Practice Nurse

Job summary

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for our patients, as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary health care team, based at Fishguard Health Centre. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by RGN, including treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education.

Main duties of the job

To provide nursing treatment to patients in conjunction with general practitioners, using agreed protocols; be competent in administration, implementation and participation in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children including travel vaccination; be competent and confident in managing people with long-term health conditions; assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis; deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care; recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC; prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality ensuring that accurate and complete notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded promptly and adequately on the computer; undertake the collection of pathological specimens, including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears, etc.; utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure that patients are fully informed and consent to treatment; support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care. The ability to speak Welsh would be welcomed, but not essential.

About us

We are a medium sized, very busy but very friendly practice in the beautiful North Pembrokeshire town of Fishguard. We have four GP partners, three GPs, and a nursing team now of two, one of the previous team members having recently left. We are keen to recruit someone into that vacant post who will work well with our existing practitioners and staff, and who enjoys their job. Ideally we are looking for someone to work 22 hours per week spread over Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but we are happy to try and be as flexible as possible on this. The successful applicant will be expected to observe the organisational Safeguarding Policies, to undertake continual personal and professional development, and to respect the confidentiality of the practice and it's staff.