Practice Nurse / Treatment Room Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Training support

Development plan

Free coffee

Possible full-time hours

Job summary

Woodlands Surgery is recruiting a nurse to join its GP practice nursing team. You will work with GPs and reception, delivering care during booked appointments, including dressings, injections and immunisations.

What’s offered includes NHS Pension access and support for training and development; there is potential for full-time hours for the right candidate. Current NMC registration is required and training is provided for any procedures you do not yet perform.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Appropriate training and competency for the clinical procedures undertaken.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, compassionate nursing care through booked appointments, working independently within competence.
• Treat­ment room nursing, including wound assessment and dressings, venepuncture, blood pressure checks, ECGs and urinalysis
• Immunisations and vaccination programmes, including cervical screening and other women’s health procedures
• Monitor and manage long-term conditions such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension where trained.
• Administer medicines safely under appropriate authority and respond to adverse reactions
• Maintain accurate clinical records with coding and ensure timely follow-up administration
• Provide health promotion and patient education to support self-management
• Follow infection prevention and control procedures and keep clinical areas clean and stocked
• Support healthcare assistants and students within competence

Skills

Nursing skills

CPD

Team collaboration

Infection control

Education

NMC Registration

Tools

EMIS Web

Job description

Woodlands Surgery is a GP practice recruiting a nurse to its nursing team, working alongside GPs and reception. Duties centre on booked appointments: dressings, injections, vaccinations, cervical screening, blood tests and long-term condition checks. Fixed sessions fall on Monday afternoon and evening, Thursday morning and Friday, with up to full-time hours possible. Current NMC registration is required, and training is offered for skills not yet held.

What the job involves

• Deliver safe, compassionate nursing care through booked appointments, working independently within competence
• Treatment room nursing, including wound assessment and dressings, venepuncture, blood pressure checks, ECGs and urinalysis
• Adult and childhood immunisations and seasonal vaccination programmes, including eligibility checks and vaccine storage
• Cervical screening, contraceptive injections and other women's health procedures
• Monitor and manage long-term conditions such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension, where trained and agreed
• Administer medicines safely under Patient Group Directions or other legal authority, and respond to adverse reactions
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records with coding, and complete follow-up administration promptly
• Recognise abnormal findings, deterioration and medical emergencies, and escal ...
• Provide health promotion, lifestyle advice and patient education to support self-management
• Follow infection prevention and control procedures, and keep clinical areas clean, stocked and safe
• Manage personal workload, share nursing workload fairly and raise pressures with the appropriate manager
• Support healthcare assistants, nursing associates and students within competence and responsibility

What’s required

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Appropriate training and competency for the clinical procedures undertaken

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration with a professional scope of practice appropriate to the role

Experience

• Experience of delivering direct patient care and nursing procedures relevant to the role
• Experience of working collaboratively within a healthcare team
• Experience of maintaining accurate and timely clinical records

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to recognise clinical deterioration and seek appropriate advice or support

Nice to have

• Experience of working in general practice or primary care
• Cervical screening qualification or competency
• Training and competency in childhood and adult immunisations
• Experience of adult or childhood immunisation programmes
• Wound care experience or relevant training
• Long-term condition monitoring or management experience or training
• Experience using EMIS Web or a similar clinical system
• Experience of cervical screening

What’s offered

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Support for appropriate training and professional development
• Individual development plan where needed
• Paid coffee break and free coffee
• Possibility of full-time hours for the right candidate