Practice Nurse

Job summary
Sloan Medical Practice are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic practice nurse to join our practice team. The position has become available following the practice deciding to expand the nursing team. We are offering a permanent, part-time position for up to 25 hours.

Sloan Medical Centre is a well-established, four-partner PMS (Personal Medical Services) training practice that provides high-quality, patient-focused care supported by a wider team.

We are a 14,000 plus patient practice, high QOF achievers, supportive and collaborative working environment, excellent nursing, management, and administrative support, active in the teaching and supervision of Medical Students and Registrars.

We use System One clinical system and Accurx total triage.

Salary: Dependant on experience
Hours: 25 each week
Pension: NHS
Holidays: 6 weeks plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
Study leave: 1 week

Main duties of the job

• The role needs to be worked flexibly in line with the practice opening hours
• Will work collaboratively within the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of the Quality & Outcomes Framework (QoF) and any other performance monitoring systems.

About us
Our nursing team includes 2 Advanced Clinical Practitioners, 3 Practice Nurses, a Student Nurse, 2 HCAs and a Phlebotomist. The expansion of the nursing team will enable them to take responsibility of our women's health service we currently offer our patients.

Job responsibilities

• Assist in and perform routine tasks relating to patient care.
• Undertake and promote cervical cytology.
• Provide a comprehensive family planning service and sexual health service.
• Undertake Spirometry and have undertaken relevant training.
• Manage newly diagnosed patients with Asthma, COPD & Diabetes.
• Undertake Chronic disease management and prevention Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Hypertension, Hypothyroidism, IHD, Stroke, LD.
• Perform wound care using aseptic technique and general wound care.
• Undertake opportunistic screening of BP checks, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis, glucose monitoring and smoking status.
• Administer injections under an individual prescription or patient group direction.
• Offer a holistic approach to travel health including comprehensive advice for patients prior to travel.
• Competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques.
• Child Health and Child Protection, including immunisations.
• Promote health and well-being, through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills.
• Refer and use social prescribing teams.
• To undertake home visits.
• To clearly communicate the health status of the patient using appropriate terminology, technology and format.
• INR monitoring if agreed by a shared care protocol.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Nursing & Midwifery NMC Registered
• Qualified to undertake Cytology

Experience

• Essential: Experience of working as a Practice Nurse
• Desirable: Previously worked in a General Practice setting undertaking long terms conditions i.e Diabetes, COPD, Asthma etc

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.