Permanent Practice Nurse Jobs Thirsk 2023

Permanent Practice Nurse Jobs Thirsk!

A large clinical team in Thirsk is looking to recruit a new Practice Nurse for its growing center. With a list size of over 11,000 patients, the surgery is based in a purpose-built building with excellent facilities.

Offering a diverse mix of skills across the team, you’ll be working in an interesting and varied role. The team around you will offer support and a dedicated culture.

As an experienced Practice Nurse, you’ll have skills in Cytology (ideally), Immunisations, other Treatment Room skills, and ideally Chronic Disease Management, though this isn’t essential.

 Responsibilities

  • Work alongside Health Care Assistants to help develop their skills.
  • Support the practice in achieving quality indicators and targets of the GMS contract and any relevant National Service Frameworks.
  • Undertake opportunistic screening when clinically required.
  • Perform occasional venepuncture and electrocardiography – following appropriate training.
  • Undertake wound care/ management/dressing techniques.
  • Carry out ear examination and syringing, following appropriate training and assessment.
  • Undertake male, female, and family planning assessments, give advice, and refer patients appropriately – following appropriate training.
  • Perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness – following appropriate training.
  • Administer adult and pediatric injections under an individualized prescription or Patient Group Direction, ensuring safe storage, rotation, and disposal of vaccines and drugs.
  • Undertake accredited training in specific chronic disease management as or if required. e.g. diabetes, respiratory, epilepsy, CHD, etc. following appropriate training.
  • Contribute to the maintenance of the practice disease registers.
  • Provide advice on lifestyle issues, assist and support patients in changing their unhealthy behaviors and refer them appropriately.
  • Provide an adult and childhood immunization service working to Patient Group Directions – following appropriate training if required.
  • Delivers travel health care, including vaccinations and advice for patients – following appropriate training if required.
  • Recognize the signs of child abuse, family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse, addictive behaviors, and suicidal tendencies and also is aware of local, referral procedures.
  • Ensure that current evidence-based approaches to a patient are standard practice
  • Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling laboratory specimens, disposing of waste materials, dealing with blood and body fluids spillages, and reporting and treating sharps injuries.
  • Undertake first aid and management of emergencies, eg burns, hemorrhage, hypo/hyperglycemic emergencies/asthma attacks.
  • Undertake annual training and demonstrates competency in anaphylaxis and also resuscitation techniques

 

 Qualifications

  • RGN
  • Evidence of recent Study (PREP)
  • Recognized Minor Illness. Injuries Certificate or willingness to undertake
  • Recognized Nurse Prescribing Qualification

  Qualifications

  • Knowledge or experience in Chronic Disease Management
  • The care of patients presenting with undifferentiated health problems
  • Child and adult immunizations
  • Cervical Cytology (Not essential)
  • Asthma and COPD monitoring (Desirable)
  • Family planning
  • Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Up-to-date knowledge of QOF and Enhanced Services
  • Be fully up to date in terms of clinical updates, immunizations, and vaccinations

Skills

  • Good health and fitness
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Excellent teamwork skills
  • Verbal and written communication skills
  • Well organized
  • Ability to take an initiative
  • Resilience
  • Stamina

 

Experience

  • One must be a Registered Nurse(RN)
  • NP-focused graduate master’s or Doctoral Nursing Program
  • Successfully Pass a National NP Board Certification Exam

Benefits

  • Easy application – our registration process is fast free and also easy
  • High rates of pay- £35 – £60 per hour (including holiday pay)
  • Local shift’s exclusively available to you
  • Opportunity to enhance your CPD.

Employment Requirement

Type of Employment: Full-Time, 

Working Hours: 40 hours per week

Hiring Company

To be considered for our summer recruitment round, please apply through our website link or submit your application to [email protected]. If we accept your application, we’ll be in touch to schedule an interview. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are looking for several Nurse Practitioners for a locum or permanent job in Thirsk.

Nurse Practitioner jobs on the Indeed website can be found here. Locum Meds do its best to negotiate a salary better than Indeed Nurse Practitioner jobs. Many Nurse Practitioners have jobs in Thirsk, but what would convince you to make a new move? Please call us to discuss.

Call us at 01923 594 002

 

Industry: Health

Category: Nursing

 

Date posted: February 2023

Expiry date: March 2025

 

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