General Practice Nurse

We are looking for a hard-working, experienced, and enthusiastic primary care Practice Nurse to help our Nursing team.,

• Provide nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and local requirements


• Appraise wounds and other minor injuries, administer dressings; refer to a practice doctor or the hospital as appropriate


• Take swabs, cervical smears


• Provide immunisations and injections to children and adult


• Assist with Chronic Disease Management using the principles of MECC to maximise encounters and minimise patient visits


• Support the Nursing team in dealing with clinical emergencies


• Monitor the blood pressure of patients and consider indications for referral back to the doctor


• Assist with ECGs and report the findings to the doctors


• Assist the phlebotomists with venepuncture


• Insert ring pessaries as directed by the doctor


• Assist with INR clinics, including patient dosing using INRstar when a suitable Health Care Assistant is not available



• Help maintain chronic disease registers


• Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients' health


• Coronary heart disease (CHD)


• Hypertension


• Smoking cessation


• Diabetes


• Asthma


• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)


• Management of other "Best Practice" patient registers


• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients



• Maintain high standards of nursing care to patients of the Practice, and to promote good health care


• Assist doctors during their surgeries e.g., chaperone, urgent electrocardiograph (ECG) etc.


• Be responsible for maintaining a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the nursing area and of the clinical equipment used


• Monitor and maintain adequate supplies of drugs, clinical items and equipment


• Monitor and maintain emergency drugs bag


• Appropriately recording all treatment undertaken in the patients record on the computer system


• Ensure templates and read codes are used effectively


• Ensure maximisation of QOF, Enhanced Services, IIF and other funding streams


• Obtain and make use of health promotion material in clinics and for display purposes


• Implement new and revised nursing procedures when necessary


• Attend meetings, courses and update days as required


• Use relevant websites for the purposes of supporting the nursing role and giving advice to patients


• Assist in the support of our HCAs


• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)


• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately


• Keep up to date with training needs, registration, and revalidation


Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Expected hours: 20 - 25 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension


• Free parking


Schedule:

• Day shift


• Monday to Friday
  
  You must have previous experience of primary care nursing with the usual treatment room work, injections, smears, dressings, and ideally chronic disease management. Please detail your primary care experience in your application.


You must be professional, courteous, and efficient with excellent people handling skills, enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.,
• General Practice Nurse: 1 year (required)
  
  Paston Surgery provides GMS services to a practice population of around 6,700 patients in North Walsham and the surrounding villages.


We are contracted for most enhanced services and are committed to high standards of patient care. The Practice is proud of our support to medical students from the UEA medical school.

The vacancy is part-time, around 20-25 hours per week over 3 days, although we do have some flexibility in total hours and working days. Please state your preferred hours and working pattern in your application.

Salary will be dependant on experience