Practice Nurse

We are excited to be offering this opportunity to join our Practice Nurse Team. The postholder will join our dedicated Practice Nurse team to offer patients a range of nursing services, including but not limited to vaccinations and immunisations, wound care and treatment room services and long term condition health-checks.,

• Delivering high quality, compassionate, evidence based and person centred care to patients


• To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate


• To provide long term condition reviews for relevant patients


• To administer medication for patients in accordance with Patient Group Directives


• To request pathology services and process pathology results as required.


• To ensure that records of consultations and other interactions with patients are maintained correctly


• To deliver women's health services (e.g. cervical smears)


• To review Med3 requests and take action as required


• To review reports from GP out-of-hours services


• To support other members of the practice clinical team with nursing services including supporting clinical emergencies


• To recognise, assess and refer/signpost patients to other members of the practice clinical team and/or external partner agencies as required


• To support the practice in offering student nurse placement mentoring, coaching and teaching


• To liaise with external services/agencies where necessary to ensure the patient is supported appropriately


• To safeguard children and vulnerable adults, ensuring that concerns are escalated appropriately in accordance with local and national policies.


• To support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and the implementation of the IPC Policy taking part in audits, training and support


• To participate in supervision, peer support and professional development arrangements, We strive to provide high quality, patient centred care and at the same time prioritise staff wellbeing and development. As a nurse joining our team we will provide you with supportive annual appraisal meetings and the opportunity for you to develop your skills in a supportive and collegiate environment.
  
  The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse and will ideally have some experience of nursing in general practice. We are also particularly interested in applications from nurses with experience and training in respiratory and or diabetes care.
  
  St Marys is a large training practice serving some of the most vibrant and diverse communities in Southern England. We operate from 3 sites - St Marys Surgery, Mulberry House Surgery and Telephone House Surgery and have circa 29,000 registered patients. St Marys has served Southampton's inner city communities for over 100 years and has recently merged with Mulberry House Surgey. Now is an exciting time for our team and together we are working to develop our services for the future.
  
  £20 to £22 an hour Depending on experience and special interest/skills