Practice Nurse part-time

Peel House Medical Practice; Accrington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Accrington is seeking an enthusiastic and highly-motivated Practice Nurse to join its dynamic team. The role encompasses delivering high standards of general practice nursing care, particularly for patients with long-term conditions. Ideal candidates will have relevant nursing qualifications including General Nurse registration and current accreditations in cervical cytology and immunisation. Flexibility across the practice's sites is required. A commitment to continuous professional development is vital.

Qualifications

• Registered as General Nurse with continuous personal development.
• Experience in general practice nursing duties.
• Good knowledge of chronic disease management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver general practice nursing to the practice population.
• Manage patients with long-term conditions.
• Engage with practice clinical networks.

Skills

General practice Nursing

Cervical cytology

Childhood immunisations

Spirometry

Chronic disease management

Critical thinking

Clinical decision-making

Education

Registration as General Nurse

Cervical Cytology current accreditation

Immunisation and Vaccination current accreditation

Job description

We are seeking torecruit an enthusiastic and highly-motivated Practice Nurse to join our friendly,supportive and dynamic team.

This is an excellentopportunity for someone who shares our commitment to delivering high qualitypatient care, and who has the interest and energy to join with us to provideexcellent standards of service for our patients.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic team player who strives to deliver a high standard of care.You will have experience in general practice Nursing duties, including cervical cytology, childhood immunisations, spirometry and managing long-term conditions. It is desirable that you have good knowledge of chronic disease management including, diabetes, asthma, and COPD.A comprehensive knowledge of QOF would be an advantage but not essential.We are not an agenda for change practice, but our salaries, annual leave and sickness absence pay are competitive.

About us

We are a largeforward-thinking paperless Practice of 17,000 patients, based in excellentmodern purpose-built premises. We arefocused on maintaining a sustainable and enjoyable work environment and stronglybelieve that fostering and maintaining a positive ethos and shared visionsleads to high quality patient care. Our strength lies in the diversity ofskills and professional interests within our team. We have a multidisciplinary,clinical team made up of Doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates, Pharmacists,First Contact Physios, social prescriber and a health and Wellbeing coach. The Practice benefits from a well-structuredand established management team which is led by a Practice Operations and StrategicManager.

We require 22.5 hours a week of Practice nursingtime to be worked over 3 days.

We reserve the right to close this vacancyearly if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you areinterested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to thePractice population. The focus of the role is both the delivery ofevidence-based practice for patients presenting with a long-term condition, andthe provision of preventative health care to the practice population. As aPractice Nurse, the nurse is responsible for the care delivered, demonstratingcritical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making in the management ofpatients within the boundaries of their role. They will work collaborativelywithin the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, support thedelivery of policy and procedures, and provide support to their colleagues.They will engage with the practice clinical networks and work towards the RCNcompetency framework for Practice Nurses as part of their on-going development.They will work flexibly across the main site and branch surgery of Peel HouseMedical Practice where required.

Please see attached job description and person spec with full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered as General Nurse
• Member of Professional Body
• Evidence of continuous personal development and revalidation
• Cervical Cytology current accreditation
• Immunisation and Vaccination current accreditation
• Please see attached job description and person specification with full details.
• Please see attached job description and person specification with full details.

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.