Experienced GP Practice Nurse

Perform venepuncture for blood tests, ensuring proper labelling and sample handling.

Chronic Disease Management: Manage chronic disease clinics including diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension. Carry out assessments and implement and monitor care plans in line with best practice.

Perform cervical smear tests in line with NHS Cervical Screening Programme protocols. Offer womens health advice, including contraceptive services support and menopause-related health discussions, as appropriate to scope of practice.

Administer a full range of vaccinations including childhood immunisations, seasonal flu, COVID-19, and shingles, in accordance with national immunisation schedules. Provide informed advice to patients about vaccine benefits, side effects, and post-vaccination care.

Conduct comprehensive travel health assessments, including destination-specific risk evaluations and vaccine requirements. Administer travel vaccines and general travel health guidance in accordance with current travel medicine guidelines.

Provide assessment and treatment of wounds, including dressings, suture or clip removal, compression therapy. Monitor healing progress and refer to the appropriate services when needed.

Deliver NHS Health Checks and offer personalised lifestyle advice relating to smoking cessation, alcohol use, diet, weight, and physical activity. Identify risk factors early and refer patients to community services or in-practice programs as needed.

Assist GPs with minor surgery, joint injections, coil/implant fittings or removals, and other in-practice procedures. Prepare equipment, maintain aseptic technique, and ensure patient comfort and safety.

Maintain accurate, timely, and up-to-date patient records using the EMIS clinical system.

Participate in audits, clinical governance, and quality improvement projects.

Comply with infection control procedures and ensure safe disposal of clinical waste.

Keep up to date with mandatory training and clinical competencies.

The Horsefair Practice Group is a high-achieving, friendly and forward-thinking GP Training Practice, offering progressive General Practice. We have a dynamic team of Partners that encourage special interests. We have 3 sites across the Rugeley area and two practices with a combined patient list size of approximately 21000 patients.

This job is for a Practice Nurse position is working across both the Horsefair practice and Sandy Lane Surgery. You will be joining a team of Practice nurses, ANP'S , Nurse Associate, HCA's and phlebotomists.

The Practice has an excellent Multi-Disciplinary Team including GPs, ANPs, Practice nurses, Clinical pharmacists, Urgent Care practitioners, First Contact Physio, Mental Health Nurse and Social Prescriber.

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Nurse (Adult) with NMC registration.; - Evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable: - Relevant qualifications in chronic disease management, spirometry; - Cervical cytology and family planning certification.

Experience

Essential: - Experience in primary care.; - Competency in chronic disease management and immunisation protocols. Smear and immunisation trained.

Desirable: - Experience of clinical IT system Emis