Nurse

Job summary

Rowhedge Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for a practice nurse to join our practice on a 1 year fixed term contract. This role is on a part-time basis, approximately 15 hours/2 days per week.

Rowhedge offers a unique opportunity to develop expertise in student health alongside general practice. We are a split site practice with campus-based health centre and dispensing village practice and is a pilot site for Pride in Practice. The practice consists of an established team of 4 partners, 4 salaried GPs and 1 retainer.

We reserve the right to retract the advert if a suitable person is found before the end date.

Main duties of the job

• A relevant nursing degree and at least 2 years post qualification experience in general practice
• Current NMC registration with an active PIN
• Competent to undertake Asthma, COPD, diabetes, CHD clinics/reviews and hold relevant certificates
• 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, dressing and wound care and recording spirometry
• Compassionate, empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspect of your work as well as valuing the dignity of the patients, relatives, carers and colleagues
• Knowledge and application of supporting long-term conditions
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS

About us

The Colte Partnership is very much At The Heart of Primary Care, being the largest GP Partnership in North East Essex; comprised of 8 local GP practices across Colchester and Tendring. We care for approx. 95,000 patients. Our Head Office is in Feering.

We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of Primary Care in our region, and have many exciting ventures on the horizon.

Each of our branches has its own character, and family friendly ethos, which is why our patients love coming to us (and tell us so in our regular patient surveys). However, being a large partnership means we can offer so much more than a local branch can by itself with specialist clinics, social prescribing and innovative support such as regular dementia cafes.

We strive to look after our employees as well, with generous annual leave, flexible and family friendly working.

We also work as three collaborative Primary Care Networks (PCNs) which span across Colchester and Tendring:

Riverside Medical Centre & Ardleigh Surgery, Mersea Island Medical Practice, Tiptree Medical Centre, Walton Medical Centre, Colne Medical Centre & Wivenhoe Medical Centre.