Practice Nurse

Job summary

St Ann's Medical Centre have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our large, vibrant, and friendly teaching Practice in the heart of Rotherham, with excellent travel and commuter links.

We are looking for the right person to join our collaborative team, which include GPs, Advance Care/Nurse Practitioners, paramedics, and a successful nursing team who are all supported by a number of dedicated administrative departments.

Main duties of the job

The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing level.

• Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory
• Blood pressure
• Pulse rate and rhythm
• Height and weight body mass index
• Venepuncture
• ECG
• Vaccinations
• Dressings
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment plans for patients with known long-term conditions /Chronic disease management
• Assist with meeting QOF targets
• Assist with minor ops and coil fittings as required
• Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
• Assist in raising awareness of health and well being

About us

Our team consists of 5 partners (including 1 PCN Director) 13 salaried GPs, 2 registrars, a large nursing team which includes ANPs, Paramedic, Pharmacist and around 40 non-clinical support staff. We enjoy the buzz of our large team, and the support we can offer to each other. Our practice is part of an active 45000 patient PCN group with 2 other practices across which we share several ARRS role staff.

Our main surgery site was purpose built in 2004, with dedicated rooms, we have 2 branch surgeries (both recently modernised) from which we provide quality primary healthcare for our 18,000+ patients. Our SystmOne clinical software is linked across our 3 sites.