About this role
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.
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse with a current active NMC registration. Degree, Diploma, or equivalent qualification in Nursing.
Desirable
Postgraduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management) or Primary Care qualification. Independent/Supplementary Prescriber.
Experience Essential
Competence in core General Practice skills, including immunisation and vaccination, cervical cytology, wound care, dressings, phlebotomy, administration of medicines, and health promotion and screening. Knowledge of safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and clinical governance. Ability to work independently and as part of the multi-disciplinary team. Previous experience in a GP or Primary Care setting.
Desirable
Experience using TPP SystmOne.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Woodhouse Health Centre
Address Woodhouse Health Centre
5-9 Skelton Lane
Woodhouse
Sheffield
S13 7LY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.woodhousehealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)