Practice Nurse in Huntingdon

Ramsey Health Centre is looking to recruit a Practice Nurse to cover for maternity leave. The position is part-time, up to 30 hours per week. Ideally, the successful candidate will be an experienced Practice Nurse with a keen interest in Asthma and COPD. We would also be interested in interviewing newly qualified nurses. We are looking for a dynamic and empathetic Registered Nurse to join our team to deliver compassionate and comprehensive care. Knowledge of SystmOne would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job:

• The role will cover all aspects of Nursing in General Practice including chronic disease management, wound care, and immunisations.
• Support the clinical team in the development of individual treatment plans for chronic disease management (such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, CHD management).
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical evidence-based guidelines.
• Provide wound care including ulcer care, compression dressings, and Doppler to patients.
• Provide childhood immunisations, travel medicines, and participate in flu clinics.
• Refer patients directly to secondary care and other services as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate contemporaneous clinical records.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: Registered General Nurse (RGN) with current NMC registration.
• Qualification in chronic disease areas: Asthma and COPD, and additional areas such as Diabetes and CHD.
• Childhood immunisation and cytology qualifications or willingness to train.
• Clinical skills qualification, degree level or equivalent.

Clinical Knowledge:

• Wound care: removal of sutures & staples, compression bandaging.
• ECGs, Venepuncture, Chaperone procedure.
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly.
• Immunisations (routine, childhood, and travel).
• Women’s health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.).
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes and work within own scope of practice.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies and public health issues in the local area.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Clear, polite telephone manner.
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook.
• Effective time management and ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
• Good interpersonal skills and problem-solving abilities.

Personal Qualities:

• Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative.
• Motivated, forward thinker, and sensitive in distressing situations.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Experience:

• Nursing experience within primary care, secondary care, or the community.
• Experience of chronic disease management including asthma and COPD.
• Experience of autonomous working in a primary care environment.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.