Practice Nurse
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Medi 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 30 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Swindon, SN5 4BD |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | A0670-25-0001 |
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JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE Reports to: Nurse Lead (Clinically) Practice Manager (Administratively) Location: Purton Surgery Hours Circa 16 hours per week Wednesday & Friday Job summary Purton Surgery is looking for a part time Practice Nurse to join our 5-strong nursing team. Main duties of the job We are looking to employ a part time Practice Nurse for 16 hours per week. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic team player who strives to deliver a high standard of care. You will have experience in General Practice Nursing duties, including, treatment room, wound care, cervical cytology, childhood immunisations and managing long-term conditions. About us Purton Surgery is a very friendly and well-respected GP practice. We are an established medical training practice and have just over 11,000 patients. We have an excellent team of doctors, nurses and admin who deliver excellent patient care. If you would like to join our team then we would love to hear from you. Main Responsibilities To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice, the NMC code of conduct and professional boundaries to the patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for several clinical areas such as infection prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease management and health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure. Clinical responsibilities Wound care management Assess routine wounds including trauma and post-operative To support good wound management in complex situations Treatment room services To see & manage patients in booked treatment room sessions. To arrange appropriate management and follow-up and liaise with other team members as appropriate. Patients will be seen for: Administration of injections Childhood & travel immunisations Dressings and wound care Cervical Screening Phlebotomy Usually carried out by the HCA/phlebotomist but, depending on demand or sickness, there will be a need to see patients for venepuncture Personal Development To understand own responsibilities and accountability on the delivery of care To maintain individual professional nursing standards and encourage the same within the rest of the team To participate in Clinical Governance activities and engage with educational opportunities To take part as appropriate in professional development and programmes of clinical supervision or mentorship. To participate in the planning and implementation of change within own area of responsibility Team Working To work appropriately with other members of the nursing team to ensure good patient care, adherence to protocols and procedures and implementation of change when necessary To attend meetings as appropriate and indicated by the nursing team leader examples may include clinical, clinical governance, significant event and prescribing meetings To work with other team members to ensure the implementation of the Quality & Outcomes Framework Service Delivery To support the smooth operation of the practice nurse team. This will include planning for and providing nursing cover for holidays, study leave and sickness. To ensure correct use of medical equipment, report problems and ask for training if needed To take on any responsibilities as delegated by the nursing team leader. These may include but are not limited to; Checking of the medical bags Health & Safety tasks Stock checks Checking and review of medical equipment in rooms Ordering and maintaining stocks of drugs and supplies Other appropriate tasks The practice places great emphasis on team working and aims to foster good relationships throughout the team. All staff are encouraged to attend regular staff meetings and take part in other activities important to practice life. The changing nature of primary care means that any year may bring new challenges to take on. This means that the post holder should be prepared, as with all members of the primary care team, to take on appropriate tasks as directed by the practice manager and partners.