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St Mary's Surgery

Practice Nurse

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Job summary

St Mary's Surgery, Windermere is a rural general practice in the heart of the beautiful Lake District, providing high quality primary care services to a population of 6600 patients. We are currently looking to expand our nursing team with the addition of a part-time treatment room nurse to undertake wound care, immunisations and cytology. Experience of doppler assessment would be an advantage.

We have a small friendly team of 28 staff with a strong commitment to investing in staff wellbeing & training. Our ethos is to provide a high quality of primary care with a firm focus on continuity of care.

This new post could be one full day of 8 hours or up to 12 hours split across two working days to suit the successful candidate

Main duties of the job

  • Wound care
  • Compression bandaging & doppler assessment
  • Childhood Immunisations
  • Travel Health & Immunisations
  • Adult injections
  • Cervical cytology
  • Supporting our non-registered nursing team staff

About us

St Mary's Surgery, Windermere is a rural general practice in the heart of the beautiful Lake District, providing high quality primary care services to a population of 6600 patients

We have a small friendly team of 28 staff with a strong commitment to investing in staff wellbeing & training. Our ethos is to provide a high quality of primary care with a firm focus on continuity of care.

We are a training practice and help support education from medical students to ST3 GP posts

Details

Date posted

07 July 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£17.40 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3766-23-0001

Job locations

Ambleside Road

Windermere

Cumbria

LA23 1BA


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Practice Nurse, St Marys Surgery/Staveley

1. PURPOSE OF THE POST: To provide a high quality treatment room nursing service to the practice population

2. RESPONSIBLE TO: Lead Nurse

3. MAIN DUTIES:

  • Cytology
  • Wound care assessment and management
  • Dopplers and Compression bandaging
  • Childhood Immunisations
  • Travel vaccinations
  • Other injections including Zoladex & Vitamin B12
  • Seasonal vaccinations including Covid-19
  • Health Education
  • Support for non-regulated nursing team members
  • Management of emergency equipment & drugs
  • Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patient medical record
  • Attend and participate in all practice meetings as required
  • Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the Practice, with appropriate regard for nursing staff
  • Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development and to ensure revalidation

4. LOCATION: St Marys Surgery & Staveley sites

5. HOURS OF ATTENDANCE:As set out in your contract of employment.

This job description is for information only and the contents may change in the light of Practice requirements

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Practice Nurse, St Marys Surgery/Staveley

1. PURPOSE OF THE POST: To provide a high quality treatment room nursing service to the practice population

2. RESPONSIBLE TO: Lead Nurse

3. MAIN DUTIES:

  • Cytology
  • Wound care assessment and management
  • Dopplers and Compression bandaging
  • Childhood Immunisations
  • Travel vaccinations
  • Other injections including Zoladex & Vitamin B12
  • Seasonal vaccinations including Covid-19
  • Health Education
  • Support for non-regulated nursing team members
  • Management of emergency equipment & drugs
  • Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patient medical record
  • Attend and participate in all practice meetings as required
  • Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the Practice, with appropriate regard for nursing staff
  • Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development and to ensure revalidation

4. LOCATION: St Marys Surgery & Staveley sites

5. HOURS OF ATTENDANCE:As set out in your contract of employment.

This job description is for information only and the contents may change in the light of Practice requirements

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Must be NMC registered
  • Qualified in Wound care

Desirable

  • Qualified in doppler assessment & compression bandaging
  • Qualified in childhood immunisations
  • Qualified in travel health
  • Qualified in cervical cytology

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of GP practice nursing
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Must be NMC registered
  • Qualified in Wound care

Desirable

  • Qualified in doppler assessment & compression bandaging
  • Qualified in childhood immunisations
  • Qualified in travel health
  • Qualified in cervical cytology

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of GP practice nursing

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

St Mary's Surgery

Address

Ambleside Road

Windermere

Cumbria

LA23 1BA


Employer's website

https://stmaryssurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St Mary's Surgery

Address

Ambleside Road

Windermere

Cumbria

LA23 1BA


Employer's website

https://stmaryssurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Management Partner

Mike Eddy

michaeleddy@nhs.net

01539488484

Details

Date posted

07 July 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£17.40 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3766-23-0001

Job locations

Ambleside Road

Windermere

Cumbria

LA23 1BA


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