Practice Nurse (Family Clinic) - Carlow

Location Tullow
Job-type Permanent
Salary €25 - €27 per hour
Reference J342650
Date Published almost 3 years ago
Position : Practice Nurse (Family Clinic & Medical Centre)

Location : Carlow


Due to continued growth, of our clients Gp Practice and Medical Centre they now require an additional GP practice nurse to work full time or part time. (Job Share or Full Time), client is flexible.


Hours : 8am - 6pm (Monday - Friday with 1 hour for Lunch) Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

The successful candidate should have great interpersonal skills, computer skills and someone who enjoys multi-tasking.

• Provide day to day urgent treatment of patients
• Set up patient screening and recalls as appropriate
• Undertake professional nursing development and liaise with other health professionals as appropriate
• Maintaining Stock material and medication supplies and ensuring acceptable adequate supplies are at hand
• Work with and ensure that the IT practice software (Socrates) is up to date at all times
• Set up screening and recalls as appropriate
• Liaise with other health professionals when appropriate
• Undertake professional nursing development
• Undertake the following procedures as required - cervical smears (and be registered on the national cervical screening programme as a smear taker), vaccinations, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring and phlebotomy.
• Design and implement workplace procedures
• Overseeing billing procedures and debt collection, cleaning and security
• Address patient complaints in a compassionate and timely fashion

Educational and essential requirements:

• Qualified Nurse with a BSc in Nursing.
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft business suite.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience post nursing qualification.
• Experiences to undertake the following procedures - cervical smears (and be registered on the national cervical screening programme as asmear taker), vaccinations, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring and phlebotomy.
• Ability to work as part of a team with excellent attention to detail is essential.

COVID-19 considerations:
PPE is available at the practice for all staff.


For further information on this position please contact Brenda on 01-5136740 or email your cv in confidence to brenda.freeney@ttmhealthcare.com


TTM Healthcare is an Equal Opportunities Employer.