Practice Nurse/ Prescribing practice Nurse

Practice Nurse/ Prescribing practice Nurse

We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to join our award-winning practice. The candidate will undertake all General practice chronic disease management as well as general practice nursing duties, including child/adult vaccinations, wound care, and cytology (These 3 accreditations and experience are Mandatory). Should be competent in all QuoF chronic disease reviews and immunisation.

We offer a highly competitive rate of pay.

Ideally, we are looking for a candidate to work approximately 25-30 hours over 5 days Fairly FLEXIBLE - ideally PM sessions across main and branch sites. Ample overtime to cover colleagues' holidays is available.

We would also welcome practice nurses with a Non-Medical prescribing certificate & minor ailments certificate to apply.

The practice has provided practice nurse VTS training in the past.

If you are an overseas candidate, please only apply if you hold NMC registration & a visa to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would have experience and skills in the following areas:

• QuoF related Chronic Disease Management
• Cytology
• Removal of Sutures
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Ear syringing
• Routine immunisations / Childhood immunisation
• Contraception

Knowledge of national and local guidelines with the ability to apply these to individual patients and set targets is essential. We ask for experience in dealing with the above; holding a diploma as a minimum in each chronic disease is not expected but core knowledge and ability to assess follow up of stable patients based on QuoF requirement is a must.

About us

We are a national award-winning practice, including twice winners of NHS Leadership Awards. We have a total complement of over 30 staff including GPs, Nurse Practitioners, HCAs, Practice Nurses, associate practitioners, 4 pharmacists, podiatrist, MSK practitioner, 2 mental health practitioners, and frontline administrative staff.

We are an expanding organisation and proactive locally, regionally, and nationally. We are graded Good / Outstanding on CQC.

Job responsibilities

We are looking to recruit an NMC UK registered nurse with the skills as stated in the advert, with mandatory qualifications & Experience with Baby-children Immunisation and Cervical Smear taking.

Hours of work can be from a minimum of 4 hours to a maximum of 37.5 hours (WTE).

We welcome practice nurses who wish to train to be Advanced Nurse practitioners and/or to obtain a prescribing certificate. We have supported such nurses since 2009.

We offer a salary rise after 6 months, plus a discretionary bonus after the 1st QuoF year completion.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse
• Clinical supervision

Experience

• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
• Management of long-term conditions
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines
• One year recent primary and community nursing experience
• Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
• Experience of audit

Knowledge

• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
• Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of local and national health policy
• Awareness of issues within the wider health economy

Skills

• Clinical Skills: cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, minor surgery, and wound care
• Experience of teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
• Chronic Disease Experience

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.