Practice Nurse (Tudor Lodge Surgery)

NHS; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Weston-super-Mare is seeking an experienced nurse to cover a maternity leave for approximately 9 months. The role involves seeing a wide range of patients, performing duties like dressings, cervical cytology and vaccinations. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in primary care and be a registered nurse with the NMC. A supportive and friendly team environment is promised, along with flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with NMC.
• Experience working in primary care is essential.
• Trained in cervical cytology with current certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform dressings including compression.
• Administer vaccinations and immunisations.
• Provide patient education and support.

Skills

Immunisations & Vaccinations

Wound care including compression dressings

Cervical cytology

Education

Nurse, registered with NMC

Job description

We are looking for an experienced nurse to cover a maternity leave period for approximately 9 months. Ideally you will have worked in primary care before and will be predominantly working in the treatment room. Currently we have a team of 8 nurses, each having specialist areas. We will be relatively flexible in our essential/desirable skill set.

Together, we are a fabulous team. We have an informal, friendly and supportive culture and try to look after each other. We like to have a laugh over lunch. We're forward thinking, we love new ideas and are always open to new ways of working.

Main duties of the job

You'll be seeing a wide range of patients, depending on the skills and competencies you bring to the role. Your caseload will be be dressings, cervical cytology, immunisations including baby imms. Working autonomously, but within a supportive team, it will be as varied as we can make it. We will need the 17 hours a week to be over 2 days as our room availability means we can't spread the hours over more days unfortunately.

We are very open to informal conversations, please don't hesitate to drop us a line.

About us

We have approximately 12,500 patients with a wide demographic mix from the areas of high deprivation in the centre of Weston to the outlying areas of Uphill, Bleadon and Hutton.

We are open to team members' ongoing development and progression. The atmosphere is fun and inclusive without a top down approach. You won't find a more friendly and welcoming team!

Job responsibilities

Depending on your skills and competencies:-

• dressings including compression
• cervical cytology
• requesting bloods and investigations
• vaccinations and immunisations (child and adult)
• patient education and support

If you are interested in the role but would like to have an informal chat before applying, we very much welcome that approach. Please email the practice manager in the first instance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nurse, registered with NMC

Experience

• Working in Primary care in a GP practice
• Immunisations & Vaccinations - able to give imms including baby imms
• Experience of wound care including compression dressings
• Trained in Cervical cytology with current certificate

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.

£31,000 to £39,600 a yearpro rata - figures above are for whole time equivalent