Minor Illness Nurse

About the Role

Queens Park Group Surgery in Bedford are looking for an experienced minor illness nurse to join their established team. This position is offered on a 3 month contract, with either full or part-time hours available.

The minor illness nurse will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.

Main responsibilities will include;

• Attending to patients who are appropriate to be seen by a minor illness nurse and to either care for them or, if this is not appropriate, triage them to a more appropriate clinician
• Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness and treating them following practice guidelines and protocols
• Seeing and advising people in respect of their continuing medical and nursing needs

Please see job description attached for further details.

All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:

• Degree Level Nursing qualification
• Prescribing qualification
• Minor illness related qualification
• Minimum of 2 years related experience
• High level of communication skills
• Good level of teamwork
• IT proficiency
• Patient-focussed drive

We are a very long-established practice working across two sites in Bedford, looking after 12,500 patients. We are also care taking another local practice in Bedford, with a list size of 9,000 patients.

• Systm One clinical system
• Rated “Good” by CQC
• High QOF achievers
• Friendly nursing and administrative support

We are active members of our primary care network and we welcome collaborative working. Our vision is progressive, we are actively looking for new opportunities and we are a training practice. We “grow our own” staff and are developing advanced nurse practitioners and healthcare support workers. Bedfordshire is a great location and has a reputation for excellent schools, beautiful villages and countryside, close to Milton Keynes for shopping, and 35 minutes from London by train.

For further information please contact our practice & business manager by email

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.