We are seeking a band 5 or 6 Practice Nurse to join our team!
* You'll be a Registered Nurse, who has had experience working within primary care.
* You'll be involved in delivering a high standard of patient care using specialist skills working with the wider general practice team.
* You'll be responsible for working within your professional boundaries and will work to the NMC code of conduct.
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of the role:
* To deliver a high standard of patient care using specialist practice skills.
* To manage the clinical needs in a primary care setting.
* To ensure the highest standards of care are provided to our patients.
* To maintain accurate computerised clinical records of every contact, including history, examination, plan of care, advice given and recommended follow up. This includes documenting any adverse event, safeguarding child or vulnerable adult issue or other notifiable matter.
* Work within patient group directions/patient specific directions in collaboration with GPs and other primary care nurses to meet the needs of patients.
* Work with other health care professionals to monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions including Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, CVA, Hypertension and CHD, referring to other clinicians as appropriate.
* Promote health and wellbeing, giving general education advice on diet, weight, exercise, alcohol, contraception, smoking cessation, and chronic disease management.
About us
Suffolk GP Federation CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company. Our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.
Job responsibilities
Practice Nurse
We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our Nursing team at Unity Healthcare on a part-time basis (28.5 hours).
You will be working across Unity Healthcare which has branches in Haverhill, Long Melford and Lavenham and is run by Suffolk GP Federation.
Is it for me?
We will work alongside the successful candidate to ensure they are sufficiently inducted and have access to additional training if required; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It is important to us that you feel safe and supported in the role.
* You’ll be a Registered Nurse who has prior experience of working within primary care, particularly in caring for patients with long term conditions.
* You’d be suited to this role if you have a caring and empathetic nature, and strive to deliver the best level of patient care.
* You’ll be able to work across any of our three sites (Haverhill, Long Melford and Lavenham).
What we can offer you:
* A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
* Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
* A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that gets it.
* Excellent IT teams & support giving us first-class equipment and no wait responses.
* A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Death in service cover.
* Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking.
* 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years service.
* Blue light card employer access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.
Person Specification
* RGN/RN/NMC qualification, with evidence of up-to-date practice.
* Willing to undertake further training or development as required by the service.
* Accredited training in chronic diseases management.
* Experience of working within an effective interagency working environment.
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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