Vacancy for a Part-time Practice Nurse, 19 hours per week. Opportunities for overtime to cover staff absences.
Newtons Practice has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Practice/Treatment Room Nurse to join our friendly team. We are looking for a good team player, with the ability to work autonomously; in return, we encourage and support professional and personal development.
Main duties of the job
This is an ideal post for a nurse with a minimum of two years post-registration experience, but we will consider a newly qualified nurse wanting to develop their skills in a supportive, forward-thinking GP Practice. You would work with a supportive and established team of Practice Nurses within a friendly and welcoming practice team.
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
* Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
* Cytology
* Removal of Sutures
* Travel Clinic
* ECGs
* Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry
* Venepuncture
* Ear syringing
* Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
* Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
* Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
* Requesting pathology tests, for example, urine culture, swabs
* Reviews in Diabetes, Asthma, COPD or Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception.
* Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
* Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines
* Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
* Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines
* Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines
* Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written)
* Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained
* Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, and emergency equipment
* Confidentiality of information gained at work must be preserved at all times
* Contribute to the assessment of service needs
* Assist patients to identify their health needs
* Contribute a nursing perspective to the practice development plan
* Manage and organise individual patient consultations
* Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards
* To attend staff meetings
* Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Experience
* Experience in working in a primary care environment
* Experience of working autonomously
* Experience of infection prevention and control
* Experience of working in a GP practice
* Experience of dealing with vulnerable and/or frail patients
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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