practice nurse

Ivry Street Medical Practice in Ipswich has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practice nurse to join our well established team on a full or part-time basis. The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
• Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients' health and social care needs are met.
• General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
• Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
• Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
• Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
• New patient and health checks., Alongside our partners we also have a further 4 salaried GPs, advanced nurse practitioner, paramedic, 5 practice nurses and 2 HCAs. We also have regular mental health team support, with a presence on site almost daily, a pharmacy team and a weekly physiotherapy service - dedicated to back and neck support for our patients.
  
  All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:
• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Experience working within primary care.
• Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation.
• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work.
• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
  
  We are a 4 partner practice with almost 13,000 patients, operating from premises that were formerly Ipswich Hospital radiology department, which lends itself perfectly to the workflows of a busy town centre practice.