Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

a. To develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes

b. To implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients

c. To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health in particular to patients with Diabetes and other long term conditions

d. To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

e. To provide wound care to patients

f. To provide travel medicine services - if applicable

g. To request pathology services as necessary

h. To provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required

i. To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

j. To ensure read codes are used effectively

k. To maintain chronic disease registers

l. To develop, implement and embed well woman clinics

m. To develop, implement and embed well man clinics

n. To chaperone patients where necessary

o. To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

p. To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

q. To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

r. To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children

s. To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)

t. To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

u. To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

v. To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies

w. To understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately

x. To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Post Graduate diploma or degree (primary care)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a primary care environment Experience of chronic disease management

Desirable

• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse Experience of infection prevention and control measures

Skills & Personal Qualities

Essential

• -Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• -New patient medicals
• -Chaperone procedure
• -Requesting pathology tests, processing the results and advising patients accordingly
• -Diabetes, Hypertension, CHD Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel), Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
• -Understanding the importance of evidence based practice.
• -Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• -Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• -Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• -Understanding of infection prevention and control measures -Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• -Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• -Strong IT skills
• -Knowledge / experience of EMIS Web
• -Good communication skills

Desirable

• -ECGs
• -Venepuncture
• -Travel medicine
• -Asthma
• -Spirometry
• -Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• -Awareness of issues within the wider health arena

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

Millcroft Medical Centre

Address

Eagle Bridge Health&Wellbeing Centre

Dunwoody Way

Crewe

Cheshire

CW1 3AW

Employer's website

http://www.millcroftmedicalcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)