Senior Practice Nurse
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Job summary
We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our team at Anchor Centre & Meridian Practice, where we are committed to delivering excellent care to our community through innovation, teamwork, and a passion for healthcare delivery.
About our Services:
The Anchor Centre is the specialist GP practice for homeless and vulnerably housed in Coventry and Meridian Practice is a specialist GP service for asylum seekers and refugees in Coventry. The healthcare team based at Both services deliver holistic health care for this patients groups. We provide services to meet the needs patients who attend the Practice and aim to make a difference to peoples lives in their community.
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.
The role is across 2 services Anchor Centre and Meridian Practice.
Main duties of the job
- Always work within clinical competence, have awareness of limitations and know when to refer on
- Carry out initial assessment and identify any necessary investigation
- Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
- Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
- Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programs to promote health and well-being,
- Identify, and manage as appropriate, patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care
- Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, on medication regimens, side effects and interactions, within competence, seeking advice if appropriate.
- Assess and care for patients presenting for wound management and refer as needed
- Support and advise patients requesting information on contraception and sexual health
- Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NICE guidelines and local policy
Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.
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.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're 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 doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd 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
09 October 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/42452/11783
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 5FX
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 5FX
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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