Treatment Room Nurse – Bridge View Medical

Job Summary:

To provide nursing care to patients in participation with GP’s or independently, working to agreed protocols. Required skills (or a willingness to be trained) may include the following (but this list is not exhaustive):

• Vaccinations (with additional paediatric vaccination certification an advantage)

• Wound care management (including compression bandaging, in line with current evidence-based guidelines)

• Ear irrigation

• Routine immunisations and vaccinations given under a Patient Group Direction

• Cervical Screening

• Management of Long-Term Conditions such as asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), diabetes

• Contraceptive pill checks / sexual health

Other

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide emergency care to patients as necessary and attend annual Basic Life Support and Anaphylaxis training

• Chaperoning and assisting, where appropriate, patients who are being examined

• Undertake the collection, storage and dispatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, smears etc and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment used, as per policy

• Assisting in the implementation and management of appropriate health and safety and infection control policies, as defined in local and national polices

• Contributes to management of stock and ordering stock where required

• Contributes to management of medicines and vaccines as per policy

• To recognise and appreciate that people, both colleagues and service users are different and to act in ways that are consistent with their needs and preferences

• To ensure that all mandatory training is completed as appropriate and does not become outstanding

For any query about the job, please feel free to contact Zoe Ellis, HR Support at

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Full Time, Permanent

Bristol

Depending on skills and experience

Interested candidates can send their resumes to the contact person as above in the job posts.