Practice nurse/Advanced nurse practitioner

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our friendly, forward-thinking, caring and innovative team to rise to provide high quality clinical care, adopting traditional values of patient-centered general practice.

You will be working alongside other experienced Practice Nurses and Advanced Nurse Practitioner, providing the whole range of practice nursing duties. We encourage and support learning and professional development and have access to training from our ICB Training Hub. We provide mentorship and conduct regular supportive teaching with one of our partners and nurse appraisals.

We are a well-established training practice with a strong patient centered ethos, dedicated to delivering high quality patient care.

- GMS practice with modern, large, state of the art premises. Own car park

- List size 19,000+

- EMIS Web, Docman 10, online consultations (PATCHS), AccuRx

- Training practice with a strong patient centred ethos (GP registrars and medical students, trainee nurse and multiprofessional education)

- We employ a team of Clinical Independent Prescribing Pharmacists who manage chronic diseases, medicines management and repeat prescriptions, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, nurses and extended primary care team including HCAs, Social prescribers; First Contact Physiotherapists, paramedics, Physician Associate

- We are an integral part of a close, forward-looking and innovative PCN

- Competitive salary

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out routine nursing tasks related to patient care as indicated by patient need including:
• Cervical Cytology
• Wound care
• Removal of Sutures/ clips
• Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
• Injections e.g. B12, Goserelin, Inclisiran etc.
• Urinalysis
• Health checks
• Travel Advice & Vaccinations
• Long term conditions, including:
• Asthma and COPD Management
• Hypertension / 24 hour ambulatory BP
• Diabetes
• Phlebotomy
• ECGs
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols.
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs and upholding the standards required for Infection prevention and control.
• Vaccine fridge temperature monitoring
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Supervision of the HCAs
• Ordering of Health Promotion Literature
• Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels if required
• Participation in administrative systems in the practice
• Maintain accurate records
• Advise other team members of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any practice / clinical meetings monthly.
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
• Support in QOF and Enhanced Services relevant to role
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

About us

Honeypot Medical Centre is a forward-looking, innovative general practice, serving a population of 19,000+ patients. We believe in retaining the traditional values of general practice, including a strong patient-centred ethos, while embracing innovation and technology to provide a general practice fit for the future. We embrace skill-mix with an extensive team, including GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, practice nurses, pharmacists, first contact physiotherapists, mental health practitioner, physician associate, social prescribing link workers and health care assistants. We are a training practice approved to train GP registrars, F2 doctors and medical students and GP trainee nurse, and are committed to training the future generation of primary care clinicians. We are an integral member of our Primary Care Network and our Senior Partner is the Clinical Director. We have newly built modern, attractive premises and our own staff car park. We provide weekly clinical teaching, mentoring and supervision for our diverse groups of multi-professional clinicians. We support and encourage professional development, both in terms of formal external and in-house training and development.