Fir Tree Medical Centre, which runs several GP surgeries, is recruiting a full-time practice nurse for one of its surgeries. The post centres on nursing care for patients and supporting GPs and the wider primary care team with routine clinical work. Cross-site working across the group sets the role apart, alongside chronic disease reviews, immunisations and cervical screening. NMC registration is required.
What the job involves
- Provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, supporting GPs and the primary healthcare team
- Carry out routine clinical tasks as directed by GPs and to agreed protocols, referring to senior nurses or GPs as needed
- Undertake chronic disease reviews (asthma, COPD, coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension) and new patient medicals
- Give routine adult and child immunisations and B12 and Zoladex injections, under patient group directions
- Perform venepuncture, cervical cytology, peak flow and blood pressure measurements
- Request basic pathology tests such as urine culture and swabs, and provide brief interventions and onward referrals
- Run well person clinics and health promotion, with lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol and exercise
- Provide holistic travel health advice, including vaccinations, medicines, safe sex, food hygiene and sun protection
- Chaperone patients examined by other clinicians
- Obtain informed consent, manage anaphylaxis and perform CPR to current UK guidelines, and document consultations to NMC guidelines
- Order vaccines to maintain stock, maintain equipment and nurses' rooms, and keep accurate practice records
- Attend practice meetings, advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors, and carry out other delegated duties
Qualifications
- Membership of the RCN
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
- Up-to-date NMC portfolio and written professional development plan
Experience
- Experience working within a nursing team
Skills & knowledge
- Great customer service and communication skills
- Strict confidentiality
- Use of own judgment, resourcefulness and common sense
- Awareness of own limitations and experience
- Awareness of signs of child abuse and of statutory and local clinical protection procedures
- Commitment to keeping up to date with all aspects of nursing care relevant to the post
Other
- Work in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
- Commitment to health and safety, infection control and effective use of resources
- Cooperation with annual appraisal meetings
Nice to have
- At least two years' practice nursing experience
- Experience within primary care networks
- Cervical cytology testing
- Child and routine immunisations
- Chronic disease reviews and hypertension new patient medicals
- Peak flow readings, blood pressure measurements and venepuncture
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
