Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

· To undertake opportunistic screening when clinically required e.g. BP measuring, weight monitoring, new patient health checks and NHS health checks.

· To undertake wound care management, assessment and dressings in line with local policy. 

To carry out suture removal.

· To contribute to the maintenance of the Practice disease registers.

· To support patients to adopt health promotion and provide advice on lifestyle issues – promoting and supporting patients in changing any unhealthy behaviours e.g. smoking cessation, diet, exercise.

· To provide adult and child immunisations – following appropriate training as required.

· To perform urinalysis, wound or sexual health swabs as required applying infection control measures when handling specimen, bodily fluids, spillages. To ensure awareness of local Infection Control policies and adhere to this.

· To carry out ear examination and syringing – following appropriate training if required

· To perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness following appropriate training.

· Subject to experience – to undertake chronic disease management, initiate process of diagnosis in those suspected to have chronic disease e.g. diabetes, asthma – referring to other clinicians as appropriate. 

· To provide advice, support and where appropriate administer vaccination for patients travelling abroad – following appropriate training if required.

· To support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning.

· To assist senior practitioners in providing minor-surgery sessions as necessary

· To undertake spirometry and reversibility testing.

· To undertake ECGs and 24 ABPM in the absence of the Health Care Assistant and following training.

· To work alongside the Health Care Assistants to help develop their skills.

· To act as a facilitator for the Parenting Courses held at the Thurleigh Road Practice.

· To support the practice team in achieving quality indicators and targets of the GP contract including childhood vaccinations and any other relevant performance indicators.

· To work independently using own initiative and being accountable for own professional actions. Ensuring nursing practice is carried out in line with current evidence based research.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
• Current Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a nursing team
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• Experience of undertaking ECGs
• Experience in undertaking adult and child immunisations

Desirable

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of undertaking cervical screening

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Caring and respectful approach
• Flexible and co-operative
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• Ability to work under pressure and in stressful situations

Desirable

• Good IT skills

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

Thurleigh Road Practice

Address

88A Thurleigh Road

Balham

London

SW12 8TT

Employer's website

https://www.thurleighroadpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)