Practice Nurse (Asthma & Respiratory)

NHS; Stony Stratford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stony Stratford seeks a compassionate Practice Nurse to join their clinical team. The role emphasizes respiratory care, chronic illness, and immunisations. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and empathy, with a commitment to high standards in nursing care. The position offers 18-21 hours per week at an hourly rate of £21-£23.50 depending on experience, with significant annual leave and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discounts with retailers

Wellbeing resources for staff

Qualifications

• Experience in practice nursing is essential.
• Knowledge of respiratory care and immunisations is required.
• Ability to perform routine nursing tasks as directed.

Responsibilities

• Assist in routine patient care tasks as directed by GPs.
• Perform asthma and COPD assessments.
• Request pathology tests as needed.

Skills

Practice Nursing

Respiratory

Chronic illness

Immunisations

Wound care

Job description

A fantastic opportunity to join a high performing GP surgery, looking to welcome a new Practice Nurse to the team. With a primary focus on respiratory duties, experience around chronic illness and immunisations is also essential to this role.

Hours, Salary and Benefits

• 18 - 21 hours per week
• £21 - £23.50 per hour (depending on experience)
• A minimum 25 days annual leave(pro-rata'd), plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days with length of service
• NHS Discounts with a massivenumber of retailers (with a Bluelight card)
• Wellbeing resources availablefree to all staff

Conversations around flexible working and compressed hours are encouraged

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Watling Street Practice nursing team, you will be working from our surgery in Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes.

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Practice Nurse to join our clinical team; someone with excellent communication skills, astrong sense of empathy, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-pacedenvironment.

If youre passionate about making a positive impact onpatients lives and are ready to contribute to a hardworking, collaborativeclinical team, we encourage you to apply.

About us

Our ethos is to treat patients as we would expect ourfamily members to be treated. We are proud of our caring and supportive teamapproach and it is important that the successful applicant fits well within ourteam.

We pride ourselves on being a modern, forward thinkinggeneral practice whilst retaining traditional values.

As Watling Street Practice, our three sites are withinStony Stratford, Great Holm and Shenley Church End. We are part of the WatlingStreet Primary Care Network and have a community team including nurses, socialprescribers and social work assistant supporting our patient populations.

We strive to provide high quality, readily accessiblemedical and preventative health care within a well organised, efficient,up-to-date, friendly and caring environment.

Job responsibilities

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related topatient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Feno/Spiro/COPD
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urineculture, bloods
• Ability to do referrals to local services
• Following agreed clinical protocols withreferral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate

Additional Expectations

• An understanding, acceptance and adherence tothe need for strict confidentiality
• Ability to use own judgment, resourcefulness andcommon sense
• A commitment to maintain a high professionalstandard of nursing care and keep up to date with all aspects of nursing carerelevant to the post
• A commitment to ensure all Health and Safetyrequirements and Infection Control measures are met and to report any problemsto the practice manager
• A commitment to the effective use of practiceand NHS resources.
• An awareness of own limitations and experience
• To work only in accordance with the UKCC Code ofConduct and within the scope of professional practice
• To have a written professional development planand to maintain an up to date portfolio which meets the requirements ofregistration with the UKCC

Person Specification

Experience

• Practice Nursing
• Respiratory
• Chronic illness
• Immunisations
• Wound care

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.

£21 to £23.50 an hour, depending on experience.