The Hedges Medical Centre is looking for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team.
The ideal candidate for this role will already have some experience of Practice Nursing but one of our key practice values has always been to support our staff to enhance and develop their skills and the practice has an ethos of supportive learning.
The total hours for this role are flexible, and hours of work will be between Monday to Friday 8am - 6.30pm, as well as joining our Enhanced Access team to work 1 Saturday a month on a rota basis.
Main duties of the job
* Cervical Screening
* Childhood Immunisations
* Long Term Condition Management
* Learning Disability Reviews
* Venepuncture
* Travel Vaccinations
* Injections
* Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as required.
* Cytology
* Removal of Sutures
* Travel Clinic
* ECGs
* Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry
* Hypertension Management
* 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
* Following agreed clinical protocols as appropriate
* Maintaining and cleaning equipment
* Maintaining Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
* Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
* Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
* At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
* A duty to advise Lead Nurse of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks
* Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
* Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
About us
The Hedges Medical Centre is a friendly and welcoming GP practice in the heart of Eyres Monsell, caring for over 6,000 patients from the surrounding area. We are looking for an energetic, friendly and hard-working Nurse to join our team.
The Hedges Medical Centre is a city-based practice with a current list size of approximately 6000 patients and has been rated good in all areas by CQC.
The Practice Team consists of 5 GP Partners, a Salaried GP, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 Healthcare Assistant and a Clinical Pharmacist alongside a full complement of administration staff. We are both a teaching and training practice and so regularly have GP registrars and medical students working in the practice.
We are part of Leicester City South Primary Care Network and have a Mental Health Facilitator, First Contact Physiotherapists, Paramedic, Social Prescriber and Clinical Pharmacists working alongside our practice team.
Please contact Jessica Robinson (Practice Manager) to discuss the role in more detail or arrange an informal visit to the Practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Qualified Nurse Registered with NMC
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working within a nursing team
Desirable
* Experience of working in a GP Practice or within a Primary Care setting.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
The Hedges Medical Centre
Address
Pasley Road
Leicester
LE2 9BU
Employer's website
https://www.hedgesmedicalcentre.co.uk
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