Practice Nurse – Brundall Medical Partnership
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JOB DESCRIPTION – PRACTICE NURSE
RESPONSIBLE TO Practice Nurse
HOURS Monday 08.15-1.00 1.30-6.30
Tuesday # # # #
Wednesday 08.15-1.00 1.30-6.30
Thursday # # # #
Friday 08.15-1.00 1.30-6.30
Total 29.25 hours per week.
SALARY FTE range from £36705 pa to £38025 pa depending on experience
If or when the practice is open outside the core hours of 8.00 am - 8.00 pm Monday to Friday or any time on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays you may be required to work an evening, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday on a rota basis to be determined by business needs but no greater than one Saturday in three, one Sunday in three, one Bank Holiday in three and two late evenings per week in addition to any existing contracted late evening. The additional late evenings may or may not be on one of your normal working days.
HOLIDAY 210 hours (5.6 weeks) for full time equivalent. Bank/Public Holidays pro rata.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Patient Care – providing a wide range of nursing services to include the following areas. Training will be given where required
PRIMARY
- Diploma in Diabetes (Not essential)
- Patient care as directed by the Nurse Team Lead, Practice Manager and GPs
- Assisting GPs with minor surgery and family planning clinics including coil fittings, implants
- Blood pressure checks
- Chronic Disease monitoring and reviews with patients which may include Asthma, CHD, COPD, Diabetes, etc, as required for patient care and QoF
- Contraceptive, family planning and sexual health advice including pill and coil checks
- Cytology – smear tests
- Diet and nutrition advice
- ECG’s
- Health promotion at reviews for both men and women’s health and on an opportunistic basis with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary
- Immunisations, including childhood, flu. pertussis, pneumococcal and shingles
- Injections including Depo-Provera, methotrexate and Zoladex
- Minor injury walk in patients
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Safeguarding – recognise and report on Safeguarding concerns for both adults and children
- Swabs
- Venepuncture
