Practice Nurse
Provide healthcare to patients in general practice surgeries and clinics.
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- What's it like to be a Practice Nurse?
- How to become a Practice Nurse
- Latest Practice Nurse jobs
- Top skills and experience for Practice Nurses
- Practice Nurse role reviews
What's it like to be a Practice Nurse?
Practice Nurses provide a range of healthcare services which can include assessing, advising, educating and treating patients, as well as supporting doctors. Their responsibilities may also extend to immunisations, wound care, discussing and reviewing test results with patients, advising on preventative care and offering women’s health services. Some Practice Nurses may carry out minor medical procedures.
Tasks and duties
- Supporting doctors with immunisations, care plans and common health assessments.
- Assisting doctors with small procedures, wound care and chronic disease management plans.
- Updating patient files and records.
- Overseeing inventory and ordering supplies.
- Communicating procedures, results and care plans to patients.
How to become a Practice Nurse
To become a Practice Nurse you will need a mix of qualifications and experience.
Complete a three-year Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa Nursing Council of New Zealand-approved Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent.
Apply to the Nursing Council for registration and sit the State Final Examination.
Consider starting off in a general nursing role to gain experience.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Practice Nurse employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Nursing
General Practice
Annual Practicing Certificate
Nursing Practice
Immunisations
Wound Care
Authorised Vaccinator Certificate
Primary Health Care
Patient Care
Surgery
Nursing Council of New Zealand Registration
Triage
Communication Skills
Patient Education
Cultural Safety
Clinical Skills
Empathy
Emotional Intelligence
Computer Literacy
Time Management
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Latest Practice Nurse reviews
Jul 2024
Loved it but had to leave for practices reason’s
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Nursing
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationHealthcare & Medical
The good thingsMost enjoyable was job/task variety. Also enjoyed higher degree of nurse autonomy, working ‘office hours’ (except during covid where we did weekends to keep up). Loved the team in particular. Challeng...
The challengesBeing booked back-to-back. Having to fight for protected uninterrupted paperwork time. Having to cater for walk-ins as well as be available to phone calls anytime and all the time, even if in consult ...
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Dec 2023
Huge variety of work and experiences but can be tiresome with not a lot of reward in remuneration
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationHealthcare & Medical
The good thingsWorking with patients and getting to know them and their families and helping improve their health outcomes
The challengesUnderpaid and over worked and alwasy being short of nurses or gps
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