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Nursing News & Information The information provided below may have private and confidential clinical content A day with our Nursing Associates Read More About Practice Nurses General practice nurses work in GP surgeries as part of the primary healthcare team. In larger practices, you might be one of several practice nurses sharing duties and responsibilities. In others, you might be working on your ow n, taking on many roles. You could be involved in most aspects of patient care including: obtaining blood samples chronic disease monitoring e.g. Diabetes/Asthma travel health advice and vaccinations child immunisations and advice contraception and women’s health including cervical smears men’s health screening sexual health services smoking cessation General practice nurses may also have direct supervision of healthcare assistants at the practice. Find out more Download Entry Requirements You must be a qualified and registered adult, child, mental health or learning disability nurse to work in general practice. You’ll also either need to undertake further training and education or be willing to after being appointed. Some employers may ask for knowledge or experience in specific areas eg health promotion or working with patients with long-term conditions. You could take the first step of your general practice nurse career without going to university straight away. You could enter as a healthcare assistant or assistant practitio ner , if you have relevant experience and qualifications, and further develop your skills through additional education and training before starting your degree. Find out more

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cf87fdfe-faa8-46c6-93d7-bb160304393a < Back A day with our Nursing Associates I had a lovely time working with the Nursing Associates at Peterloo Medical Centre . We have many big projects coming up, so make sure you don't miss any updates by following us and turning on post notifications. We at Primary Care Academy hope you all have a lovely weekend. Enjoy the sunshine!!

Runner Up < Back Michelle Gwynne Makes My Day Award Runner Up Michelle is an absolute joy to work with. I always have a more positive day when she is working in our team. She is always smiling, checking in on others, and provides thoughtful little gestures of kindness and well being for other members of staff... from offering to make brews to leaving messages on sticky notes for you to walk in to in the morning. Facebook X (Twitter) WhatsApp LinkedIn Pinterest Copy link

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Kickstart Employers Thank you to all who took part in our Kickstart scheme! Kickstart has now come to a close, however we are currently working on the next recruitment project. If you would like to register your interest for the next recruitment project, please email: nwch.recruitment.rha@nhs.net Play Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied

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