Practice Nurse Prescriber

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate Prescribing Nurse Practitioner with experience in Primary Care to join a welcoming and genuinely forward thinking GP Practice for 4 days per week. You'll be at the forefront of innovative patient-centred care, contributing to a multidisciplinary team renowned for excellence. Be part of a culture where continuous learning and development is the norm. Where you're equipped with ongoing support from the partners and wider MDT. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience as a prescriber in Primary Care. You will also have support from an Acute Trust, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, as the surgery is vertically integrated with this Trust, The role of the practice nurse includes the following...

• Nurse prescriber
• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by the partners:
• Cytology
• Contraception
• Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler
• Removal of Sutures
• NHS health checks and urinalysis
• Travel clinic
• Management of minor ailments
• ECGs
• Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry
• Venepuncture
• Hypertension management
• Routine immunisations and childhood immunisations
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings as required
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Interest in diabetes or asthma or coronary heart disease and contraception.
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to GPs as appropriate
  
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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings. The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge. Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital. We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team. With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be. We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.