A permanent Practice Nurse post at Preston Grove Medical Centre, a general practice with over 16,000 patients, within its nursing team. The work centres on monitoring and treating long-term conditions, including diabetes, alongside preventative care, immunisations, wound care and phlebotomy. The post is 34 hours a week, offered on one of two rotas, one of which includes a Tuesday shift. Current NMC registration and recent experience of managing long-term conditions decide fit.
What the job involves
- Monitor and treat long-term conditions, including diabetes, using agreed management plans
- Carry out diagnostics such as venepuncture, blood pressure, height and weight, ECG and specimen collection
- Administer immunisations, including childhood, influenza, pneumococcal and tetanus, and advise and vaccinate patients travelling abroad
- Provide wound care for chronic and post-surgical wounds
- Deliver preventative care, health promotion and screening, including family planning and cervical cytology
- Give injections under individual prescriptions or PGDs within training limits, and maintain the vaccine cold chain
- Assist with minor-surgery sessions
- Act as chaperone when required
- Apply infection control and keep patient records accurate, timely and coded
- Maintain examination and treatment rooms and clinical stock
- Work to NICE, QOF and NHS contract quality standards
- Cover colleagues' annual leave and sickness, support their development, and attend team meetings and training
What's required
Qualifications
- Evidence of continued professional development
Registration & licences
- Registered Nurse with annual NMC registration, adhering to the Code of Professional Conduct
Experience
- At least 1 year's recent experience in primary, community or hospital nursing, as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Managing long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD or hypertension
- Childhood and adult immunisations
- Wound care and dressings
- Phlebotomy
- Working autonomously within professional scope of practice
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of infection prevention and control procedures
- Understanding of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
Nice to have
- Competence in cervical cytology
- Experience with chronic disease review templates and QOF
- Experience using EMIS or other primary care clinical systems
- Post-registration qualification in primary care nursing
- Care of the Adult with Diabetes qualification
What's offered
- Training opportunities and clinical support
- Nurse training mentorship
- Multi-disciplinary team support, including specialist nurse-led clinics
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
