Practice Nurse - Eglwysbach Medical Practice

Practice Nurse - Eglwysbach Medical Practice

Are you a motivated and compassionate nurse looking to make a real difference in primary care? We're looking for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly and forward-thinking team at Eglwysbach Medical Practice, a busy, supportive, and well-established training practice.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across our three sites, where you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality care to our patients. We're passionate about education, innovation, and promoting a positive work-life balance.

Main duties of the job

What you'll bring:

• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Experience in women's health and cervical cytology
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Willingness to support our INR clinic (training provided if required)
• Minor illness trained (desirable but not a deal-breaker)
• Ability to travel promptly between sites

What we offer:

• A supportive, education-focused environment
• Opportunities for professional development
• A competitive package tailored to your skills and experience
• A strong team ethos with emphasis on collaboration and well-being

About us

Our Vision: To promote and deliver an effective family healthcare service and a rewarding working environment for staff.

Our mission: Eglwysbach Medical Practice is committed to providing a personalised healthcare service in a well-managed environment.

We are a 7-partner, 7-salaried GP practice, based in the town centre of Pontypridd, with branches at Tonteg and Ynysybwl. We have a full complement of nurses and pharmacists supported by our receptionist/administrators and practice manager.

We are a training practice with a great ethos for education and promoting a healthy work/life balance.

Job responsibilities

• Provide a range of nursing care to patients referred by other members of the primary care team
• Manage and deliver a comprehensive chronic disease programme - diabetes, respiratory, and CHD providing practical assistance and professional advice ensuring minimum standards of care following appropriate training
• Provide a well-person service including cytology, HRT, contraception, breast awareness following appropriate training
• Perform venepuncture and ECG
• Undertake opportunistic screening and new patient checks
• Undertake wound care/management/dressing techniques
• Administer injections under an individualized prescription or PGD ensuring safe storage, rotation, and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Carry out ear examination and refer for aural care accordingly
• Offer a holistic approach to health promotion e.g. travel advice, smoking cessation etc
• Provide an immunization and vaccination service
• Provide, upon completion of appropriate training, monitoring of anticoagulation for patients taking oral anticoagulants (INR clinic)
• Provide if appropriately trained an evidence-based minor illness service for patients either face to face or on the telephone
• Support a minor operations service under the supervision of the GP in accordance with the protocol
• Recognise the signs of child abuse, family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse, addictive behaviors and suicidal tendencies and maintain awareness of local referral procedures and complete mandatory updates annually
• Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling laboratory specimens, disposal of waste materials, dealing with blood and body fluids and report and treat sharp injuries
• Support the development of nursing procedures/protocols within the practice
• Contribute to clinical governance through participation in risk assessments, audit and research as directed by the lead nurse
• Exercise duties and responsibilities associated with the continuous improvement in quality and standards the clinical governance agenda
• Participate in the administration and professional responsibilities of the practice team and take appropriate action if standards are not met
• Assist in the supervision/assessment/monitoring of nursing students and health care assistants
• Responsible for maintaining own professional development and undertakes annual training and demonstrates competency in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques
• Contribute to achieving practice targets, e.g. Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
• Contribute to the maintenance of the practice disease registers and maintain clinical records
• Responsible for ensuring the practice medical equipment is managed and stocks in the treatment room are maintained, drawing Health and Safety issues to the attention of the lead nurse.
• Support the development of integrated services within the primary care team
• Provide professional support to the lead nurse
• Alert the Management Team to issues of quality and risk

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• General Practice Nursing courses, e.g. Warwick Diabetes
• Minor illness trained, preferable

Experience

• Experience of working in General Practice
• Experience of working in a nursing team

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.

Depending on experience Salary Available Upon Request