Swiss Cottage Surgery Surgery is a practice, providing care to over 17,000 patients and is part of Central Camden Primary Care Network. We are a friendly, supportive 5 partner practice with a wider multi-professional team including GPs, Nurses, Pharmacists and Physician Associates and a Management team.
We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to cover maternity leave for a 12 month period from early January 2025 and join our existing nursing team consisting of a Practice Nurse and a Health Care Assistant. You will ideally have experience of working in a GP primary care setting . Familiarity with EMIS is ideal but applicants with experience in other IT applications will be considered.
The candidate will be expected to cover core nursing duties including, smear tests, child and travel immunisations, wound care, assist in minor surgery clinics, governance tasks and recall processes. Preferable also is to have experience in undertaking diabetes checks, Asthma annual reviews, COPD monitoring, Smoking Cessation and Family Planning advice experience.
We are looking for a full time position (37.5 per week) but part-time and flexible hours will be considered.
You will need good computer skills. You will be able to organise your own workload and will need to be flexible, as the role involves some administrative work, and you must be able to record information accurately.