Practice Nurse - Camberley
Job Description
Job summary
We have an exciting position available for a qualified Practice Nurse that has previous experience working in a primary care environment to join our team at Camberley Health Centre. The position is part-time but we are open to discussion around working days and hours alongside a competitive salary.
Main duties of the job
The Practice Nurse will be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practices multidisciplinary team who provide care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. You will be supported by our clinical and management team but must be able to work independently.
About us
At Camberley Health Centre, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional high quality care to our patients. We have a supportive and friendly team of GPs, nursing, healthcare, administration and management who all contribute to making a positive difference.
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities and duties:
- Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
- Chronic Disease Management
- Cervical Screening Smear tests
- Long-term Health Management (e.g. diabetic checks, asthma checks etc.)
- Wound care to patients (Ulcer/Doppler etc.)
- Implementing vaccination programmes for adults and children
- Adult Immunisations
- Children Immunisations
- Assisting GPs with minor surgery when required
Please see supporting documents for the full job description, list of responsibilities and person specification.
Person Specification
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information
- accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Able to communicate effectively and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational Health clearance
- NMC registration
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Wound care including complex dressings/removal of sutures and staples
- Compression bandaging
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Travel medicine
- Hypertension
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
- Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey Heath Community Providers Ltd
Address
Theta Building, Lyon Way
Frimley
Camberley
Surrey
GU16 7ER
Employer's website
https://www.surreyheathcommunityproviders.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
