Bank Practice Nurse, West Essex

Exciting opportunities for Bank Practice Nurse - West Essex We are looking for Registered Nurses to support the delivery of safe high quality patient care in our new Extended Access Service in West Essex. Contracted hours and bank contracts are available. Who are we? HUC provides accessible and high quality Integrated Urgent Healthcare services to nearly 3 million patients across a range of counties, including Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Bedfordshire and Essex. When patients are ill and need the right medical attention, they use our NHS111 service to access medical advice, assessment and treatment. We also provide a range of other healthcare services to support patients including Out of Hours GP service and running urgent care centres. The Role: We are inviting applications from Practice Nurses with experience of working in a Primary Care setting and have qualifications in the management of patients with long term conditions and smear taking. Job Summary: As part of the Extended Access team, you will support HUC to deliver an evening and weekend GP service, which will be run from Epping, Great Dunmow, Harlow, Loughton, Ongar, Saffron Walden, Stanstead and Waltham Abbey. The timings across the region for these sessions are as below, but different bases are open at different times: * Weekdays : 1830-2200 * Weekends : 0800- 2000 This service offers pre-booked appointments to provide better access to primary care for patients. Clinicians working in this service will have direct access to patients notes using SystmOne or EMIS. Role Expectations: We are looking for a Registered Nurse with evidence of effective patient assessment and general practice nurse duties such as: * Cervical smears and well woman checks * Family Planning * Wound care * Chronic disease management The skills we are looking for * Infection control awareness * Relevant experience in a GP Practice * Dressing * Evidence of statutory mandatory training/willingness to attend training * Knowledge of CQC regulations * Computer literate, ideally with a sound working knowledge of SystmOne * Knowledge of QOF Current Pay Rates: * £18.70 - £22.00 midweek * £19.55 - £23.00 weekends Rates are dependent on skills and experience. Benefits of joining us: * Paid Professional Indemnity cover for all clinical work * NHS pension scheme * Perkbox staff benefit scheme * Access to Educational events Employment Type: ["PART_TIME"]