Fixed-Term Primary Care Practice Nurse
- Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Contract
- Part-time
- Administration of injectable medications
- Wound care (including leg ulcer management)
- Immunisations (children and adults)
- Ear syringing
- ECGs/Dopplers
- Phlebotomy
- Ring pessary changes
- Management of long term conditions (diabetes, hypertension etc)
- Administration of injectable medications
- Wound care (including leg ulcer management)
- Immunisations (children and adults)
- Ear syringing
- ECGs/Dopplers
- Phlebotomy
- Ring pessary changes
- Management of long term conditions (diabetes, hypertension etc)
- Complex wound care
- Removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- Requesting and processing pathology tests, advising patients accordingly
- Understand the requirement for PGDs
- Ability to record accurate and concise clinical notes
- Ability to work within the scope of own practice
- Immunisations
- Chronic disease management
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
- Familiarity with issues of service organisation, transformation and development
- Adhere to policies around confidentiality, health & safety, equality & diversity
- Calm and objective
- Confident, yet approachable
- Recognition of own limitations
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Non-judgemental, respectful of others privacy, needs & beliefs
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to address and work to overcome any equality, diversity and rights of service users
- Identify and mitigate potential risks to health, safety and policy
- Registered Nurse with the NMC
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures
- Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
- Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and non-verbally daily
- Practical problem-solving skills
- Accurate written and verbal communication of information
- Ability to show empathy and understand the difficulties faced by people affected by adverse life events
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to ask sensitively about information needs
- Ability to retrieve and consolidate information from a wide range of sources and in different formats
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Complex wound care
- Removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- Requesting and processing pathology tests, advising patients accordingly
- Understand the requirement for PGDs
- Ability to record accurate and concise clinical notes
- Ability to work within the scope of own practice
- Immunisations
- Chronic disease management
- Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
- Familiarity with issues of service organisation, transformation and development
- Adhere to policies around confidentiality, health & safety, equality & diversity
- Calm and objective
- Confident, yet approachable
- Recognition of own limitations
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Non-judgemental, respectful of others privacy, needs & beliefs
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to address and work to overcome any equality, diversity and rights of service users
- Identify and mitigate potential risks to health, safety and policy
- Registered Nurse with the NMC
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures
- Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
- Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and non-verbally daily
- Practical problem-solving skills
- Accurate written and verbal communication of information
- Ability to show empathy and understand the difficulties faced by people affected by adverse life events
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to ask sensitively about information needs
- Ability to retrieve and consolidate information from a wide range of sources and in different formats
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team