Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team.

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs. Such tasks may include:

• Basic wound care / ulcer care
• • Removal of sutures
  • New patient medicals
  • Urinalysis
  • ECGs
  • Peak flow readings
  • Venepuncture
  • Blood pressure measurements
  • Ear syringing
  • Routine immunisations
  • Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
  • Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
  • Requesting basic pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
  • Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate

  Other tasks including:

  • Clean and sterilise equipment using autoclave
  • 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
  • Undertake housekeeping duties including, 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 local 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
  • Attend and participate in any practice meetings when required.
  • On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
  Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with RCN
• General Practice experience as Practice Nurse

Desirable

• prescriber

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

Mexborough Health Centre

Address

Adwick Road

Mexborough

S64 0BY

Employer's website

https://www.mexboroughhealthcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)