Practice Nurse/Treatment Room NurseNHS

Job summary

We are a friendly and supportive training practice located on the outskirts of Halifax, West Yorkshire and we have a very exciting opportunity for a motivated, committed and experienced Practice Nurse to join the team for 16-20 hours per week. The successful candidate will be required to work 16-20 hours per week, with the majority of hours likely to fall on Wednesdays and Thursdays, potentially spread across 2.5 days.

Main duties of the job

Duties include but not limited to:

Cervical Cytology Screening and Contraception

All immunisation programs including Childhood Immunisations/Travel Vaccines/Covid

Treatment Room Duties

Wound Management

ECG/BP

To provide support to junior members of the nursing team including Healthcare Assistants/Nurse Associate and direct their work to ensure the practice provides high quality care

Ensure that current evidence-based approaches to patient care are standard practice

Job description

We are looking for a motivated Practice Nurse who is passionate about providing high quality healthcare and tackling the role in new and exciting ways. We want you to come and work alongside an already motivated and inspiring practice team of like-minded and varied professionals.

The post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a Practice Nurse working within primary care.

About us

The Practice

We are currently a two site practice based in a beautiful part of West Yorkshire and the successful candidate will be required to work across both of our sites. The surgery is extremely well-established, friendly, supportive and inclusive. We have a growing practice size of approximately 16,500 patients currently based over the two sites which are located within ten minutes of each other.

We are committed to the well-being of our patients and staff and always welcome new ideas to improve patient care. We are very proud to have an excellent reputation in the local area, providing very high standards of care and currently rated Good by CQC. We take an active part in our PCN (Lower Valley PCN) and the LMC with one of our GP Partners currently the Clinical Director of our PCN and another GP Partners who is on the LMC board. The practice uses TPP SystmOne clinical system.

The Team

The team includes six GP Partners, two Salaried GPs, four Advanced Clinical Practitioners who are supported by a full Nursing Team comprising of four Practice Nurses, one Nursing Associate, one Healthcare Assistant, two Phlebotomists as well as Pharmacy Prescribers. The practice also has First Contact Physiotherapy and Podiatry services running from the practice.