Practice Nurse Job Horsham area,England UK,Healthcare

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, caring, and highly motivated Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team. This is an excellent opportunity for a committed healthcare professional who is passionate about delivering high-quality,patient-centred care within a thriving general practice surgery.

You will play a key role in providing and maintaining a high standard of nursing care to our patient population, working closely with GPs, senior nurses, and the wider multidisciplinary team. In return, we offer a supportive working environment where your skills, experience, and professional development are genuinely valued.

Courtyard Surgery currently has apopulation of 15,900 patients. We have a highly skilled and friendly nursing team that work closely with the other clinicians in the practice. We aim toprovide personalised, proactive, high quality clinical and patient care. Ourethos is to treat everyone with compassion and respect, in a warm and welcoming environment.

Our patient demographic is mixed but weighted to working age patients leading to an interesting chronic disease workload and screening activity. We have a highly organised and skilled administration team who effectively signpost patients to other services and have an embedded workflow management system to reduce the administrative burden.

Main duties of the job

About you:

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
Previous experience working in General Practice
At least one years experience working within a nursing team
Cervical cytology (smear taker) qualification
Experience in immunisations and vaccinations
Experience in injections specific to individualised patients using PSDs
Wound care experience
Long-term condition management including diabetes, asthma and COPD
Experience in microsuction

Additional Information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Applicants must hold current UK professional registration.

About us

About us:

Horsham is situated within easy reach of Gatwick and London,making it an ideal place to live and work. We are a mere 12-minute walk from Horsham Train Station, and right next door to Horsham Park; 60 acres of green space with educational & sensory gardens, tennis courts, skate park,orienteering & a cafe. Perfect for a lunch break away from the desk.

2established GP Partners
Member of Horsham Collaborative Primary Care Network and the wider Horsham Neighbourhood
CQC rated

Good with consistently high QOF achievement
Training practice with a strong emphasis on development and learning
Systm One clinical system
Innovative team culture and a forward thinking practice
Support from experienced ARRS PCN staff
Superb working environment including dedicated coffee times for clinical staff
Freeon-site parking

Job responsibilities

To support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and to work to the IPC Policy supporting the implementation of audits, training, support and evidence of compliance to the Nurse Manager and Practice Manager.

To support the production of the IPC annual statement in conjunction with the Nurse Manager and Practice Manager.

To support the development, implementation, and embedding of effective care management programme for the frail and housebound patients registered at the practice.

To assess the needs of patients ensuring the provision of healthcare is appropriate, incorporating evidence-based practice.

To support the development, implementation, and embedding of health promotion and wellbeing programmes.

To implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients that promote health and wellbeing.

To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health.

As required, to provide routine nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF.

As required, to diagnose and manage acute and chronic respiratory conditions.

Provide wound care (Ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients.

Carry out physical examination and tests, such as cervical smears and pregnancy tests.

Request pathology services as necessary.

Process pathology results as required.

To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice.

To review patient medications to enhance compliance.

To provide guidance to patients in the use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications regarding side effects and dosages.

To provide chronic respiratory disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.

To maintain and manage the baby immunisation results logs.

To maintain and manage the smears results logs.

To maintain and manage the emergency drug kit.

To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.

To ensure read codes are used effectively.

To ensure the appropriate maintenance and use of chronic respiratory disease registers.

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