Location: London

Practice Nurse Wanted
We are a well-established, popular and friendly practice at the heart of the local community in Hendon, London NW4, and are seeking a Practice Nurse to join our forward-thinking team.

We are a training and teaching practice on a single site that is practice-owned and have 12,000 patients with a full range of clinical and non-clinical team members. We are a major contributor to a successful and supportive PCN and have an active group of Patient Champions. We are QOF high achievers and rated GOOD by CQC with some outstanding points of note.

We offer flexible working hours and are seeking someone who can work up to 3 days a week. Experience in diabetes management is desirable and would be considered an advantage.

You will be working alongside our fantastic nursing team, which currently consists of two practice nurses and two HCAs.

Benefits include staff car park, NHS Pension and working with a well-established, forward thinking, professional team, with good standing within Barnet and beyond.

Salary is competitive and dependent on experience, and includes indemnity costs.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact our Practice Manager Mr Riz Husain on 020 8203 3849 or send an email to practicemanager.stgeorges@nhs.net.

We welcome informal visits.

No agencies.

Main duties of the job
The Practice Nurse at St George's Medical Centre is managerially responsible to the Practice Manager, clinically responsible to the Lead Practice Nurse, and accountable to The Partners.

Key Clinical Duties

• Diagnosing, monitoring, and managing long-term conditions.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness.
• Managing health promotion programs like smoking cessation and weight management.
• Administering adult, child, and travel vaccinations.
• Delivering evidence-based wound care.
• Delivering NHS health programmes, e.g. cervical screening.

Quality and Governance

• Practising within the NMC professional code of conduct.
• Maintaining accurate, complete, and contemporaneous patient records.
• Aligning clinical care with NICE, CQC, and NSF guidelines.
• Participating in clinical audits (e.g. IPC) and searches for QOF.

Health, Safety, and Confidentiality

• Complying with the Data Protection Act and Caldicott Report principles.
• Managing bodily fluid spills promptly using designated spill kits.
• Adhering strictly to local and national infection control measures.
• Identifying and referring cases regarding domestic abuse and vulnerable people.

Professional Development & Teamwork

• Actively participating in annual appraisals and clinical supervision.
• Supporting the training and development of colleagues.
• Delegating duties appropriately based on competence assessments.
• Attending regular clinical and administrative team meetings.

About us
We are a training and teaching practice on a single site that is practice-owned and have 12,000 patients with a full range of clinical and non-clinical team members. We are a major contributor to a successful and supportive PCN and have an active group of Patient Champions. We are QOF high achievers and rated GOOD by CQC with some outstanding points of note.

Experience
Essential

• 2+ years post registration experience
• Evidence of post registration training and education
• Competent time management and organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working, and a good team player.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)
• Computer literate

Desirable

• Management of patients with long term conditions and health promotion strategies
• Experience knowledge and understanding of local and national primary care issues
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Clinical Skills see job description
• Experience with QOF.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registration First Level Nurse.
• NMC Registration.
• Trained in diabetes reviews, but if not willing to undertake training.
• Trained to perform Cervical Screening, immunisations, travel clinic advice etc.

Desirable

• Completion of practice nurse foundation course or equivalent
• Other relevant specialist PN training.
• Asthma and COPD trained.

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Self motivated and enthusiastic.
• Demonstrate high levels of self-awareness, i.e. strengths and weaknesses
• Flexibility, reliability, responsive to change
• Team orientated.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Willingness to undergo education/training for both personal and service needs
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.

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: St. George's Medical Centre
Address: 7 Sunningfields Road, London, NW4 4QR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.stgeorgesmc.co.uk/

Contact: Practice Manager Riz Husain, practicemanager.stgeorges@nhs.net, 02082033849

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