Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

****Please only apply if you have practice nurse experience****

Orchard Medical Practice is currently looking for an experienced part-time practice nurse. We are a well-regarded high achieving town centre practice. We believe in supporting and maintaining a good work/life balance for our staff.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced practice nurse with excellent knowledge and experience in the following areas:

Diabetes,Asthma,COPD,Immunisations and injections,Mental Health physical review,Contraception, Cervical smears, Wound care, CHD checks. This list is not exhaustive and may include other health checks.

Job description

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to the whole practice population. Supported by the GPs within the practice, they will recognise and work within their own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC. The post holder will make an assessment of the patients needs and act upon their assessment. Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultations, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures. They will act collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients by providing quality evidence based care. They will support the delivery of policy and procedures and will be responsible for maintaining a personal development plan.

The post holder willhave a responsibility to support the practice in achieving its targets for, chronic disease management, public health initiatives, LES, DES and QOF. It is essential that you ensure patients health checks and records are up to date at all times. Where patients are requiring periodic checks for chronic disease you are required to carry out those checks and to ensure that any other checks which are due within a short timescale are also carried out so as to improve lean working within practice and improve patient experience, by reducing number of times they have to come to the surgery

About us

We are a high achieving well regarded practice. The clinical team includes:

• 2 Nurse Practitioners
• 3 Clinical Pharmacist
• 4 Visiting paramedic
• First Contact Practitioner (Physio)
• 2 Practice Nurses
• 2 Nursing Associate
• 2 HCAs

Benefits of working at Orchard Medical Practice

• Excellent rates of pay
• Relaxed friendly team
• Excellent administrative support
• Flexibility with working pattern
• Weekly clinical meetings
• On-site parking