Practice Nurse – Sturry Surgery
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Location
Sturry Surgery – 53 Island Road, Sturry, Kent CT2 0Ef
and
Canterbury Health Centre – 26 Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3JH
Hours – 30 hours per week
Salary – Competitive and dependent on experience
We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly, and hard-working General Practice Nurse to join our clinical team. You will work alongside our GPs, Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and administrative staff to deliver the highest quality of care to our local population.
Whilst experience working in a General Practice setting is desirable, the most important quality we look for in candidates is a willingness to get involved in our team and be a leader by delivering innovation through the care we provide.
Your main duties will be general nursing duties such as (not exhaustive);
- Wound care
- long-term condition managment e.g. asthma, COPD and diabetes
- Cervical screening
- Immunisations
- Blood tests
- Health screening
- ECG’s
Experience or a willingness to train in diabetes is essential.
In addition to this, you will be expected assist with areas of leadership, which may be through infection prevention and control (IPC) compliance, improving uptake of cancer screening and immunisations and developing of protocols to maximize QOF prevalence.
About us
We are a thriving Family Practice delivering high quality health care across Canterbury since 1965, currently looking after approx. 16,200 patients across 2 sites with a varied patient population
Our GMS practice compromises 4 GP Partners, 9 excellent salaried GP’s, highly skilled nursing/healthcare professional staff and an efficient administrative and reception team.
We are a high achieving, well organised practice and use EMIS web. We are also a teaching practice for GP Registrars and Medical/Nursing students and have 4 experienced GP Educational Supervisors that are affiliated with the East Kent Training Hub and The Kent and Medway Medical School. We foster a close knit and supportive working community and are looking to welcome a Nurse onto our team.
What we offer
- A Competitive salary
- 6.8 weeks leave per annum in first 5 years, increasing to 7.8 weeks after 5 years
- A practice that values a good work-life balance
- A flexible and supportive working environment
- Focus on training keen to support professional and personal development
Please email leah.towers@nhs.net for more information
