Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

Wickham Market Medical Centre has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse practitionerto join our team, on a full or part-time basis, for 2-8 sessions per week.

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
• Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
• Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.

About us

We are a high-performing PMS dispensing practice situated in a lovely semi-rural area of coastal Suffolk. We care for 9,900 patients, with our guiding vision being the desire to provide them with access to the type of general practice we would want for ourselves, our families and our friends.

Our core clinical team consists of four GP partners, one salaried GP, three nurse practitioners, two practice nurses, one nursing associate and three HCAs.

Via our PCN, we are also supported by a paramedic, first contact physiotherapists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. Social prescribers, mental health nurses and patient care coordinators provide further support.

We have excellent support from our practice manager and the administrative team, hence the practices Outstanding CQC rating for leadership (Good overall) and a long-held Investors in People bronze award.

Foe more information or to arrange an informal visit to the practice please contact our business manager, Mrs Jane Wallace at jane.wallace3@nhs.net or telephone us on 01728 747101.We look forward to hearing from you!