Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

We are looking for a professional, hard-working, experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive Clinical Team. We welcome applications from Nurses with a passion for delivering high-quality patient care, and who have previous experience of working in a Primary Care setting.

Benefits include:

• Free on-site car parking;
• NHS Pension Scheme;
• Opportunities for training and career development.

The successful applicant will be able to work their hours over 2.5-3 days but we do ask that one of the working days is a Friday.

Salary dependent upon experience.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

The main duties include:

• maintaining our long-term medical condition register;
• having a good knowledge and understanding of infection, prevention and control (IPC) within a Primary Healthcare setting;
• clinically supporting other members of our Clinical Team;
• provide patient assessments, treatment, advice, and ongoing care;
• administer vaccinations, immunisations, and prescribed medications;
• conduct health screenings, routine checks, and chronic disease reviews;
• manage long-term conditions including diabetes, asthma, and hypertension;
• undertake wound care, dressings, and cervical screening;
• promote health education, prevention, and wellbeing;
• maintain accurate clinical records and support infection control practices;
• collaborate with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based care in line with professional standards and guidelines.

Job description

The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse:

Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice;

Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with GPs or independently to agreed protocols;

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

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

Cytology and sexual health screening;

Assist in managing and monitoring Practice cervical cytology failsafe system;

Chronic Disease management (e.g. care of patients with Diabetes, CHD, COPD, Asthma);

Contraception advice;

Wound care / ulcer care / doppler;

Assisting in running INR Clinic near patient testing and dosing using INR Star;

Removal of sutures;

Travel vaccinations;

Asthma / Peak Flow Readings / Spirometry;

Venepuncture;

Hypertension Management;

Spirometry;

Routine/ childhood immunisations;

Urinalysis;

Blood pressure measurements;

Requesting basic pathology tests (e.g. urine culture, swabs);

Following agreed Infection Prevention and Control, and all clinical protocols.

Any other duties required within the Nursing Team role.

About us

Woodhouse Health Centre is a large GP practice in the south of Sheffield, and we currently have over 12,000 patients registered with us. The Practice has a large staff team including GPs, Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Administrative and Reception staff who are friendly, long-serving employees.

The Practice is also a training practice for trainee GPs and Doctors. We also run the Townships 2 Enhanced Access service from the Practice which provides evening and weekend appointments for our patients registered in our GP surgeries network.