Practice Nurse

NHS; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team.

Main duties of the job

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs. Such tasks may include:

• Basic wound care / ulcer care
• Removal of sutures
• New patient medicals
• Urinalysis
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Blood pressure measurements
• Routine immunisations
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
• Requesting basic pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate

Other tasks including:

• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• Maintaining GP and nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician
• Undertake housekeeping duties including, general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Ordering of stock from the local hospital
• 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 senior nurses of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any practice meetings when required.
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits

Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post.

About us

We are a three-site practice who aim to provide a high standard of medical and nursing care to all our patients at all times. Our dedicated team are here to provide you with appropriate healthcare as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of health issues.

We are a partnership run practice. Once registered, patients and healthcare professionals work together to ensure the most appropriate care is provided. The partnership philosophy extends even further and our active Patient Participation Group exists to ensure patient needs and the practice offering are always heading in the same direction.

Job responsibilities

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs. Such tasks may include:

• Basic wound care / ulcer care
• Removal of sutures
• New patient medicals
• Urinalysis
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Blood pressure measurements
• Routine immunisations
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
• Managing Long term conditions (Asthma, COPD, Diabetes)
• Requesting basic pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate

Other tasks including:

• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• Maintaining GP and nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician
• Undertake housekeeping duties including, general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Ordering of stock from the local hospital
• 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 senior nurses of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any practice meetings when required.
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits

Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Minimum 2 years post registration experience
• Venepuncture
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Interest and basic knowledge in long-term conditions.

Experience

• Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of multi-skilled approach to Chronic Disease Management
• Experience of diagnosis and treatment of minor illnesses
• Understanding of clinical coding in general and Read coding in particular
• Experience of working with new technologies in health care 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.

£16 to £21 an hour Depending on Experience