Nurse

Angel Hill Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practice nurse to join our supportive nursing team, on a part time basis for 19 hours per week. We are a friendly practice, of over 14,000 patients with 5 GP partners and 5 salaried GPs. 

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.
• Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately.
• 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.
• Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
• Hypertension review and management.
• Running asthma and COPD clinics and reviews.

Please see attached job description for further details.

All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:

• A relevant nursing qualification.
• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Fundamentals of practice nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) or equivalent experience qualifications.
• Competence to undertake asthma and COPD clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.
• Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, dressing and wound care. 
• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work.  The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.

Angel Hill Surgery, situated in Bury St Edmunds, is a well-established and friendly practice in the centre of the Suffolk market town.

Our team recognises the importance of good work-life balance. We have multiple social events annually and meet daily for coffee, as part of our commitment to well-being. To assist in the well-being of staff, the surgery purchases a well-being and support service package for any member of staff to contact 24/7. We offer the NHS pension scheme which is a defined benefits scheme - 20% employer contribution.

About us:

• 14,000+ patients.
• 10 minute appointments.
• Part dispensing SystmOne practice.
• High QOF achiever & rated good at a recent CQC inspection.
• We hold a weekly education programme and, in addition, have half-day regional 'shut down' education events, around six times a year.
• There is opportunity for additional extended access weekend work if desired.
• Highly respected training practice.
• A member of the Bury St Edmunds Primary Care Network with staff assigned to the practice.
• The local Bury St Edmunds Park Run practice.

We pride ourselves on being a friendly and happy place to work and welcome informal visits and enquiries.  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

 Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.