Practice Nurse in Huntingdon

We are looking to recruit to our practice nursing team. This is a great opportunity to join our friendly clinical team in looking after our practice population of approx. 8900 patients. This is a varied and challenging role and will include a wide range of treatment room consultations and chronic disease management.

Competitive rates of pay commensurate with experience.

Main duties of the job:

• You will be providing a full range of treatment room services to our patients.
• There is potential to be involved in the delivery of chronic disease management and/or minor illness services depending on experience and/or interest in these areas.

About us: We are a dedicated team providing high quality general medical services to our growing patient population. Our clinical team, which is led by our GP partners, is supported by fast-acting reception/dispensary/administrative and management teams.

Job responsibilities:

• RESPONSIBLE TO: The Practice Nurse Team Leader, Practice Manager, Partners
• HOURS OF WORK: 2-3 days per week - 8am to 6.30pm
• ROLE: The practice nurse will be accountable professionally for her individual actions. The practice nurse will communicate with any other members of staff concerned with patient care, and will give appropriate regard to patient confidentiality.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Key clinical duties of the post-holder will include:
• General treatment room duties and procedures
• Chronic disease management
• Collection of pathological specimens
• Investigatory procedures at the request of the GP
• Preventative procedures including immunisations (this will incorporate both child immunisations and travel vaccines) and cervical cytology
• Assisting GPs with clinical procedures when required (including chaperone duties)
• Care of equipment and maintenance of stock levels
• To attend patients in their home at the request of the GP, or in an emergency situation.

• Key administrative duties will include:
• To maintain clear and accurate notes of consultations within the computerised patient record
• To co-operate in practice research projects as required
• To participate in clinical audit activities
• To attend practice meetings as appropriate
• To participate in education as deemed useful or necessary and to share this learning with other team members
• To participate in in-house training as required
• To participate in stock approval and ordering of supplies

This is a summary of key tasks and is not intended as a comprehensive description of duties of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties which are not specifically mentioned above. Any significant changes to this job description will be made in consultation with the post holder.

Qualifications:

• Good standard of general education
• Registered Nurse
• Membership of professional body
• Diabetes/Asthma/COPD Diploma

Experience:

• Previous experience of working in General Practice
• Chronic Disease Management

Skills and Personal Attributes:

• Good Communication Skills
• Good Interpersonal Skills
• Time Management Skills
• Flexible
• Reliable
• Self-motivated
• Good team worker
• EMIS clinical system

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.