas of the Primary Care Team and other agencies to assure continuity of care where necessary.
6. Routine treatment in general clinics, including: Warfarin monitoring Wound management Removal of foreign bodies ECGs Ear syringe And other general Treatment Room skills depending on the service need