Current Vacancies

Hours of work: 22hrs per week

Assist in and perform routine general nursing services and administrative tasks to deliver excellent patient care, including:

• Coordinating and delivering Chronic Disease Management – Hypertension Management, Diabetes, COPD / Asthma
• Cervical Cytology
• Wound care / ulcer care / Doppler
• Removal of Sutures
• New Patient Medicals/Urinalysis
• Travel Clinics
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Peak Flow Readings / Spirometry
• Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Health promotion.
• Other tasks will include:
  • Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
  • Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
  • Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
  • Participation in administrative systems in the practice
  • Attend and participate in any meetings when required.
  • On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
  • Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
  • Infection Control Champion
• Professional responsibilities
  • Work in accordance with NMC The Code Professional Standards of Behaviour and Practice for Nurses and Midwives
  • To demonstrate safe and effective practice by meeting the standards set out in the NMC Code and evidence of complying with the necessary revalidation requirements for registration three yearly.
  • To ensure that professional and clinical practice is delivered safely, effectively, and with quality and compassion in accordance with the Care Quality Commissions regulations for General Practice
  • To work in a manner that is always respectful of the confidentiality issues relating to patients both directly and indirectly.
  • You will be expected to produce work to the highest standard to provide quality at all times in a professional manner in line with clinical governance arrangements.