Practice Nurse

Role: Practice Nurse
Town: London (Client Site)
Part-time: 37.5 hours per week
Permanent: Salaried Role
Salary: £34100 - £41572 depending on experience

We're looking for a Practice Nurse to join our supportive Primary Care Team based on a corporate client site in London. Under the leadership of the Senior Practice Nurse and Deputy Nurse Manager you'll work on this prestigious client site and be given the time you need to care. This is a fabulous opportunity to take your experience in a new and exciting direction.

You will be a R egistered nurse with the NMC with a minimum of 2 years post registration.

Supported by a multi-disciplinary team and senior colleagues both within the practice and the wider group, you'll focus on the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with a range of long-term conditions, minor illness and injury, whilst identifying and actively promoting preventative health care which will include screening programmes to the practice population.

As an autonomous practitioner, you will be accountable for the care delivered and you will display critical thinking and skills in decision making in the management of patients.

In addition to your clinical duties you will embrace, support and commit to ensuring that policy and procedure is followed and that high standards are maintained and advanced on

At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.

What you'll do:

• Administer Adult/Child vaccinations under agreed PGD/PSD directives
• Participate and support patients attending for travel vaccination, with appropriate training.
• Perform opportunistic and planned health screening checks.
• Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes that promote health and well-being. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies in healthy living.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with long term conditions.
• In addition to your clinical duties you will embrace, support and commit to ensuring that policy and procedure is followed and that high standards are maintained and advanced on
• Provide a treatment service for client employees with minor injuries and illnesses including onwards referral to own GP, in-house GP or hospital emergency services as appropriate
• Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness appropriate to patients needs and evidence-based practice
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing conditions in line with the National service Frameworks.
• Participate in and promote the national screening programmes, including cervical cytology.
• Assist GPs in Family Planning procedures/chaperone as necessary for intimate examinations
• Participate in and promote the national immunisation programmes with appropriate training
• Participate in the administrative responsibilities of the practice team; including audit
• Provide support and guidance to the health care assistants and junior staff as needed.
• Support the Nurse Manager in her role on behalf of the Partners/Managers.

What you'll bring:

• Excellent patient care skills
• Ability to work independently and determine own priorities as well as work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience in Family Planning and in working in a Primary Care setting
• Audit experience
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Flexible attitude to respond to the needs of the department and business
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
• PGD, ECG, Health promotion, smoking cessation, diet, lifestyle, phlebotomy, travel health
• Sound understanding of clinical governance and safeguarding
• Completion of a Practice Nurse qualification

Diversity and Inclusion

Patients first. Colleagues always. That's the guiding philosophy behind our approach to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. We believe healthcare is built on a foundation of inclusion, compassion and respect for our patients and for each other. By working together with our colleagues we're creating a truly inclusive environment, where individual differences are celebrated and everyone can achieve their potential.

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. That's why we're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer