We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed practice nurse to join our large, multi-disciplinary primary care team to provide high quality, compassionate care to our patient population. We are a large practice delivering care to a total of around 26,000 patients across four sites with a nursing team of Practice Nurses, Nursing Associates, Healthcare Assistants, and a Phlebotomist.
We are looking for a practice nurse, ideally already with an area of interest in Chronic Disease Management. As a practice, we have a strong record in training and development, though we would consider a candidate from outside of primary care with the right attitude towards patient care and developing their career within General Practice.
You will need a caring and compassionate nature, excellent organisational skills, and to enjoy working with people. The world of General Practice is busy and ever-changing, so an ability to learn quickly and be adaptable to rapid change is essential. The role will require an ability to organise and prioritise your own workload, and so you should be comfortable working independently and as a committed member of a multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality, compassionate nursing care to our patient population:
* To work within the multidisciplinary team of GPs, nurses and allied health professionals to deliver preventative medicine and chronic disease management to our patients.
* To provide nursing input into practice policy development and practice decisions affecting the care of patients.
* To contribute to QOF, practice research, audits and other local or national directives.
* Provide high quality, compassionate nursing care to our patient populations alongside the nursing and healthcare assistant team.
* Undertake Practice Nursing duties including, but not limited to:
o Cervical Screening
o Childhood immunisations
o Ear Syringing
o ECGs
o Audiology
o Venepuncture
* Take a lead in an area of Chronic Disease Management, such as Asthma, COPD or Diabetes.
* Work alongside GP leads to deliver practice targets such as immunisation uptake.
* To assess, diagnose and prescribe appropriately within your capability and nursing grade, ensuring practice prescribing policy is adhered to.
About us
The successful candidate will benefit from working with a large practice dedicated to excellence in patient care. The practice has a strong focus on staff training and support will be given to those keen to develop their careers within primary care. Staff welfare is very important to the practice, and we are keen to ensure a work-life balance through flexible working, and offers from partner organisations such as Perkbox and the Bike2Work scheme.
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Practice Nurse
Reports To: Nurse Manager
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, part-time considered.
Location: Across all the Churchill Medical Centre & The Orchard Practice.
Date Prepared: October 2021
Qualifications
* NMC approved Degree or Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing.
* Registered Nurse.
* Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
* Long Term Conditions Management.
Experience
* Practical experience of computerised recording systems.
* Experience of using own initiative.
* Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and ongoing competence in all aspects of the role.
* Area of chronic disease management expertise preferably diabetes.
* Experience of working within General Practice.
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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