Practice Nurse – The Prince of Wales Surgery
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Prince of Wales Surgery Practice Nurse Vacancy
Job Title: Practice Nurse
Salary: Dependent on Experience
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 15-18 hours per week on Mondays and Fridays
Location: Prince of Wales Surgery, Dorchester.
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse to join our team at The Prince of Wales Surgery, Poundbury, Dorchester.
The practice is currently looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Practice Nurse with primary care experience to join our friendly and professional team on a part time basis.
We are looking for someone who will share our commitment to providing excellent healthcare to our patients.
About us
We are a 5 GP Partner Practice with a practice population of 9,500 across two sites.
We have a well-established, supportive and friendly Nursing Team comprising 6 Practice Nurses, 4 Healthcare Assistants and a phlebotomist.
Required:
- Registered Nurse currently registered with the NMC
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- IT Literate
- Implementation of confidentiality and GDPR
- Ability to work as a team
- Demonstrate enthusiasm to developing nursing and health care skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Able to work in a changing environment
- Able to use own initiative
- Flexibility of working hours
Desirable:
- Experience of Primary Care including childhood and travel vaccinations, cytology, wound care.
- Diabetes experience
- Experience of SystmOne Clinical System
Job description
Provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients
Job Responsibilities:
- Cytology
- Wound and ulcer care including removal of sutures and staples
- Day to day management of chronic diseases clinics particularly diabetes, including maintaining disease registers, management of condition, referrals to other members of the primary care team, audit outcomes of care against standards and initiate changes as necessary
- Routine immunisations and vaccinations schedule
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs, bloods
- Contraception advice including Depo and pill checks
- Administration of injections including b12
- Infection control monitoring
- Day to day use of recall systems/processes
- Venepuncture
By joining our team you will benefit from:
- NHS pension
- 6 weeks annual leave pro rata + Bank Holidays
- Fully paid indemnity cover
- In-house induction and study support
- Continuous learning and development programmes
Contact details:
For further information about the role please contact:
Natasha Carikas, Lead Nurse Natasha.Carikas @dorsetgp.nhs.uk 01305 250989
Closing date: 15th September 2023 with interviews mid September. Start date from early October onwards by agreement.
