Practice Nurse

at  PrimaryCareCareers

ABOUT THE CANDIDATE

All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:

• A relevant nursing degree.
• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) or equivalent experience or qualifications;
• Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.
• Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.

• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.

ABOUT US

Cobbs Garden is based in Olney, a beautiful market town in north Buckinghamshire and we also serve the surrounding villages.
We are proud of our current CQC rating which is good with an outstanding rating for responsiveness.
Our multidisciplinary team is made up of a range of very experienced clinicians including doctors, advanced nurse practitioners, practice nurses, a full time pharmacist, a physiotherapist, a nursing associate, HCA, care coordinator and a social prescriber.
We are in the process of becoming a teaching practice.
We have a very good relationship with our Patient Participation Group and local charity, Olney is Kind.
We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme and Costco membership.

Cobbs Garden Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practice nurse to join our team on a part-time basis, for 3-4 days a week.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
• Phlebotomy.
• Dopplers.
• Injections including Zoladex.
• Travel vaccines.
• Dressings including compression.
• Baby immunisations.
• ECGs.
• HRT and contraception reviews.
• Cervical screening.
• Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients’ health and social care needs are met.
• General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
• Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
• Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
• Hypertension review and management.
• New patient and health checks.