Job summary
As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you will work alongside GPs, Pharmacists and administrative colleagues to provide high-quality, patient-centred care. Although based at our practice site in Clapham, you will also be part of our larger partnership (Grafton Medical Partners), giving you access to a wealth of shared expertise, ongoing training and development opportunities, career progression pathways, and a supportive network of healthcare professionals.

Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and supporting patients with long-term conditions, including diabetes, asthma, COPD and hypertension
• Delivering cervical screening (smear tests)
• Providing childhood and adult immunisations and vaccinations
• Undertaking NHS Health Checks
• Wound care, dressings and suture removal
• Delivering health promotion and lifestyle advice
• Supporting patients to manage their health and wellbeing
• Contributing to QOF, enhanced services and quality improvement initiatives
• Maintaining high standards of infection prevention and control
• Working collaboratively with the wider practice team to achieve the best outcomes for patients

About us
Located in the heart of Clapham Old Town, just moments from Clapham Common, Grafton Square Surgery is a well-established, patient-focused GP training practice serving a diverse and vibrant local community. As part of a wider Grafton Medical Partnership spanning across five sites, we combine the benefits of a close-knit practice environment with access to a broader network of expertise, collaboration, training and professional development opportunities.

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic and motivated Practice Nurse to join our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a supportive environment where teamwork, professional development and high-quality patient care are at the centre of everything we do.

What We Offer
At Grafton Square Surgery, we believe that looking after our team is just as important as looking after our patients.

We offer

• A warm, friendly and inclusive working environment
• A supportive and approachable clinical and management team
• Opportunities for training, development and career progression
• Flexible working arrangements where possible
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Regular clinical and team meetings
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and work-life balance
• The opportunity to work in the attractive setting of Clapham Old Town, close to excellent transport links, cafes and Clapham Common

Job responsibilities
To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by a RGN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate.

Job responsibilities:

Professional:

• Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection.
• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
• Running well person clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise.
• Facilitates change.
• Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
• Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear tests.
• Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines
• Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines.
• Suture removal.
• Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
• Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
• Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilizer and emergency equipment.
• Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times.
• Play a part in running extended hours clinics to improve patient access.

Managerial

• Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
• Assist patients to identify their health needs.
• Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
• Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards.
• To attend staff meetings.
• Support the Practice clinical governance agenda.
• Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines

Educational:

• Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager.
• Support others with their training and development needs.
• To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills.

Personnel:

• Maintain good industrial relations.
• Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission.
• Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules.
• Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning.
• Facilitates a learning environment within the team.
• Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues

Qualifications
Essential

• NMC registration

Experience
Essential

• Must have experience of working in General Practice

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