Practice Nurse

Great Bridge Partnerships for Health; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in West Bromwich seeks a part-time Practice Nurse for a 6-month contract. The ideal candidate will have a significant background in patient care, including wound management, immunisations, and chronic disease management. This role requires a Registered General Nurse with excellent communication skills and experience in a primary care environment. The position offers a collaborative team atmosphere and a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development.
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide general nursing for patients presenting to the surgery.
• Conduct childhood and adult immunisations.
• Manage patients with chronic conditions.

Skills

Wound care

Cervical Screening

Family Planning

Ear Irrigation

Suture Removal

Diabetes management

Hypertension management

Asthma management

Spirometry

ECG

Education

Registered General Nurse

Full registration with NMC

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a part time Practice Nurse to work at GBPH for 6 months under ARRS contract. The practice is looking for an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our friendly and professional clinical team. We are seeking someone who will share our commitment to providing excellent healthcare to our patients.

Main duties of the job

The nurse will have a range of clinical skills developed through experience and will be competent to deal with the general nursing of patients who present to the surgery, working to practice policies, and referral to other disciplines, colleagues or GPs when appropriate.

Duties to include

• Wound care (assessment & management)
• Cervical Screening
• Family Planning
• Ear Irrigation
• Removal of sutures & clips
• ECG including 24hr ECG
• BP monitoring including 24hr BP
• Experience of working with patients with Diabetes, Hypertension and Asthma would be an advantage

About us

Our clinical team consists of GPs, Nurse Consultant, Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurses, Health care assistants and Clinical Pharmacists as well as staff that are joined to our PCN grouping. These staff include social prescribers, clinical pharmacists, first contact physiotherapists and a pharmacy technician. Our patient population is 16,500. We use SystmOne as our clinical system.

Job responsibilities

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Practice Nurse to join our friendly team. You must have broad knowledge and experience in:

• Childhood Immunisations
• Adult Immunisations
• Cervical Cytology
• Women’s Health and Family Planning
• Suture Removal
• Ear Irrigation

Experience of working with patients with Diabetes, Hypertension and Asthma would be an advantage. The right candidate will have excellent time keeping skills and must work well as part of a team. We are a safeguarding aware practice and take safeguarding seriously. All staff must be trained in safeguarding as well as follow our policies and procedures. We are an IRIS accredited organisation also.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse
• Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct (2002) and The Scope of Professional Practice (1992)
• Full registration with NMC
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• Competency in basic nursing duties required for the post
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team
• Willingness to contribute to multi-professional working
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
• Experience of primary care
• Experience of IT clinical systems (SystmOne)
• Experience of QOF and chronic disease management (such as Diabetes, CHD, COPD and Asthma)
• Specific skills / qualifications relevant to the post, including Phlebotomy, Cervical Cytology, Childhood immunisations, Travel clinic and smoking cessation

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience
• Practice nurse, Primary care experience within General Practice
• Setting clinical standards
• Spirometry, Peak flows and interpretation of results
• ECG

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.