About this role
Job summary
Hope Family Medical Centre is a friendly, happy place to work with 7 GPs, 2 APP's, 4 Practice nurses, 2 Health care assistants and a paramedic practitioner. We support a practice list of 10200 patients in a large semi-rural setting.
The postholder will be expected to work at Hope Family Medical Centre to provide core primary care nursing and chronic disease management. This will involve working with the Practice nursing team and GPs to provide clinically effective care and support the practice in achieving quality indicators and targets.
Main duties of the job
We are recruiting for a fully trained Practice Nurse.
The Practice Nurse will be required to hold patient consultations within the Surgery, carrying out chronic disease management of Diabetes, Asthma, Heart disease (and providing healthy living advice) and routine screening e.g smears, immunisations (adults and children) and wound management. Compliance with Nursing Code of Conduct will be expected.
It would be desirable to have experience in contraception and travel vaccinations but not necessary, as training can be provided.
This role is part time, we are looking for a Practice Nurse to work 2 days a week.
About us
We practice from a new Health Centre in a pleasant large village between Mold and Wrexham, 10 miles from Chester and commuting distance to Liverpool and Manchester. Our list of patients is varied, from farmers to factory workers, commuters to stately homeowners.
Job description Job responsibilities
Competence in administering vaccinations, including routine adult and seasonal immunisations. Experience delivering childhood immunisations in line with national vaccination schedules. Proficiency in cervical screening, including managing nonresponder recalls and ensuring timely followup. Experience in the management of longterm conditions as part of ongoing patient care. Ability to undertake hypertension reviews and support patients through monitoring and lifestyle guidance. Experience providing anticoagulation services, including the monitoring and management of patients on Warfarin and DOACs.
Writing records and keeping patients notes up to date is essential and accurate record keeping in line with practice policy and NMC Guidelines. Adherence to practice policies and guidelines on body fluid, sharps injury, clinical waste, and manual handling will be required. In addition to being up to date with safeguarding training.
The workload will be a mix of planned review appointments and some on the day minor illness appointments. The ability to prioritise and use time effectively in the daily workload and organise patient care is required.
The Practice Nurse may be required to provide first aid and management of emergencies alongside the medical team if required.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Proven ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Excellent organisational and record-keeping skills. Experience of working in primary care. Strong clinical judgement and the ability to work autonomously within scope of practice. Excellent communication skills with a compassionate, patientcentred approach.
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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name GP Practice in Wales
Address Hope Health Centre
Hawarden Road
Hope
WREXHAM
Clwyd
LL12 9NP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://gpwales.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)