Practice Nurse post at Dr Gerald Eko's Surgery, a GP practice based at Darton Health Centre, working alongside an existing practice nurse. The work covers planned nursing care for registered patients, including immunisations, health promotion, observations, wound care and long-term condition reviews. It is a regular 10-hour weekly commitment on Fridays, suited to an experienced nurse with other commitments. Current NMC registration is required.
What the job involves
- Plan and deliver nursing care for registered patients, alongside the existing practice nurse and wider clinical team
- Carry out routine nursing appointments, including assessment, nursing care and advice
- Administer routine adult and childhood immunisations, seasonal flu programmes and travel vaccinations, where trained
- Manage long-term conditions such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension and atrial fibrillation through structured reviews, monitoring and self-management advice
- Take clinical observations, perform venepuncture and handle specimens, and carry out ECGs or spirometry where trained
- Provide wound care and dressing procedures
- Deliver health promotion, lifestyle and smoking cessation advice, NHS health checks and cardiovascular risk assessment
- Provide cervical screening and sexual health and contraception advice where trained
- Recognise and manage clinical emergencies, including anaphylaxis, and raise concerns to clinicians
- Arrange follow-up, recall and onward referral
- Maintain accurate clinical records, clinical coding and safeguarding documentation
- Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement, infection prevention and control, and stock and equipment checks
What’s required
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to nursing practice
Experience
- Working as a registered nurse
- Assessing patients and providing appropriate nursing care
- Working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Maintaining accurate clinical records
Skills & knowledge
- Working within scope of practice and recognising when advice or escalation is required
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Working effectively as part of a small practice team
- Good organisational and time management skills
Nice to have
- Experience of working in general practice or primary care
- Long-term condition management
- Immunisations and vaccinations
- Health promotion and preventative healthcare
- Experience using EMIS
- Understanding of QOF and primary care quality improvement, and experience of clinical audit or quality improvement
- Practice Nurse or Primary Care Nursing qualification, or equivalent experience
- Additional clinical qualifications or training, such as immunisation, cervical screening, diabetes or respiratory care
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
