Practice Nurse

The Courtyard Surgery; Swindon; Sur place; GBP 24 000 - 36 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

The Courtyard Surgery in Wiltshire is seeking a Practice Nurse to lead a team of 4 and deliver nursing services with a focus on patient care, vaccinations and long-term condition management. The role offers flexible days and hours (20–28 per week) with no weekend or Bank Holiday work.

You will provide smear tests, cervical cytology, annual reviews, care planning, and support for prescribing within your scope, while supervising the wider nursing and clinical team.

Qualifications

• You will be a NMC registered nurse with experience in managing long term conditions within primary care.
• Competence in cervical cytology and immunisation, including baby immunisation and travel vaccinations.

Responsabilités

• Lead nurse-led clinics for diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
• Undertake annual reviews, care planning and treatment optimisation.
• Independently prescribe within scope of practice.
• Lead childhood, travel and seasonal vaccination programmes.
• Complete medication reviews and support repeat prescribing workflows.
• Manage clinical medication queries and medicines optimisation.
• Provide cervical cytology services.
• Supervise and support the wider nursing and clinical support team.
• Contribute to quality improvement, clinical governance and infection control.

Connaissances

Leadership

Cervical cytology

Vaccinations

Formation

NMC registered nurse

Experience in managing long-term conditions in primary care

Description du poste

Looking for a role where you can truly know your patients, lead your own nursing team and enjoy a great work-life balance?

Courtyard surgery is looking for our new Practice Nurse to lead a team of 4 to deliver nursing services. We are a small practice and the workload is manageable, with no weekend or Bank Holiday working.

Your role will be to lead the team, the provision of smears, vaccinations and immunisations and manage LTC's working closely with other members of our team. We are very flexible about the days and hours you may wish to work, and are looking for between 20-26 hours a week but open to conversation.

Main duties of the job

Lead nurse-led clinics fordiabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

Undertake annual reviews,care planning and treatment optimisation.

Independently prescribewithin scope of practice.

Lead childhood, travel andseasonal vaccination programmes.

Complete medication reviewsand support repeat prescribing workflows.

Manage clinical medicationqueries and medicines optimisation.

Provide cervical cytologyservices.

Supervise and support thewider nursing and clinical support team.

Contribute to qualityimprovement, clinical governance and infection control.

About us

Courtyard Surgery isa highly regarded rural family practice serving approximately 3,300 patients inthe beautiful Wiltshire countryside. We are a teaching practice and veteran friendly. We are located in a purpose built building with free car parking on site. We have a GP Partner, Salaried GPs, nursing team and extended care team.

Job responsibilities

Key information

Practice Nurse.

Salary Band 7equivalent salary, dependent upon experience and qualifications.

Hours - Permanent, 20-28 hoursper week (over 3-4 days). Flexible working pattern to be agreed within surgery hours 08.00-18.30 Monday to Friday. Closed weekends and Bank Holidays.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You will be a NMC registered nurse with:
• Experience in managing long term conditions within primary care.
• Competence in cervical cytology and immunisation, including baby immunisation and travel vaccinations.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong leadership and organisational skills.
• Understanding of achieving great QOF outcomes.

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.