Nurse - Maternity Cover

Job summary

The Burnhams Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse to join our team on a part-time basis for a minimum of 18 hours/3-4 days per week. This position is to cover a maternity leave for 9 - 12 months. You will work closely with the, the practices GPs and nurses, management team and partners in the organisation to make sure we are constantly providing our patients with the greatest care possible and making sure our staff are supported and treated with respect. You will provide high-quality nursing care, treatment, and health advice to patients. This role focuses on delivering evidence-based care within the treatment room, supporting GPs, and promoting health and wellbeing across the patient population.

Main duties of the job

• Perform wound management, dressings, suture removal, and wound assessment.
• Carry out immunisations and vaccinations (childhood, adult, travel, and flu).
• Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously.
• Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.
• Undertake ear care, ECGs, spirometry, blood pressure monitoring, and other diagnostic tests.
• Administer injections, medications, and emergency treatments as prescribed.
• Support chronic disease management by performing regular reviews (e.g., diabetes, asthma, hypertension) as directed by the lead nurse or GP.
• Provide cervical screening (if trained and certified).
• Carry out phlebotomy and specimen collection for laboratory testing.
• Assist with minor surgery, joint injections, or other GP-led procedures as required.
• Identify significant abnormalities
• Diagnose, monitor and develop individual management plans, agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals.
• Therapeutic monitoring
• Checking compliance with and adherence to, appropriate treatments using a holistic, patient centred approach
• Recognising abnormalities
• Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate
• Wound care and management
• Assessing routine wounds including trauma
• Assessing to support good wound management in complex situations.
• Follow local wound care pathways.
• Travel Health

About us

Burnham Surgery is a small GP Practice on the Norfolk coast rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).It provides care to around 4,200 patients in and around Burnham Market.In January 2022 the Burnham Market partners joined with Wells Health Centre and the two sites are running as sister sites within the same partnership. As such, flexibility to move site is required.