Combe Coastal Practice, the largest GP practice in North Devon with 18,000 registered patients, is recruiting a practice nurse for 20 hours a week. The work centres on treatment room care, covering immunisations, travel vaccinations, health checks, wound care and cervical screening, within a multi-disciplinary team. It is a teaching practice with 12 GP partners and eight salaried GPs, with branch surgeries alongside the main site. Fit depends on current NMC registration, a cervical cytology qualification and at least two years' post-registration experience.
What the job involves
- Provide safe, effective and compassionate care and support to patients
- Deliver treatment room care, including health checks, child and adult immunisations, travel vaccinations, wound care and cervical screening
- Give pre-travel health advice, including malaria prophylaxis and vaccinations
- Carry out procedures such as venepuncture, BP management, urinalysis, pregnancy testing, ECGs, cervical cytology, Doppler checks, suture removal, ear care and syringing
- Store, rotate and dispose of vaccines and drugs safely, and keep stock levels up, including ordering vaccines
- Chaperone and support doctors for minor surgery and procedures such as coil fittings
- Promote health and wellbeing, advising on diet, contraception, smoking, chronic disease management and exercise
- Start and deliver health screening programmes agreed with the practice clinical team
- Give prescribed therapies, monitor for side effects and work with key workers for mental health patients
- Maintain infection control, spillage control, decontamination and safe sharps management
- Keep accurate records under NMC rules and meet data protection requirements, with safeguarding awareness
- Prioritise and manage own workload, contributing to the practice's PMS and QOF obligations
What’s required
Qualifications
- Adult nursing degree or diploma
- Cervical cytology qualification
- Phlebotomy qualification
- Basic life support skills
- Up-to-date childhood immunisation training
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration
Experience
- At least two years post-registration
- Working in a primary care environment
- Experience with vulnerable patients
- Experience in health promotion
Skills & knowledge
- Trained to deliver treatment room care
- Competence in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques
Nice to have
- Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice
- Experience working with the SystmOne clinical system
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
