Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Practice Nurse or just qualified Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at The Apples Medical Centre on a part-time basis, working primarily in our Treatment Room.

The Role:
Youll be working primarily in our Treatment Room, delivering high-quality patient care including wound care, immunisations, cervical screening, and chronic disease monitoringwhile working closely with our fantastic clinical team and the Sherborne PCN

Come and help shape the future of The Apples Medical Centre

Main duties of the job

• Providing assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice
• Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols.
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary;
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary
• Phlebotomy
• Dressings
• Infection Control

About us
The Apples Medical Centre is a long established three partner practice of 5200 patients within sight of both historic Sherborne Castles. We are a modern thinking Dispensing Practice, with an emphasis on traditional continuity of care. The Practice has a higher than average remuneration and a manageable doctor to patient ratio. We achieve high QOF points and our latest CQC inspection rated the Practice as Good. We have a high patient satisfaction rate and dispense to 1975 of our patient population. We commenced with SystemConnect, in additional to our Telephone consultations and Email communication. We offer of mixture of pre-bookable and book on the day

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 an experienced RGN and any additional roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.

Typical duties include:

• holding patient consultations within the surgery
• carrying out physical examinations and tests such as cervical smear
• treating wounds
• applying and removing dressings
• giving advice, education and information about stopping smoking and losing weight
• taking patient samples, swabs and specimens, and checking pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
• administering immunisations, travel vaccinations and infant injections
• writing records and keeping patients notes up to date
• assisting GPs with minor procedures.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration and active PIN

Desirable

• Minimum 1 year experience post registration.

Experience
Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of GMS Contract and QOF requirements

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).