Practice Nurse

The ideal candidate will have experience in the core competencies of practice nursing including wound care, child immunisation, cervical cytology and proactive chronic disease management (in particular diabetes). In addition, experience of management responsibilities would be beneficial, as there will be scope for the successful applicant to take on additional individual organisational and management responsibilities.

Helping the practice develop and deliver specialist primary

nurse led services including chronic disease management. Make professionally

autonomous decisions and provide safe, evidence based, cost effective,

individualised patient care

Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and

health education advice

Cytology

Wound care

New Patient Health Check

Travel Clinic

Asthma/Peak Flow Readings

Routine immunisations

Childhood immunisations

Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs

Diabetic reviews

Other tasks will include

Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of treatment rooms

Maintain stock of waiting room leaflets as instructed by

partners and Practice Manager

Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels

Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when

required.

Following appropriate training, undertake the collection,

storage and despatch of pathological specimens including intravenous blood

samples, swabs, smears etc. and ensure the cleanliness of any equipment so

used. Perform any investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.

Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments

are recorded in the patients notes on the clinical computer system as

appropriate

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation

associated with patient health care and registration with the practice

Maintain a notice board in the waiting area

designated for patient health care education

This is a unique chance to join a successful and forward thinking surgery of 7000 patients close to Hyde park with several stations within close proximity. The surgery is an easy walk from Queensway, Bays water, Paddington and Lancaster Gate Tube stations.

Qualifications

Experience