Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly team at Penny's Hill Practice.

Week 1 25 hours

Mon 09:00-13:00 / 14:00-18:00

Tue 08:30-13:00 / 14:00-18:00

Thu 08:30-13:00 / 14:00-18:00

Week 2 33 hours

Mon 09:00-13:00 / 14:00-18:00

Tue 08:30-13:00 / 14:00-18:00

Thu 08:30-13:00 / 14:00-18:00

Fri 09:00-13:00 / 14:00-18:00

This is a permanent position.

Main duties of the job

Applicants should be able to work in a busy environment and be confident in the following clinical skills:

-Long-term condition management, including hypertension reviews and blood pressure assessment.

-Adult and childhood immunisations, influenza vaccination and administration of prescribed injections, including vitamin B12.

-Cervical screening and travel health advice and vaccination.

-Wound and ulcer care, dressings and suture removal.

-Phlebotomy/venepuncture, ECG recording, routine clinical observations and memory assessments.

-Specimen collection and requesting appropriate basic pathology investigations within agreed protocols.

-Health promotion, patient education, chaperoning and other appropriate clinical duties.

Job description

Please find attached a job description document outlining a summary & the responsibilities within the role.

About us

We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our team here at Penny's Hill Practice. We are based in Ferndown Town Centre in walking distance to all amenities and the local supermarket. The practice shares the purpose built premises with Orchid House Surgery with a range of community services also being provided from attached facilities.

Pennys Hill Practice is a six partner practice providing a range of primary care and community health services from Ferndown Medical Centre. We run a personal list system for our 6 GP's and have approximately 7500 patients registered with us. We also have 2 practice nurses, 1 Phlebotomist, 1 Phlebotomist / HCA, 1 tracker nurse / HCA and our reception team.