Practice Nurse

Job summary

Central Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for a practice nurse to join us. We're happy to consider an experienced or newly qualified practice nurse or a nurse practitioner (non-prescriber) to join our team on a part-time basis, for 8 to 12 hours per week across 1 or 2 days. We can be flexible on days and hours. You will be required to work across 2 sites - Central Surgery and Thorpe Surgery.

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

Central & Thorpe Surgeries:

• Central Surgery, 1st Floor, North Road Primary Care Centre, 183-195 North Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7AF
• Thorpe Surgery, 38 Acacia Drive, Thorpe Bay, Essex, SS1 3JX

Our website: https://www.centralandthorpesurgery.co.uk

Why work with us?

• Positive atmosphere: Our team culture is warm, inclusive, and encouraging.
• Supportive environment: We believe in helping each other grow, both personally and professionally.
• Patient-centred care: Every role is essential in achieving the best outcomes for our patients.
• Professional development: Opportunities for training, learning, and career advancement.

Some key benefits include.

• The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme which includes ill health benefits and 20% employer contribution
• Paid holiday entitlement of 5.6 weeks per year inclusive of the public/bank holidays. Entitlements are pro-rata for part-time employees.
• Christmas bonuses