Practice Nurse - Meridian Practice
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Job summary
We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our team at Meridian Practice, where we are committed to delivering excellent care to our community through innovation, teamwork, and a passion for healthcare delivery.
About Meridian Practice:
The Meridian Practice is a specialist GP service for asylum seekers and refugees in Coventry. Currently practice has 4100 registered list and mixed skills of GP / Nurses working. The healthcare team based in Coventry deliver holistic health care for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems using advanced nursing skills. We provide services to meet the needs patients who attend the Practice and aim to make a difference to peoples lives in their community.
The practice is managed by the Practice manager and Lead GP clinical lead. As a Practice Nurse based at Coventry, you will work alongside a team of 5 number fellow dedicated and highly skilled healthcare professionals.
At HCRG care group we like to do things differently and we take the responsibility of the work/life balance of our valued Nurses very seriously. The busy Meridian practice is open 5 days a week from 8:00 am to 18:30 pm (excluding bank holidays) and means we can offer a variety of working patterns to fit in with your life. It also means that not only can you make a difference to the community and those in most need but those working patterns are flexible.
Main duties of the job
Nursing procedures to include, but not limited to:
- Wound management
- Measuring blood pressure & Venepuncture
- Routine injections as prescribed
- Cervical Smears
- Childhood and Adult immunisations, including reading and reviewing Patient Group Directives (PGDs) and Patient Specific Directives (PSDs)
- Well Person Health Checks including Foreign Travel Counselling, NHS Health Checks, Lifestyle and New Patient Checks
- ECGs
- Spirometry
- Obesity and weight/diet management
- Family Planning
- Chronic disease management and prevention ~ Diabetes, Hypertension, Hypothyroidism, Stroke, Epilepsy, IHD, COPD and Asthma
- Leg ulcer management
- Minor Injuries and Minor Illness
- CVD risk assessments and Q risk interpretation and assessments.
- Home visits for Housebound patients to include routine checks (eg Diabetic) and flu vaccines.
- Referrals Podiatry, Counselling, Audiology, etc
- Ensuring all specimens are checked and sent to laboratory as required
- You will be fully conversant in QOF, read coding and uphold strategies to provide a holistic combined healthcare for the patient and demonstrate a willingness to participate in research/audit within the practice team.
- You will be aware of DES/LES policies and apply and produce, alongside the Practice Manager, protocols that reflect the guidelines that are wo
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Details
Date posted
02 August 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/1580/6862
Job locations
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 4FS
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 4FS
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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