What to expect as a GP Nurse | UK Nursing

[@izzy181095]

I qualified in March 2020 and currently work in the acute sector but considering a Move to GP Nursing! This video has really helped me to see what its really like in GP Nursing!

[@belight4686]

Oh you're in Portsmouth!!! I was thinking of moving there from London. Do you like it there?

[@ClaireCarmichael]

Ascended Masters it’s lovely! 🥰 nice to near the sea :) xx

[@janetebisue3266]

Hello Claire, i hope you see this. I am gonna qualify soon and would like to go staright into GP practice. Is this fundamentals to primary care course organised by the GP? or is this a seperate post graduate course that I would undertake on my own? Thank you for the video

[@ClaireCarmichael]

Hey! I see you :) It’s a course at university but you can only do the course when you have a GP nurse job. The GP should find this. CCG have funding for NQN to do their training :) xx

[@janetebisue3266]

@@ClaireCarmichael thank you for your reply 💕 and will I have to do the osce exam after I qualify? Sorry if it seems like common sense question but we haven’t been told that in uni and people keep talking about it but I have no idea about it.

[@ClaireCarmichael]

@@janetebisue3266 No you don’t have any more OSCE exams after you qualify :) it’s not a silly question don’t worry. Unless you are moving from a different country to the uk and need to get your nurse registration here. Then you would do another OSCE by the NMC. But other than that, you should have any more OSCE. I’ve never done any more exams since I left uni :) x

[@sindisomnkandla1004]

Hi Claire! I qualify in August and feel very drawn to this post. Would you say it is better for one to get clinical practice within a hospital first before opting to work independently for a GP. Ps was considering doing a 6month preceptorship in a surgical ward first.

[@ClaireCarmichael]

I wouldn’t unless you really want to? But there’s no need to do that. Anyone can go into GP nursing as a newly qualified nurse 💙

[@jennalyngulifardo9340]

Hi!! I’m a newly qualified nurse 4 months in the job. I currently work in a hospital setting acute medicine... I plan to finish my preceptorship so I can get my IV, bloods, cannulation training done. And I want to go into GP nursing it’s a dream of mine. But I’m scared I feel like 1 year is not enough for me to progress into practice nursing xx

[@ClaireCarmichael]

You don’t need experience to be a practice nurse :) I went in as a newly qualified nurse. You won’t be doing IV / cannula as a practice nurse - so it’s not needed. Bloods you might do, so that’s a great skill to get :) But you will be fully trained in everything you need to be a GP nurse when you get a job in GP ☺️ xx

[@jennalyngulifardo9340]

@@ClaireCarmichael thank you so much! This comment made my day!!! Xx

[@jennalyngulifardo9340]

@@ClaireCarmichael what about the pay scale? Is it slightly higher than working in a hospital setting? Xx

[@ClaireCarmichael]

@@jennalyngulifardo9340 it depends on the GP sadly. They have control of their own funding so will pay whatever they want 😅 I’ve always been on a great wage tho where I am :) higher than the average band 5 wage in other areas. I’m more of a band 6 wage :) x

[@jennalyngulifardo9340]

@@ClaireCarmichael I also aspired to become band 6. Is the progression from band to band quick in primary care? Xx Sorry for all these questions! I’m just really interested xx

[@charlenebennett8953]

Love this video! The course that you're starting is it 1 year course? Also, do you get funding from student finance for it x

[@ClaireCarmichael]

Charlene Bennett hey :) it’s only 7 months long and you only attend 1-2 days each month. It’s not a full on course. As a NQN there’s funding for this course for us, or the GP should be funding it. It won’t go through student finance because you need it for the job. X

[@janeonwuka5370]

Thank you so much Claire. This is very helpful. I want to be a Gp practice nurse. You are doing a great job. I am newly qualified as well.

[@ClaireCarmichael]

Yay! Go for it 100%!!! 💙🙌🏻

[@janeonwuka5370]

Ok I admire you ❤ a lots. You are such a good friend

[@tunmii4721]

Can you go into general practice nursing straight after uni

[@ClaireCarmichael]

100% that’s what I did 🙃

[@IntelligentAtheism]

Hi, Claire...

[@febafrancis2427]

How much is the basic salary of a ANP in gp or hospital..?

[@ClaireCarmichael]

I’m not an ANP so I’m not sure 🤷🏻‍♀️😂 you’d have to have a look at job vacancies to get a rough idea. Also, varies depending where you work. There’s no standard rate of pay for nursing / ANP / Doctors in GP either. So just depends where you are based x

[@febafrancis2427]

@@ClaireCarmichael oh thankuuu soo much xx😍😍

[@shiviyashi892]

Wow. It was so wonderful and interesting to hear your experience of primary care nursing in the UK! I too am a new graduate nurse working in a primary care family health clinic in Canada. We do a lot of similar things but definitely some differences!! It sounds like you do a lot of wound care - I dont get to do a lot of that in my clinic here but very interested in it. Typically, I am doing immunizations, maintenance injections for schizophrenia/psychiatric disorders, smoking cessation, pap and/or well-woman exams, wart treatments with cryotherapy, ear syringing, stitches removal, assessing/treating non-complicated STIs/yeast infections, and of course some health promotion/disease prevention sprinkled in there 😂😂 We dont have a requirement of completing a foundational primary care course - most of the learning is through practice/shadowing before starting to do it ourselves (I did do a one day course in gynecological health)- but I wish we had that requirement to be honest - pretty sure I would be feeling ++ confident having done that

[@ClaireCarmichael]

shivi yashi oh wow! We do have some differences! I’d love to experience that 😬 I really love sexual health and gynae stuff but I don’t do that much here :( our primary care course is quite new (ish) too. I think previously they would train on the job and done clinic still do it that way I think ☺️ how long have you been a GP nurse for? :)

[@shiviyashi892]

@@ClaireCarmichael Yes gyne/sexual health is really interesting! Do you have the opportunity to eventually carve out your niche/start nurse-led preventative programs or clinics in your area of interest? I graduated from nursing school in August 2019 and sarted at my current place of work in November. I relate a lot to your journey! I was a second degree nursing student and went into nursing knowing that I wanted to end up in primary care 😊

[@ClaireCarmichael]

shivi yashi Yeah I can specialise which will be nice :) I love all that stuff! Just need to get this primary care course done first :) Aww that’s amazing that you went straight into primary care too! Love it! So glad you did ☺️🌻

[@shiviyashi892]

@@ClaireCarmichael I am so intrigued by what primary care nursing looks like around the world :) Good luck on your course! so excited for you :)

[@Natasha-mu4cv]

Great vlog 🤗 I definitely want to be a GP Nurse and not even started uni yet 😂 Roll on September.. xx

[@ClaireCarmichael]

Natasha Whooop! Go for it! 👏🏻💙