About this role
Job summary
Richmond Road Medical Centre is looking to recruit a motivated and experienced Full time Practice Nurse to join our well established and dynamic team based in Hackney.
We are an award-winning, high-achieving and forward thinking practice with a list size of 25,000 patients. We take pride in the delivery of high quality patient care, and achieving targets amongst the highest both locally and nationally.
The successful candidate will join our well established nursing team and be fully supported by our dedicated team of Clinicians and administrative staff. You will receive regular mentoring, teaching and training and the ongoing opportunity for professional development.
The ideal candidate should meet the requirements set out in the Job Description. You should have a minimum of 2 years Practice Nurse Experience (although a successfully recruited nurse who is fairly newly qualified will receive full relevant training and support).
Main duties of the job
You must have experience as a NMC Registered Practice Nurse and have experience in General Practice environment.
About us
About Us
* Based in South West Hackney in a large modern premises
* Established Primary Care Team 3 Partners, 16 Salaried/Sessional GPs, Clinical Pharmacists, 6 Practice Nurses & 4 HCAs.
* Active involvement in our Primary Care Network (London Fields).
* High QOF and Enhanced Service Achievement
* Rated Outstanding in recent CQC inspection
* NHS Choices - 5 Star Rated Practice
* Winners - National GP Awards
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Description
You must have experience as a NMC Registered Practice Nurse and have experience in:
* Long term chronic health conditions management including Diabetes, COPD/Asthma and Hypertension.
* Minor and complex wound management including removal of sutures, leg ulcers and Doppler assessments.
* Completing referral requests as appropriate for diabetes, respiratory and tissue viability specialist teams.
* Requesting tests including pathology, haematology, urinalysis and wound swabs as required.
* Advise individual patients on aspects of their lifestyle to promote good health in accordance with modern practice.
* New Patient medicals/Urinalysis.
* Travel clinics for health advice and vaccinations including Yellow Fever vaccination.
* Oral contraception repeats consultation.
* Cytology
* Ear syringing procedure.
* Childhood immunisations
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Qualified Nurse NMC registration Primary Practice Nurse course
Experience Essential
Experience of working within a General Practice team
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 Richmond Road Medical Centre
Address 136 Richmond Road
Hackney
London
E8 3HN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.richmondroadmedicalcentre.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)