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Are you a motivated and enthusiastic Practice Nurse with experience in Primary Care?
If you are a Practice Nurse looking for an exciting new opportunity within a forward-thinking environment, then this may be the role for you!
Main duties of the job
You'd be working alongside a passionate, clinical team, with excellent management and a very supportive partnership! Do not miss out on this role with tremendous opportunities for career progression.
What can we offer you as a Practice Nurse?
- As a General Practice Nurse, we can offer you a salary range of £17.00 - £20.00 per hour depending on your experience, skills and qualifications.
- Part time hours. We are looking for 2 days a week: either Monday and Tuesday or Monday and Friday.
- Full support from an experienced close-knit clinical team including GPs, ANPs, 2 x PNs and HCAs
- Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
About us
Newington Surgery is going through changes that will drive the service and Patient experience as well as delivering new efficient and effective procedures
We are looking to welcome an experienced, qualified Practice Nurse into our practice to assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the lead Practice Nurse.
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
- Cytology
- Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler
- Removal of Sutures
- New Patient Medicals/Urinalysis
- Travel Clinic
- ECGs
- Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry
- Venepuncture
- Hypertension Management
- Ear syringing
- Routine immunizations/Childhood immunisations
- Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
- Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Interest in Diabetes or Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception.
- Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
- 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.
- Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
- Maintain stock of waiting room leaflets as instructed by partners and Practice Manager
- Ordering of Health Promotion Literature
- Ordering of stock from the District 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
- DOAC Monitoring Books
- Recalls & Searches
- Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the lead Practice Nurse.
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
- Cytology
- Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler
- Removal of Sutures
- New Patient Medicals/Urinalysis
- Travel Clinic
- ECGs
- Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry
- Venepuncture
- Hypertension Management
- Ear syringing
- Routine immunizations/Childhood immunisations
- Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
- Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Interest in Diabetes or Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception.
- Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
- 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.
- Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
- Maintain stock of waiting room leaflets as instructed by partners and Practice Manager
- Ordering of Health Promotion Literature
- Ordering of stock from the District 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
- DOAC Monitoring Books
- Recalls & Searches
- Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- You must be registered with the NMC with a valid pin
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- You must be registered with the NMC with a valid pin
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Newington Road Surgery
Address
100 Newington Road
Ramsgate
Kent
CT12 6EW
Employer's website
https://www.newingtonroadsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
