Practice Nurse

An exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse has arisen to join our practice, either full time or part time.

We are a large GP practice serving Ellesmere and Whitchurch in North Shropshire. The successful applicant will work within our Nursing Team across all sites and collaboratively with our wider team of clinicians and admin staff to deliver patient care., The post holder is a caring, committed and experienced nurse who will act within their professional boundaries. They will demonstrate safe, competent clinical decision-making and expert care, for patients within the general practice.

The post holder will commit to demonstrating critical thinking in the safe clinical decision-making process. They will communicate and work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures

They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of the patients, supporting delivery of policy and procedures.

There is a requirement to see extra or emergency patients and undertake home visits

We are looking for a flexible and reliable nurse with excellent interpersonal and clinical skills. We would consider full, or part time applications based on your preference, you will be required to take a fair share of extended hours evening and Saturday morning shifts.

Ideally you will have previous experience in a Practice Nurse role and be competent in chronic disease management as well as baby immunisations, cervical smears, dressings, injections etc.

We are a forward thinking GP Practice in a semi-rural location

You will be part of a large team made up of 7 GP Partners, 1 Managing Partner, 9 Salaried GP's, 2 Healthcare Assistants, 11 Practice Nurses and one Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

Our Non-clinical team is made up of our Management Team, Dispensary, Patient Services Advisors, Performance Team and Administration/Secretarial Team.

We also have a Medicines Management team consisting of our Practice Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technicians, Prescriptions Administrator and Medicines Management Administrators.

We are a social bunch at Churchmere and we like to meet when we can, whether it be boat racing on the mere, walks or celebrations!

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. Salary will be dependent on experience. Start date to be agreed although we are prepared to wait for the right person.