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The salary ranges from £42,000 to £52,000 on a full-time equivalent basis, with potential performance-based bonuses, five weeks of holiday, NHS pensions, and opportunities for professional development. Responsibilities include implementing health promotion programs, managing chronic disease care, running specialist clinics, maintaining accurate clinical records, and ensuring infection prevention compliance. The practice emphasises a supportive environment and encourages ongoing training for areas where applicants may need to expand their expertise.
The Dalston Practice | East London
Practice Nurse
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and experienced practice nurse or nurse practitioner to join our clinical team and work with us in a friendly, well-established practice. The practice is flexible with working hours and both full time and part time applicants are welcome to apply.
Previous NHS general practice nursing experience is essential. Good working knowledge and proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications essential. EMIS Web knowledge desirable.
Hours
The successful applicant will need to work between 10 to 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Salary and benefits
£42,000 - £52,000 full time equivalent, depending upon experience
Potential for performance based bonuses
Five weeks holiday plus bank and public holidays
NHS Pensions
You will work as part of the practices clinical team and be responsible for delivering a high standard of nursing care to patients. You will have excellent clinical skills, ideally with experience across most aspects of nursing in general practice or a willingness to expand your knowledge and skills, including:
- Chronic disease management (LTCs)
- Cervical screening and womens health
- Childhood immunisations
- Travel immunisations
- Wound care
- Phlebotomy
- Spirometry
- Ear irrigation
- Family planning
- New patient health checks and NHS health checks
For further details, please refer to the job description section. The practice supports professional development and training, and if there are areas in which an applicant does not have training, this can be facilitated.
About us
Clinical responsibilities:
Implement health promotion and wellbeing programmes
Develop and implement individual care plans for chronic disease patients
Manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, providing advice to promote the patients health
Provide wound care
Run specialist clinics such as ear syringing, contraception etc.
Collect specimens for pathology
Provide travel advice and vaccinations
Request pathology as necessary
Process and interpret limited test results as required (e.g. cervical cytology results)
Provide LTC clinics and refer patients to secondary care as required
Maintain accurate contemporaneous clinical records in line with current regulations
Ensure data is coded appropriately
Implement an effective call/recall system
Implement an effective immunisation programme in line with the national schedule
Chaperone patients as necessary
Support the clinical team in dealing with clinical emergencies
Contribute to practice targets (QOF, local targets, etc.), complying with guidance as necessary
Liaise with external services and agencies to ensure vulnerable patients are supported (safeguarding)
Supplementary responsibilities:
Provide nursing expertise and guidance as necessary
Act as the infection prevention and control lead for the practice, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations, undertaking periodic audits as necessary
Monitor and ensure the safe storage, stock rotation and disposal of emergency drugs and vaccines
Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
Support and participate in the practices significant event reviews and processes
For further details, please refer to the attached job description (under Supporting Documents).
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