General Practice Nurse

Job overview

The Practice Nurse will work as part of the Practice Team at Chapel St Surgery, Lye, Stourbridge under the management of the Trust to provide nursing care to the patients in the local community in accordance with NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) code of conduct and in line with the NMC scope of professional conduct.

Chronic Disease Management would be an advantage but Childrens Immunisations, Cervical Screening, Travel Health, Wound Management and an understanding of QOF are essential requirements for this role.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work independently as well as being a good team player. The ability to work under pressure is essential.

As an EMIS Web organisation previous experience using this system would be desirable but not essential as full training would be given.

Main duties of the job

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by Nurse Lead and GPs
• Cytology
• Wound care and ulcer care
• Removal of sutures
• Travel clinic
• ECG’s
• Venepuncture
• Ear syringing
• Childhood immunisations
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• LTC management including Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension, Asthma, CVA, COPD
• Delivery of specialist treatment injections eg Prostap, Zoladex and Vitamin B12
• Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• Ability to deliver COVID Vaccinations
• Home visits
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral from GPs as appropriate
• Awareness of infection control and requirement to take part in infection control audit
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Participation in administration systems in the Practice (EMIS, CMCS, ICE, Docman)
• At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
• A duty to advise GPs of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any Nurse and Practice meetings when required
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake