Practice Nurse

We are looking for an experienced practice nurse with excellent knowledge and experience in the following areas:

Diabetes,Asthma,COPD,Immunisations and injections,Mental Health physical review,Contraception, Cervical smears, Wound care, CHD checks. This list is not exhaustive and may include other health checks.

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of general practice

nursing to the whole

practice population. Supported by the GPs within the practice, they will recognise

and work within their own competence and professional code of conduct as

regulated by the NMC. The post holder will make an assessment of the patients

needs and act upon their assessment.

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient

consultations, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures. They will

act collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients

by providing quality evidence based care. They will support the delivery of

policy and procedures and will be responsible for maintaining a personal

development plan.

The post holder willhave a

responsibility to support the practice in achieving its targets for, chronic

disease management, public health initiatives, LES, DES and QOF. It is

essential that you ensure patients health checks and records are up to date at

all times. Where patients are requiring periodic checks for chronic

disease you are required to carry out those checks and to ensure that any other

checks which are due within a short timescale are also carried out so as to

improve lean working within practice and improve patient experience, by

reducing number of times they have to come to the surgery

We are a high achieving well regarded practice. The clinical team includes:

Benefits of working at Orchard Medical Practice

Qualifications

Essential: - Qualified registered nurse with experience in the following:; - Diabetes; - COPD; - Asthma; - Immunisations; - Contraception

Experience

Essential: - Experience working in Primary Care