Practice Nurse

Job summary

Station Lane Medical Centre is a well established practice with a list size of approx 7,800 patients. We are a hardworking, rapidly moving, pro-active, high achieving Practice in Featherstone, Pontefract.

We are looking to recruit a Practice Nurse to join our busy and friendly team here at Station Lane Medical Centre. We would welcome applicants from community nursing or secondary care settings. We offer excellent training opportunities.

Working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

The post-holder will work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available.

Main duties of the job

Chronic Disease Management: Contribute to the management of patients with chronic diseases, identified by QOF in particular, Asthma, COPD, CHD, CVD, Depression and Diabetes. Learning Disabilities and Mental Health.

Health Promotion: Address patient in order to identify problems of: Diet, Exercise, Smoking Cessation, Obesity, Alcohol, Drug misuse, Family Planning.

Health Screening : Organisation and management of health screening activities for patient Immunisations, Cervical cytology, Well person checks and Child health & Child Protection

Infection Control: Adopt infection control measures within the Practice according to the Infection Control Manual.

Administrative and professional responsibilities: Ensure accurate notes associated with patient health care are recorded in the patients notes on the clinical system.

Attend Practice meetings and participate in an annual performance review of your own personal and professional development.

Confidentiality: In the course of your duties you will have access to confidential information relating to patients, all such information is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

About us

You must be motivated, wanting to join a happy and cohesive team, have a committed, flexible and approachable outlook with the desire to deliver high quality patient health care in a supportive environment.

This is a great opportunity for a Nurse with the relevant skills and experience to join a friendly team in a practice achieving high patient satisfaction.