About this role
Job summary
The Guildhall and Barrow Surgery has an exciting vacancy for an experienced practice nurse to join our friendly team, with the hours and days negotiable. You will be required to work across both of our sites.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to our practice population. This includes but is not limited to:
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by GPs
- Chronic disease management according to protocols
- Coronary heart disease and contraception
- Peak flow readings
- Hypertension management
- Weight monitoring and support
- Health promotion
- First aid and management of emergencies e.g. cardiac arrest, shock, haemorrhage
- New patient medicals/urinalysis
- Fall and fracture assessment
- Learning disability checks
- Glucometer checks
- Cytology
- Wound care/ulcer care
- Removal of sutures
- Travel risk assessment, immunisations and advice
- ECGs
- Smoking cessation
- Venepuncture
- Routine injections
- Child immunisations
About us
We are a busy and friendly GP practice working across two sites with a patient list of just over 13,500. We are a designated training practice and host GP trainees.
We have 6 GP partners, 6 salaried GPs, a clinical pharmacist, 2 advanced nurse practitioners, a paramedic and a nursing team comprised of 4 RGNs, 2 HCAs, a phlebotomist and a nursing associate. Our clinical team is supported by a management team and clinical support team.
For further details please contact: Rebecca Shelley, practice business manager, via email: [email protected].
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
Person Specification
All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:
Essential
- A relevant nursing degree.
- Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
- Ideally having completed the CNO002 Discovering a Nursing Career in General Practice module or the Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) however we would still be interested in those applicants with equivalent experience or qualifications.
- Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.
- Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
- Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
- Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
- Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
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
Primary Care Careers
Address
Lower Baxter Street
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1ET
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)