Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Nurse training mentorship

Multi-disciplinary team support

Job summary

Preston Grove Medical Centre is seeking a permanent Practice Nurse to join its nursing team. The post focuses on monitoring and treating long-term conditions, including diabetes, alongside preventative care, immunisations, wound care and phlebotomy.

The role is 34 hours per week with rotating shifts, including a Tuesday, and requires active NMC registration and recent experience in long-term condition management.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and treat long-term conditions, including diabetes, using agreed management plans.
• Carry out diagnostics such as venepuncture, blood pressure, height/weight, ECG and specimen collection.
• Administer immunisations and advise travellers.
• Provide wound care for chronic and post-surgical wounds.
• Deliver preventative care, health promotion and screening.
• Give injections under prescriptions or PGDs within training limits.
• Assist with minor-surgery sessions.
• Act as chaperone when required.
• Maintain infection control and accurate patient records.
• Maintain examination and treatment rooms and clinical stock.
• Work to NICE, QOF and NHS contract standards.
• Cover colleagues' annual leave and sickness, and attend team meetings.

Skills

Autonomous working

Infection control

Safeguarding

Immunisations

Education

NMC registration (RN)

Post-registration qualification in primary care nursing

Job description

A permanent Practice Nurse post at Preston Grove Medical Centre, a general practice with over 16,000 patients, within its nursing team. The work centres on monitoring and treating long-term conditions, including diabetes, alongside preventative care, immunisations, wound care and phlebotomy. The post is 34 hours a week, offered on one of two rotas, one of which includes a Tuesday shift. Current NMC registration and recent experience of managing long-term conditions decide fit.

What the job involves

• Monitor and treat long-term conditions, including diabetes, using agreed management plans
• Carry out diagnostics such as venepuncture, blood pressure, height and weight, ECG and specimen collection
• Administer immunisations, including childhood, influenza, pneumococcal and tetanus, and advise and vaccinate patients travelling abroad
• Provide wound care for chronic and post-surgical wounds
• Deliver preventative care, health promotion and screening, including family planning and cervical cytology
• Give injections under individual prescriptions or PGDs within training limits, and maintain the vaccine cold chain
• Assist with minor-surgery sessions
• Act as chaperone when required
• Apply infection control and keep patient records accurate, timely and coded
• Maintain examination and treatment rooms and clinical stock
• Work to NICE, QOF and NHS contract quality standards
• Cover colleagues' annual leave and sickness, support their development, and attend team meetings and training

What's required

Qualifications

• Evidence of continued professional development

Registration & licences

• Registered Nurse with annual NMC registration, adhering to the Code of Professional Conduct

Experience

• At least 1 year's recent experience in primary, community or hospital nursing, as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Managing long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD or hypertension
• Childhood and adult immunisations
• Wound care and dressings
• Phlebotomy
• Working autonomously within professional scope of practice

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of infection prevention and control procedures
• Understanding of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Nice to have

• Competence in cervical cytology
• Experience with chronic disease review templates and QOF
• Experience using EMIS or other primary care clinical systems
• Post-registration qualification in primary care nursing
• Care of the Adult with Diabetes qualification

What's offered

• Training opportunities and clinical support
• Nurse training mentorship
• Multi-disciplinary team support, including specialist nurse-led clinics