Practice Nurse

This is an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse tojoin a friendly, dynamic and forward-thinking practice located in the East of Southampton. We are interested in a candidate who is already a fullyfunctioning nurse. As a Practice Nurse, you will provide care for patients for wound management/injections/baby immunisations/Cervical Screenings/ECG's and Dopplers.

The working pattern is negotiable with opportunities for flexible working arrangements.

As a Practice Nurse, you will provide care for patients for wound management/injections/baby immunisations/Cervical Screenings/ECG's and Dopplers.

We are a diverse and friendly team ofGPs, Physician Associate, Clinical Pharmacists, Advanced Nurse Practitioners,Paramedic, Social Prescriber, Nurses and HCAs who work together to provide high-quality care for 20,000 patients in the Southampton area.

We are a well organised and hardworking team with along-established high QoF achievement. We actively support learning through regular clinical meetings and teaching events. Everyone has an opportunity tovoice opinions as to how the practice can be improved. The clinical workload isset at a realistic level, with time allocated for admin and additional responsibilities.

Our friendly and supportive admin/reception teamassist in reducing admin workload as much as possible. We are also a teachingpractice for allied professional students across Hampshire.

Duringthe COVID pandemic, we have adapted our service to operate a triage system thathelps us identify and prioritise our sickest patients and those who can safelybe re-directed to self-care services. We also launched an online platform called eConsult, where patients can contact us digitally. All our rooms areequipped with video calling and double screen monitors.

We are active in the Bitterne Primary Care Network,with a partner having shared responsibility as a clinical director. Our PCNEducation Environment Lead also helps to ensure staff opportunities to meet anypersonal development goals.

• Blood pressure recording
• Recording of ECG
• Perform urinalysis
• Height and weight measurement
• Administering IM, SC, and
• Undertake ear irrigation
• Specimen collection (e.g. MSSU, EMU, nasal, throat and wound swabs)
• Dressing of wounds, including post-operative wounds.
• Removal of sutures, clips and staples
• Treatment of minor injuries/ailments
• Giving appropriate and predetermined advice and guidance to patients on healthy eating and living
• Childhood immunisations
• Travel health advice including preparation of immunisation schedules and administration of travel vaccines
• The Practice Nurse may also be required to assist in other procedures under the supervision of a Doctor and in accordance with the NMC guidelines.
• To report any problems/changes/complaints concerning the practice and the quality of medical care provided to patients to the Practice Manager
• Input and code patient clinical information in to the practice clinical system
• Ensure relevant nGMS prompts for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) are coded and recorded appropriately

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Effective time management
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with clinical risk management
• EMIS Web / Docman 10 software experience
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes

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.