Practice Nurse

We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our team!

Our Nurses are a vital part of our practice and we have a rare opportunity to join our team. The team at Ombersley Medical Centre are encouraged to develop and progress, with supportive, organised and innovating thinking for our team as well as our patients. If you are interested in joining us in beautiful Ombersley, please get in touch.

As our new Practice Nurse, you will play a vital role in delivering a wide range of nursing services, including chronic disease management, immunisations, cervical cytology, wound care, and health promotion.

Working as a member of the practice multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will ensure nursing services are delivered effectively to the entitled patient population.

Our Nurse Team are responsible for a number of clinical areas suchas infection prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease management, health promotion, well women and well man clinics, as wellas actively supporting the practice management team in the reviewing and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.

Ombersley Medical Centre is a thriving practice located in the heart of the Village. Our practice team is well established and committed to providing excellent care to our community.

Working in general practice is busy, and we are keen to ensure that our team experience a positive work life balance alongside working in a rewarding and patient-focused practice.

We have just over 7,000 patients and are a GP training practice hosting registrars and students from local universities.

Our aims and objectives have been developed by the practice team as a whole and include:

• Providing whole person care giving patients the time they need to receive high standards of medical care.
• To promote patient well being through health promotion and social enablement at all times.
• Commitment to patients needs, working in partnership with our patients, their families and carers to deliver personalized care.
• Act with integrity and complete confidentiality.
• Encourage open channels of communication with our patients through a variety of methods including our patient forum.
• To be a flexible and forward thinking organisation that continually improves using audit and monitoring intelligence.
• To be an employer that staff are proud to work for, ensuring the working environment is safe and happy, enabling staff to deliver the required standards of care.
• Maintain a continuous and supported learning and training environment for staff to develop skill mix and ensure high care standards are met.

The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Dressings and wound care to include suture removal.
• Administer IM injection and vaccinations under PGDs including travel vaccinations.
• Cervical smear tests (training available).
• Leg ulcer care including multi-layer and pressure dressings.
• Monitor and manage chronic conditions, providing education and support to patients.
• Collaborate with doctors and other healthcare professionals to develop patient care plans.
• Maintain accurate patient records in compliance with confidentiality regulations.
• Provide health education to patients and their families regarding disease prevention and health promotion.
• Monitor stock levels and support with ordering.
• Ensure the practice environment is clean, safe, and well-organised.
• Keeping patient records up to date.
• Checking a patients temperature, pulse and blood pressure correctly.
• Working alongside and communicating regularly with practice GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
• Emergency equipment audits and checks.
• To assist GPs with minor surgery when required
• To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
• To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
• To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

• NMC registered

• - Experience of working in a GP Practice
• - Chronic Disease Management would be beneficial but we are also happy to upskill

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.