Practice Nurse in Leeds

The Menston and Guiseley Practice seek a reliable and hardworking Practice Nurse to expand our current team. We are looking for a part time Nurse to work one day per week, however we are flexible. Please see the Job description and Job specification for more information but feel free to get in touch if you would like any further information about the role and the Practice. We look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job:

• Cytology (Essential)
• NHS Health Checks
• Doppler ECG
• Routine Immunisations
• Childhood Immunisations
• Travel Immunisations
• Diabetes
• HRT
• BP and Phlebotomy
• COPD and Asthma

About us:

You would be joining a friendly and welcoming team of three Practice Nurses and three Health Care Assistants. We are a dynamic, forward thinking, training practice with core values in traditional patient centred care. We are split across two sites, Menston and Guiseley and we serve approximately 12,000 patients.

Job responsibilities:

• Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice.
• Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary.
• In participation with the Practice Manager, ensure the maintenance of equipment and stock levels relating to patient care.
• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.
• Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients’ notes on the clinical computer system as appropriate.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.
• Attend and participate in practice meetings as required.
• Assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy and develop appropriate protocols.

Student/staff education and training:

• Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the induction of all members of practice staff with special responsibility for nursing staff.
• Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.
• Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development.

Person Specification:

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration and active PIN.
• Chronic disease management qualifications.
• Competence to undertake Asthma, COPD and Diabetic clinics/reviews and hold relevant certificates.
• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
• Understanding of health and safety issues.

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.