Practice Nurse

Job summary

We are seeking torecruit an enthusiastic and highly-motivated Practice Nurse to join our friendly,supportive and dynamic team.

This is an excellentopportunity for someone who shares our commitment to delivering high qualitypatient care, and who has the interest and energy to join with us to provideexcellent standards of service for our patients.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic team player who strives to deliver a high standard of will have experience in general practice Nursing duties, including cervical cytology, childhood immunisations, spirometry and managing long-term conditions. It is desirable that you have good knowledge of chronic disease management including, diabetes, asthma, and comprehensive knowledge of QOF would be an advantage but not are not an agenda for change practice, but our salaries, annual leave and sickness absence pay are competitive.

About us

We are a largeforward-thinking paperless Practice of 17,000 patients, based in excellentmodern purpose-built premises. We arefocused on maintaining a sustainable and enjoyable work environment and stronglybelieve that fostering and maintaining a positive ethos and shared visionsleads to high quality patient care. Our strength lies in the diversity ofskills and professional interests within our team. We have a multidisciplinary,clinical team made up of Doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists,First Contact Physios, a range of specialised Nurses, social prescribers,health and Wellbeing coaches and a mental health practitioner. The Practice benefits from a well-structuredand established management team which is led by a Practice Operations and StrategicManager.

We require hours a week of Practice nursingtime and will consider full time and part-time application requests.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to our Nurse ManagerBarbara Wright:

Email:

Closing date for applications Sunday 19th May 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancyearly if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you areinterested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview date WC 3rd June 2024.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to thePractice population. The focus of the role is both the delivery ofevidence-based practice for patients presenting with a long-term condition, andthe provision of preventative health care to the practice population. As aPractice Nurse, the nurse is responsible for the care delivered, demonstratingcritical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making in the management ofpatients within the boundaries of their role. They will work collaborativelywithin the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, support thedelivery of policy and procedures, and provide support to their colleagues.They will engage with the practice clinical networks and work towards the RCNcompetency framework for Practice Nurses as part of their on-going development.They will work flexibly across the main site and branch surgery of Peel HouseMedical Practice where required.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered as General Nurse Member of Professional Body Evidence of continuous personal development and revalidation Cervical Cytology current accreditation Immunisation and Vaccination current accreditation Please see attached job description and person specification with full details.

Desirable

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