Practice Nurse

Job summary

Hassengate Medical Centre has a fantastic opportunity for a practice nurse to join our team on a part-time basis, working 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Providing consultations in the surgery.
• Participation in the implementation of health promotion, disease management and the provision of a full range of nursing services to the patient population of the practice.
• Working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals.
• Following the National Service Framework protocols / NICE guidelines, screening patients for disease risks and early signs of illness.
• Providing appropriate care to patients.
• Assisting in the assurance that all policies and protocols are regularly re-assessed and reviewed, allowing effectiveness.
• Identifying care needs of the practice population, and organising work to best meet the need.
• Carrying out, without supervision, principally:agreed adult injections; child immunisations; travel vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis; smear taking and cervical cytology, including auditing results; administering annual flu and pneumonia vaccines; resuscitation and anaphylaxis management; infection control procedures; wound care and ear suction; maintenance of clinical areas, equipment and supplies; health promotion advice, including exercise, alcohol, diet and smoking.
• Moving on to other areas, as competence and practice needs require, such as: family planning and emergency contraception (including to those under 16yrs); menopause advice; chronic disease management within guidelines and competency for diabetes (6 month checks), RA, hypertension and CHD, with support of GP in need.

About us

Hassengate Medical Centre is situated in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. We have 13, 250 registered patients and a CQC rating of good.