Practice Nurse

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group; Stanford-le-Hope; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Stanford-le-Hope seeks a part-time practice nurse to provide consultations and a full range of nursing services to its patient population. The ideal candidate will be a Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration. Responsibilities include implementing health promotion and disease management, collaborating with healthcare professionals, and performing various medical procedures. This role offers a chance to work within a supportive team and contribute to local health care.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in nursing practice is essential.
• Ability to work collaboratively with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultations in the surgery.
• Implement health promotion and disease management.
• Work with healthcare professionals to provide patient care.
• Perform agreed injections, immunisations, and other health procedures.
• Manage chronic diseases under the guidance of a GP.

Skills

Registered General Nurse

Current NMC registration

Care delivery within health guidelines

Job description

About the Role

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.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• 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.

For further information about this role, please see the attached job description.

About the Candidate

To be considered for this position, you must have the following;

• Registered General Nurse
• Current NMC registration
• Member of or signed up to M.D.U and N.M.C

About Us

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.