JOB OVERVIEW
Practice Nurse Jobs in Milnrow
This is an excellent opportunity for a Practice Nurse to join a friendly GP surgery in Milnrow, working in a non-hierarchical environment where everyone gets on well.
We are looking for approximately 20 hours per week with this role potentially progressing and diversifying as we progress with the new GP contract. Ideally (but not essential) applicants should have experience in Practice Nursing including Chronic Disease Management and Cervical Screening.
Ongoing training and development will be supported by the Practice and is actively encouraged. Salary is dependent on experience and relative to current nursing pay scale levels.
Responsibilities
- Work alongside Health Care Assistants to help develop their skills.
- Support the practice in achieving quality indicators and targets of the GMS contract and any relevant National Service Frameworks.
- Undertake opportunistic screening when clinically required.
- Perform occasional venepuncture and electrocardiography – following appropriate training.
- Undertake wound care/ management/dressing techniques.
- Carry out ear examination and syringing, following appropriate training and assessment.
- Undertake male, female and family planning assessments, give advice and refer patients appropriately – following appropriate training.
- Perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness – following appropriate training.
- Administer adult and pediatric injections under an individualized prescription or Patient Group Direction, ensuring safe storage, rotation, and disposal of vaccines and drugs.
- Undertake accredited training in specific chronic disease management as or if required. e.g. diabetes, respiratory, epilepsy, CHD, etc. following appropriate training.
- Contribute to the maintenance of the practice disease registers.
- Provide advice on lifestyle issues, assist and support patients in changing their unhealthy behaviors and refer them appropriately.
- Provide an adult and childhood immunization service working to Patient Group Directions – following appropriate training if required.
- Delivers travel health care, including vaccinations and advice for patients – following appropriate training if required.
- Recognize the signs of child abuse, family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse, addictive behaviors, and suicidal tendencies and is aware of local, referral procedures.
- Ensure that current evidence-based approaches to a patient are standard practice
- Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling laboratory specimens, disposing of waste materials, dealing with blood and body fluids spillages, and reporting and treating sharps injuries.
- Undertake first aid and management of emergencies, eg burns, hemorrhage, hypo/hyperglycemic emergencies/asthma attacks.
- Undertake annual training and demonstrates competency in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques
Qualifications
- RGN
- Evidence of recent Study (PREP)
- Recognised Minor Illness. Injuries Certificate or willingness to undertake
- Recognised Nurse Prescribing Qualification
Qualifications
- Management of Diabetes
- Asthma
- Immunizations
- Cytology
- Telephone Triage
Skills
- Good health and fitness
- Flexible and adaptable
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Verbal and also written communication skills
- Well organized
- Ability to take an initiative
- Resilience
- Stamina
Experience
- One must be a Registered Nurse(RN)
- NP-focused graduate master’s or Doctoral Nursing Program
- Successfully Pass a National NP Board Certification Exam
Benefits
- Easy application – our registration process is fast free and also easy
- High rates of pay- £35 – £60 per hour (including holiday pay)
- Local shift’s exclusively available to you
- Opportunity to enhance your CPD.
Employment Requirement
Type of Employment: Full Time
Working Hours: 40 hours per week
Hiring Company
To be considered for our summer recruitment round, please apply through our website link or submit your application to web@www.locummeds.co.uk. If we accept your application, we’ll be in touch to schedule an interview. We look forward to hearing from you.
We have several Practice Nurse Jobs in Milnrow for locum or permanent jobs, check them out here at Milnrow.
Nurse Practitioner jobs on the Indeed website can be found here. Locum Meds do its best to negotiate a salary better than Indeed Nurse Practitioner jobs. Many Nurse Practitioners have jobs in Milnrow, but what would convince you to make a new move? Please call us to discuss.
Call us at 01923 594 002
Industry: Health
Category: Nursing
Date posted: February 2023
Expiry date: March 2025