Primary Care Nurse: Impactful, Patient-Centered Practice

NHS Jobs; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in the United Kingdom is seeking a General Practice Nurse to work within the primary healthcare team, delivering personal and contracted medical services to patients. The role covers routine nursing duties, health assessments, immunisations, phlebotomy, wound care and patient education.

You will follow clinical protocols, support GPs, and contribute to high quality patient care. This post requires professionalism, adherence to NHS standards, and collaboration with colleagues to maintain

Qualifications

• Carry out routine patient care tasks under supervision of senior nurses and GPs.
• Perform long term condition reviews and cytology as required.
• Assist with minor procedures and clinics (e.g. travel clinic, phlebotomy).
• Maintain accurate patient records and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs.
• Long Term Condition reviews.
• Cytology.
• Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler.
• Removal of Sutures.
• New Patient Medicals/Urinalysis.
• Travel Clinic.
• Phlebotomy / Venepuncture.
• Ear examination.
• Routine / Childhood and travel immunisations.
• Chaperoning and assisting patients, where appropriate, who are being examined by another clinician.
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery, coil fittings and implants.
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swab.
• Mentor / Supervisor to HCAs, new Nurses and student Nurses
• Follow agreed clinical protocols, policies and procedures.
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs when called upon to do so.
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms when called upon to do so.
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms.
• Infection Prevention and Control management and standards.
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice.
• Maintain timely and accurate patient records.
• Advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks.
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Wound care

Immunisations

Ear examination

New patient reviews

Job description

NHS Jobs in the United Kingdom is seeking a General Practice Nurse to work within the primary healthcare team, delivering personal and contracted medical services to patients. The role covers routine nursing duties, health assessments, immunisations, phlebotomy, wound care and patient education.

You will follow clinical protocols, support GPs, and contribute to high quality patient care. This post requires professionalism, adherence to NHS standards, and collaboration with colleagues to maintain