Health Clinics Registered General Nurse

Job Description:

RGN - Registered General Nurse

Location: Everything Skin Clinic. Hawbank House, High Street, Cheadle. SK8 1AL

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 40 hours per week, covering shifts between 8:30am and 8:00pm, Monday to Friday, and working one Saturday in every two from 8:30am to 5:00pm.

Salary: £38,000 per annum

We make health happen

The Dermatology Partnership is a growing group of private clinics, who are trusted experts in dermatology and are now part of Bupa Health Services. We transform peoples' lives by providing outstanding dermatology care. We do this by placing patients at the heart of everything we do, striving to be the best at what we do and believe that our patients' trust is earned through the delivery of clinical services to the highest standard.

As a Staff Nurse, you will work within a dermatology team to deliver care to patients within a Clinic environment. You will participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to provide support to patients with Dermatological conditions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support patient pathways in Dermatology and participate fully in the treatment and monitoring of patients
• Supervise and demonstrate procedures for junior staff qualified and unqualified
• Assisting Dermatologists and Surgeons with a range of specialised procedures such as general dermatology and skin care surgery
• Plan and organise own workload in order to meet Clinic and patient needs
• Ensure compliance with Clinic Policies and Procedures
• Assisting in outpatient clinics
• Check referral letter, results and x-rays are available for clinical sessions
• Support the community dermatology clinic, providing education and resources to patients, their families and staff
• Perform a full skin assessment on each patient including dermoscopy where necessary
• Perform all aspects of relevant nursing care for patients including specialist dressing/bandaging techniques and the removal of sutures/clips
• Assist and chaperone patients whilst clinical examinations/procedures are being undertaken
• Assist medical staff with fine needle aspirations, core biopsies and take responsibility for the collection/labelling of specimens
• Provide high standards of care in various Nurse-led follow-up clinics including phototherapy, cryotherapy, acne clinics, PRP and related clinics, patch testing and assisting in minor surgery
• Support where and when necessary with audits, triage of results and triage of referrals.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Nursing Degree
• Registered NMC
• Significant post-registration Nursing experience
• Knowledge of patient database systems
• Phlebotomy - administration of drugs as prescribed by medical staff
• Understanding of clinical and pricing documentation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Passion for patient care and delivering an effective service
• Demonstrates a professional, confident and calm approach
• Self-motivated and able to motivate others
• Works to well established routines/procedures
• Able to develop and maintain positive and professional working relationships with all staff and patients

Benefits:

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.
• Access to Bupa Campus Clinical Training Academy to support career development.

Diversity and Inclusion

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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