Part-Time Practice Nurse - COVID-19 in London

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Job Overview

The Wick Health Centre is a busy GP surgery with a list size of 7000 patients based in a multicultural part of East London. We are looking for an experienced part-time Practice Nurse. He or she will work 2 or 3 days a week and will be working with a close knit team of 6 permanent GP's, a practice nurse, 2 HCA's, a PA and a clnical pharmacist. He or she will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population, working closely with the Practice Manager and GP's.

Main Duties

We are looking for someone who has excellent knowledge of Primary Care to provide practice nursing services to the practice population and deliver care within the boundaries of their role.

The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse to carry out competently without direct supervision following practice protocols;

• Childhood immunisations
• General immunisations
• Travel immunisations (including yellow fever)
• Cervical cytology
• Health Promotion
• Contraception
• Wound care
• Chronic disease management including diabetes control
• Health checks
• Ear syringing
• Learning disability health checks

Please refer to the attached job description for a comprehensive list of responsibilities.

Job 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 to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as infection prevention and control, health promotion, health prevention, well women and well man clinics as well the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure. Please refer to job description for full details.

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).