Practice Nurse

We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly and highly skilled nursing team.

The role is varied and provides the opportunity for personal development as you will be a key member of the nursing team, within our multiskilled clinical practice.

Primarily based in the attractive Suffolk market town of Bungay there would also be the opportunity to work at our other Practice in Reydon near Southwold, the picturesque Suffolk seaside town.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact the Nurse Manager.

Job Summary:

To provide high quality, responsive and empathetic nursing care to the patients of Bungay Medical Practice, incorporating all aspects of Practice Nurse duties including:

management of long term conditions;

cervical cytology screening;

childhood, travel and seasonal vaccination programmes;

wound care;

new patient checks;

housebound / residential patient visits for long term condition reviews and seasonal vaccination programmes;

To work flexibly and supportively as a key member of the nursing team and wider multidisciplinary practice team.

To participate in teaching other nursing staff, medical students and other students as appropriate.

About us

Bungay has a practice population of almost 12,000 patients, who are split between the town and the more rural villages. Bungay is a cross-border practice, with patients living in both Suffolk and Norfolk. The practice is a 10 minute walk into our little market town, and a 5 minute walk to the Leisure Centre and swimming pool.

Our clinical team is truly multiskilled, comprising doctors, ANPs, Paramedic, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Associate Nurses, Clinical Pharmacy Team, Mental Health Nursing, Musculoskeletal Assessment, Midwives, who all work closely with our great admin team. We are a dispensing practice.

We are a training practice, with placements for registrar GPs, Cambridge and UEA medical students, as well as spoke placements for undergraduate nurses.

We are very proud of our practice team as a whole, who are hard working and professional. We work hard, but still manage to keep the environment sociable and fun.

The practice is situated in a purpose-built modern building, which is planned for expansion due to our ever-growing population.

Job responsibilities

BUNGAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

JOB TITLE:

PRACTICE NURSE

Reports to:

Nurse Manager

Hours of Work: FT or PT

Salary:

According to Qualifications and Experience

Job Summary:

To provide high quality, responsive and empathetic nursing care to the patients of Bungay Medical Practice, incorporating all aspects of Practice Nurse duties including:

management of long term conditions;

cervical cytology screening;

childhood, travel and seasonal vaccination programmes;

wound care;

new patient checks;

housebound / residential patient visits for long term condition reviews and seasonal vaccination programmes;

To work flexibly and supportively as a key member of the nursing team and wider multidisciplinary practice team.

To participate in teaching other nursing staff, medical students and other students as appropriate.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

CLINICAL

To provide holistic, empathetic, evidence-based professional nursing care to all our patients.

PROFESSIONAL

To provide a high standard of professional conduct and nursing care at all times in accordance with the NMC. It is the responsibility as a professional, for staff to ensure that their practice is kept up to date, to maintain eligibility for NMC registration.

To participate in teaching other nursing staff, medical students and other students as appropriate. To attend relevant meetings (in-house and external), courses, seminars.

MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION

Good record keeping is essential. To be conversant with all computer systems utilised by the practice including the use of templates to ensure all necessary data is recorded and use these for the benefit of patients, self and colleagues. To provide holiday/sickness/study relief for the Nursing Team.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

It is important that all members of practice staff are flexible and prepared to adapt and take on additional duties or to relinquish existing duties in order to maintain efficient running of the practice. The Board of Partners reserves the right to reasonably redistribute duties and functions from time to time based on service needs and the existing skills of the post holder.

The post holder will maintain up to date professional registration as a requirement of the role and will comply at all times with the Code of Professional Conduct, assessing own performance and taking accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. The post-holder will attend relevant training as…