A 12-month Practice Nurse post at Springfield Surgery, a GP practice, working alongside GPs and the wider primary care team. The work spans chronic disease reviews, cervical screening, childhood and adult immunisations, travel health, wound care and health promotion in a busy practice. Hours are part-time, up to 20 a week spread over two days, with some scope for a flexible pattern. Applicants need current NMC registration and proven experience in cervical cytology and immunisations.
What the job involves
- Assess and treat patients in practice nurse clinics within agreed protocols
- Carry out cervical screening, including smear sampling and follow-up
- Deliver childhood immunisation programmes to the UK schedule
- Provide routine adult vaccinations, including seasonal programmes
- Provide travel health advice, risk assessments and travel vaccinations
- Support the management of long-term conditions such as asthma, COPD, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
- Carry out health checks, reviews and basic nursing assessments
- Take blood samples and carry out other clinical investigations
- Provide wound assessment and management, including dressings and removal of sutures, staples or clips
- Administer prescribed injections and medicines under PSDs and PGDs
- Provide health promotion and lifestyle advice, including smoking cessation
- Recognise deterioration and refer or escalation to a GP or other clinician
What’s required
Qualifications
- Post-basic qualification in primary care nursing, including chronic disease management
Registration & licences
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
Experience
- Proven experience in a primary care or community setting
- Experience in cervical cytology and immunisations
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good working knowledge of infection control procedures and guidance
- Knowledge of the evidence base and best practice in primary care, including health promotion, self-care and prevention
Other
- Willingness to undertake further training where required
Nice to have
- Knowledge and experience of managing long-term conditions
- Experience of working in a GP practice
- Able to plan and organise, setting and maintaining goals and high standards
- Experience of using EMIS
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
