GP Practice Nurse

Treatment Room Duties: Delivering high-quality wound care,

dressings, compression bandaging, and routine injections.

Immunisations: Administering routine childhood

immunisations, adult vaccinations, and seasonal flu/COVID clinics.

Cervical Cytology: Undertaking smear tests in line with the

national screening programme (training provided if required).

Chronic Disease Management: Conducting annual reviews and

supporting patients to manage long-term conditions like Diabetes and

Respiratory disease (training provided if required).

Health Promotion: Providing NHS Health Checks, lifestyle,

and dietary advice to patients.

Job responsibilities-

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to

patient care as directed by GPs

Cytology and breast awareness (where qualified)

Wound care, ulcer care, Doppler, compression

bandaging

Routine immunizations/Childhood immunisations

Chaperoning and assisting patients where

appropriate who are being examined by another clinician

Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil

fittings

Requesting pathology tests, urine culture, swabs

Management of Diabetes (where qualified)

Management of COPD (where qualified)

Following agreed clinical protocols with

referral GPs as appropriate

tasks will include

Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the

nurses and GPs

Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and

rotating items as required

Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock

levels

Participation in administrative systems in the

At all times there will be a need to maintain

accurate records

A duty to advise the practice of potential

problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks

Attend and participate in any Practice meetings

when required.

On occasion there may be a requirement to

undertake home visits

Any other delegated duties appropriate to the

post

In the course of seeking treatment, patients

entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to

their health and other matters. They

do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect

their privacy and act appropriately

Information relating to patients, carers,

colleagues, healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be

divulged to authorised persons, in accordance with practice policies and

procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and

sensitive data

unless explicit consent is given, or there is a statutory, safeguarding, or

legal requirement to do so

Our practice is part of a wider Primary Care Network which gives the practice assess to Physiotherapists, Social Prescribers, Proactive Care CoOrdinators, Dietitian and Health and Wellbeing Coaches. This gives the practice access to a wider MDT to address health inequalities and improve health outcomes for patients.

We use EMIS clinical system and have offer a supportive learning environment where health care professionals can reach their full potential.

We offer 25 days annual leave

and bank holidays, pro rata with additional days for long service. We have free onsite parking, regular social

events and the role is Monday to Friday with no weekend work. We can

accommodate compressed hours and are open to both part time and full time

working patterns. Enrolment into the NHS pension scheme as standard.

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Adult Nurse (valid NMC Pin).; - Evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable: - Accredited training in Cervical Cytology.; - Accredited training in Asthma/COPD/Diabetes.

Experience

Desirable: - Minimum 1 year working as a Practice Nurse.; - Experience utilizing EMIS Web.; - Experience working toward QOF targets.