Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide care for minor injuries, dressings, including pressure bandaging and higher level wound care, liaising directly, where appropriate with community and secondary care counter-parts, escalating to a GP as necessary.

To undertake cervical cytology sampling, immunisations as outlined by national programmes and local guidelines, working closely with the nursing, clinical and admin team to create systems to identify patients who are in need of such services and promoting the service hard to reach patients.

To provide support to GPs in the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes, COPD, Asthma, Hypertension etc. by providing specifically defined clinical sessions, working closely with the GPs to manage patients overall care.

To support the annual flu campaign and other mass population vaccination programmes as needed in line with national guidance.

To act as a chaperone or similar support for other colleagues as needed.

To conduct and supervise other colleagues in anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, spirometry, urinalysis, phlebotomy, microbiology samples, peak flow and other practice-based tests as needed in the course of the care of patients. Desirable experience: ABPM and ECG

To carry out health checks in conjunction with national, local and practice initiatives, setting up and maintaining a system for identifying patients in the target group for such checks.

To provide education to patients on practice and local health services, identifying patients at risk of adverse health behaviours such as physical inactivity, smoking alcohol and other substance use referring appropriately to others if needed using protocols and standard that you help to establish.

To eventually manage and maintain chronic disease registers and work with admin staff to construct and maintain robust call and recall systems for chronic disease, cervical cytology, mammography, immunisation and other populations based health promotion and disease prevention care programmes, escalating where necessary patients who need intervention from a GP to ensure a review as appropriate, constructing and maintain care pathways where patients receive appropriate investigations and reviews by an appropriate clinician at the appropriate time interval.

To promote the health and wellbeing of patients by counselling patients on the nature of their conditions, the use of their medications, diet, exercise and other health behaviours.

To eventually establish and participate in a robust system of clinical audit in partnership with other clinical and administrative colleagues, leading in areas appropriate, such as infection control, to a nursing skill set and supporting in other areas such as medicines management.

Stay updated with the latest developments in nursing practice, attending training sessions, workshops, and conferences to enhance professional knowledge and skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN Qualification Current NMC registration Certificate in General Practice Nursing Cervical Screening Taker Childhood Imms
• Minimum 3 years post registration experience Minimum 2 years General Practice Nursing experience Clinical skills including cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccinations
• Experience in implementing protocols and clinical guidelines Experience of nurse-led management of long-term conditions
• Working with Emis Web

Desirable

• Accredited training in chronic disease management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Woodlands Medical Practice

Address

54 Leopold Road

London

N2 8BG

Employer's website

https://www.woodlandsmedicalpractice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)