Practice Nurse

Main duties of the job

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.

Our supportive practice is proud to have an excellent well-established team, with weekly practice and education meetings, nursing meetings and a fantastic team working environment, with support for staff and supervision being paramount to patient care. We are proud of our large nursing team, which is well-led, meets regularly not only for educational and practice meetings, but also socially, enjoying excellent working relationships with each other and with other staff from our varied multidisciplinary team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an Outstanding CQC rated practice and GP Access Centre delivering high quality patient care in State of the Art Premises. We are the largest of 7 practices forming Healthsense Primary Care Network (PCN), which has an excellent reputation for teaching, training and high-quality patient care.

By joining us you will also benefit from:

Access to consistent multidisciplinary clinical support, where necessary

Regular education sessions bespoke to nurses and the multidisciplinary team

Being part of an excellent well-established nursing team, which is social and supportive

A comprehensive induction and orientation programme

The Pinn Medical Centre

JOB TITLE:

PRACTICENURSE

REPORTSTO: THE PARTNERS(Clinically)

THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS:

Job Summary:

To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.

• Registered Nurse
• Experience of working in Primary Care or District Nursing

• Confident and able to undertake tasks required for a Practice Nurse eg. cervical screening, ECGs, child and travel immunisations (following appropriate training if required)
• Computer literate with clinical systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Evidence of on-going professional development
• Experience of EMIS WEB Clinical System

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.