Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice

Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.

Provide general and specific health screenings to the Practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.

Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary.

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

Following appropriate training, undertake the collection, storage and despatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment so used, Perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.

Administrative and professional responsibilities

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team.

Main duties of the job

be autonomous in making decisions based on assessment, diagnosis and interpretation of test results

be able to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs

be able to evaluate or refer where appropriate to other specialists if necessary

work collaboratively with the rest of the practice staff to ensure patients needs are met

Job description

Duties will include

Cervical Smears

Asthma Reviews

COPD Reviews

Diabetic Reviews

Immunisations

Phlebotomy

About us

We are a well-established, forward thinking, friendly, training practice with an expanding list size of 8,500 patients. We are part of Our Health Partnership https://ourhealthpartnership.com/ and use System One. We are also proud to have been rated Good overall by CQC and are a high achievers in QOF.

The team consists of 3 Partners and 4 Salaried GPs working alongside a team of Nurses, HCAs, Receptionists and Admin Staff. The practice is supported by PCN Pharmacists and Physician Associates. We are looking for someone hardworking to join our friendly team.