Practice Nurse (RGN) Minehead, Somerset – Permanent, onsite £17.00 - £23.00 per hours – DOE Meridian Business Support is currently recruiting for a Nationwide Client who is seeking a Practice Nurse to work in their GP Practice in Minehead.The successful candidate must have experience of patients with a variety of long-term health conditions, be comfortable with change, able to work autonomously and keen to work in non-traditional care systems. A willingness to learn and develop their skills and undertake training relevant to their role is also essential, with an openness to support the wider nursing team.You will have a passion for supporting patients to be healthy by utilising your skills in health prevention, screening, and early management of long-term health conditions. You will strive to continuously deliver quality and safe services to a high standard. The post-holder will be expected to work collaboratively with the wider team to deliver excellent nursing care and to maximise Practice income such as QOF and enhanced service contracts.The successful candidate must:

Be a certified Registered Nurse
Have a current NMC registration
Have knowledge of patients with long term conditions
Be familiar with patient group directions (PGD’s) and associated policy
Be able to work autonomously
Prioritise, organise and manage own workload
Have a willingness to learn and develop
Be able to work collaboratively with the wider team
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

Practice Nurse Core Responsibilities will involve:

Venepuncture
Blood pressure
ECG
Height/Weight/BMI
Health Promotion
Childhood and Adult Immunisations
Wound Care
Contraception
Cervical Screening
Spirometry
Long-term condition management such as Diabetes, COPD, Asthma
Some experience of long-term condition management and cervical screening is essential.

Benefits:

NHS Pension with 20.6% Employer Contribution
25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata, if part-time), to increase with service
Extra days leave for work anniversary each year
Enhanced Maternity, Maternity / Paternity Support, Adoption pay
Family friendly employment policies
Special and Significant Event Leave
Participation in OMG’s refer a friend scheme
24/7 free access to an Employee Assistance Program run by awarding winning Health Assured
Eye care scheme – free eye test plus a contribution towards glasses
Cycle to work scheme
Training opportunities

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.

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