About this role
Job summary
Job Summary
We are looking for a Practice Nurse who will work as part of the Nursing Team, delivering high-quality, patient-focused nursing care. The role involves managing chronic diseases, delivering preventative care, supporting health promotion, and assisting in clinical procedures, in line with NHS standards and guidelines.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse who is currently confident in Chronic disease management Cervical smear taking Immunisations administration for both adult and children Travel vaccine administration and advice
About us
Earnswood Medical Centre is a well established practice based in Crewe. We are a friendly and forward thinking practice with some of our GP's having specialist interests in Contraception, Education and Minor surgery.
We strive to maintain a supportive team environment for clinical and non-clinical members of staff alike.
We are an established training practice.
Our clinical system is Emis Web.
Our aim is to provide excellent clinical care to our patients and we have a genuine, family orientated and personalised approach to our patients.
CQC Rated Good .
We have a list size of approx. 17,200 patients.
We are a very friendly practice with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical staff. We have 6 partners, 5 salaried GP's, 4 ACP's a Clinical Pharmacy team, Practice Nurse Team, MSK practitioners and Social Prescriber all supported by an experienced management team.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Duties
Undertake chronic disease management (e.g. diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension) in line with national and local protocols. Administer vaccines and injections safely and effectively.Provide general nursing services including immunisations, and cervical screening. Perform health assessments, screenings, and NHS health checks. Support minor surgery procedures and assist GPs when required. Carry out travel health consultations and vaccinations where appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Experience in a GP practice setting Registered Nurse (RN) with current NMC registration Practice Nurse qualification, Cytology , Immunisations and vaccination qualified.
Desirable
Chronic disease management qualifications. Non medical prescribing qualification
Experience Essential
Experience of working in a Practice Nurse team in General Practice
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 Earnswood Medical Centre
Address Eagle Bridge Health & Well Being Ctr
Dunwoody Way
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 3AW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.earnswood.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)