Neptune Medical Centre HM Naval Base Clyde Faslane Helensburgh Argyll & Bute G84 8HL
Defence Primary Healthcare are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
Are you a motivated individual who strives to deliver excellent healthcare? Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a large organisation working as part of a professional encouraging team? Do you want to be part of a great organisation which has great additional benefits? Look no further!
DPHC are looking for a dynamic, organised, and efficient Band 5 Practice Nurse who will be working within our Primary Healthcare team at Neptune Medical Centre.
As the successful candidate, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team, leading the delivery of primary healthcare nursing including elements of occupational health.
We are searching for someone who is able to work unsupervised, providing high-quality nursing care to the medical facility population at risk holding an individual case load, and through consultation identify, assess, and manage the care of patients with complex health needs, minor injuries, minor illnesses, and specific diseases within their level of competence.
Neptune Medical Centre is due to become West of Scotland Combined Practice with Kentigern House Medical Centre to provide support to each other. On occasion within your planned working schedule, you may be requested to work at Kentigern House Medical Centre. In In these situations, travel time and cost will be allowed for.
As the successful candidate your duties include but are not limited to:
1. Providing specialist high-quality person-centred primary care which always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity using high quality clinical knowledge that is evidence based, with use of core healthcare guidelines.
2. Being responsible for the delivery of appropriate treatment, screening, and advice to patients within their professional competence and in accordance with (DPHC) clinical guidelines and protocols
3. Providing safe, evidence-based, efficient, and individualised patient care
4. Undertaking preventative health programmes such as travel and vaccination clinics, new patients screening, audiometry.
5. Undertaking technical nursing treatments and procedures for patients complex/specialist healthcare needs (e.g., wound care, sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs), Cytology, Audiometry, Ear Care)
6. Providing specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following assessment, diagnosis and through treatment.
Potential candidates should note that only applications submitted on the Civil Service Jobs website will be considered. Full details of the post can be found an the Civil Service Jobs website using reference 375881.
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