Practice Nurse - Practice 3 Keir Hardie Health Park

We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive GP practice. You will work as part of our multidisciplinary primary care team, providing a high standard of nursing care to our registered patient population. We are looking for someone who is committed to delivering excellent patient-centred care and who enjoys working collaboratively within a busy general practice environment. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their skills and contribute to the ongoing delivery and improvement of our practice nursing services,

• Deliver a high standard of nursing care to patients across the practice.
• Undertake routine and complex wound care and dressings.
• Carry out health assessments and chronic disease reviews.
• Support the management of conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD and cardiovascular disease.
• Undertake immunisations and vaccinations in line with national guidance.
• Perform cervical screening.
• Carry out blood pressure checks, ECGs, blood tests and other clinical procedures within your scope of practice.
• Provide health promotion and lifestyle advice.
• Support the practice in meeting clinical targets and quality standards.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to patients whose health may be deteriorating.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, healthcare assistants, pharmacists, community teams and other members of the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in clinical audits, infection prevention and control, safeguarding and practice improvement activities.
  
  Practice 3 is situated in a purpose built premises in Merthyr Tydfil. We share the premises with other GP practices, the Academic Centre as a base for students, and many health professionals which lends itself to collaborative working and integrated patient care.
Our Practice ethos is to provide
• Professional, accessible, high quality, comprehensive healthcare services to our patients and their families.
• Encouragement to our staff to and develop skills and a knowledge base to ensure that they are suitably skilled, resilient and an adaptable work force to meet the needs of our patients.
• Excellence in teaching and training of medical students, GP Registrars and Nurses
• Collaboration in working in partnerships with our local medical teams.