Locum Practice Nurse (Minehead)

Job Title: Practice Nurse

Location: Minehead/Somerset

Employment type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: 37.5 (part-time)

Salary: £17 - £23 per hour (dependent on experience)

System used: SystemOne

About Role:

The Practice Nurse will play an important role in the future of the service and will be part of a wider team, who can be agile, innovative, and future focused. The successful candidate must have experience of patients with a variety of long-term health conditions, be comfortable with change, able to work autonomously and keen to work in non-traditional care systems. A willingness to learn and develop their skills and undertake training relevant to their role is also essential, with an openness to support the wider nursing team.

Note: This is a part-time job. The full-time equivalent for us is 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities:

• Venepuncture 
• Blood pressure
• ECG
• Height/Weight/BMI
• Health Promotion
• Childhood and Adult Immunisations
• Wound Care
• Contraception
• Cervical Screening
• Spirometry
• Long-term condition management such as Diabetes, COPD, Asthma
• Some experience of long-term condition management and cervical screening is essential. 

 Candidate must have:

• Registered with the NMC
• Degree in Nursing
• Substantial Practice Nurse experience
• Evidence of ongoing CPD
• Minimum of 1 Long Term Condition diploma
• Have knowledge of patients with long term conditions
• Be familiar with Patient Group Directions (PGD’s) and associated policy
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

Benefits;

• NHS Pension with 20.6% Employer Contribution
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays) (pro-rata, if part-time)
• Eye care scheme – free eye test plus a contribution towards glasses
• Access to NHS Discounts

Please Apply below or call us on 0121 270 8878.

Email us at team.admin@medicopartners.com