Practice Nurse
Practice Nurse
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Job Description
As a key member of our practice you will be able to treat patients in your own clinic along with the support of our team of GPs nurse practitioners practice nurses health care assistants and dispensary and administration teams.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Undertaking health assessments administering medication and treatments and performing diagnostic tests.
- Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
- General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual person-centred plans for patients with or at risk of a long term condition.
- Managing and treating long-term conditions in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
- Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
- Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately to assist the patient in complex urgent or emergency situations including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception and cervical cytology consultations.
- Implementing and participating in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children including patients travelling abroad.
- Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
- Hypertension review and management.
- Running asthma COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
- New patient and health checks.
About the Candidate
- A relevant nursing degree.
- Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
- Ideally having completed the CNO002 Discovering a Nursing Career in General Practice module or the Fundamentals of Practice Nursing course (General Practice Nurse Foundation Programme) however we would still be interested in those applicants with equivalent experience or qualifications.
- Competence to undertake asthma COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews holding relevant certificates.
- Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation phlebotomy ECG recording screening management of long-term conditions cervical cytology sampling vaccinations and immunisations assisting with minor surgery dressing and wound care and recording spirometry.
- Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients their relatives and carers as well as their colleagues at the practice.
- Knowledge and experience of its application in supporting long-term conditions.
- Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
About Us
Our total practice population is approximately 7200 and we are proud to have achieved a rating of Good at our last CQC inspection.
We are a GP training and research practice and a consistent high QOF achiever.
Some benefits/areas to highlight might include:
- NHS Pension Scheme the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme
- Health service discounts
- Annual Leave: 33 days FTE
Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employment Type
Full-Time
