Primary Care Careers

Practice Nurse

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Job summary

Rushbottom Lane Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for a practice nurse to join our team on a part-time basis, for 24 hours per week, in a busy surgery of almost 20,000 patients.

We are happy to consider both experienced and newly qualified nurses.

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.
  • General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
  • Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
  • 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.
  • Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
  • Hypertension review and management.
  • Running asthma, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
  • New patient and health checks.

About us

Rushbottom Lane Surgery is made up of two GP Practices, Dr Khan & Partners and St Georges Medical Practice. Dr Khan & Partners and St Georges Medical Practice are both training practices based in Benfleet in Essex. We are active members of Benfleet PCN with Dr R Khan being the PCN CD. We are friendly team, with 12 GP partners across the two practices.

We offer:

  • The NHS pension scheme
  • Health service discounts
  • Annual leave: minimum 33 days FTE, with enhancements for long service.

Details

Date posted

03 October 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£15.62 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

8246

Job locations

91 Rushbottom Lane

Benfleet

Essex

SS7 4EA


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A relevant nursing degree.
  • Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
  • Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) or equivalent experience or qualifications;
  • Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations including baby immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care.
  • Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
  • Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
  • Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A relevant nursing degree.
  • Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
  • Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) or equivalent experience or qualifications;
  • Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations including baby immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care.
  • Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
  • Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
  • Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.

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).

Additional information

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

91 Rushbottom Lane

Benfleet

Essex

SS7 4EA


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

91 Rushbottom Lane

Benfleet

Essex

SS7 4EA


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Rushbottom Lane Surgery, Dr Khan & Partners

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

03 October 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£15.62 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

8246

Job locations

91 Rushbottom Lane

Benfleet

Essex

SS7 4EA


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