Practice Nurse/Nurse Prescriber

Job summary

Douglas Grove Surgery in Witham are on the lookout for a capable and confident practice nurse to join our primary care team. We are flexible re hours to be worked and happy to discuss this with interested applicants - in the region of 28 hours per week. To be considered, you must be experienced in the full scope of general practice nursing duties.

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 family planning 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.
• Travel health advice and vaccinations.
• Infection control and health promotion.
• Support for QOF and enhanced services.

About us

Douglas Grove Surgery is a busy well-organised teaching practice, serving around 6500 patients. Supported by a multidisciplinary team including: GPs, nurse practitioners, practice nurses, HCAs, clinical pharmacists, FCPs, mental health nurses, care co-ordinators, social prescriber. We are a friendly and supportive team that strive to provide an outstanding service to its patients.