Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• To provide chronic disease management clinics for patient with Diabetes
• Immunisations
• Lifestyle advice / health promotion including BP measurement, dietary advice and exercise promotion
• Assessing requirements of travellers/ offering travel advice
• Childhood vaccinations
• Simple wound management
• Administering other vaccinations
• Performing cervical cytology
• Performing vaginal examination/ taking vaginal swabs
• Family planning advice.
• Taking blood samples when necessary
• Administration of intramuscular or subcutaneous medication
• Act as a chaperone for GP physical examinations if required
• Auditing and monitoring of care of long term conditions
• Record keeping/ clinical Governance responsibilities
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous record on practice computer system for all patient contacts
• Participate in maintenance of clinical governance systems and processes across the practice

• Apply infection control measures within the practice according to guidelines
• Work within practice guidelines for safeguarding children and adults
• Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they comply with health and safety legislation
• Participate in mandatory training cervical cytology/ immunisations/ safeguarding/ infection control/ confidentiality / data protection/ fire safety/ equality and Diversity

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential
• Nurse with current NMC registration
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service
• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families.
• IT skills
• Flexibility Enthusiasm
• Team player
• Experienced primary care skills including management of diabetes
• Travel Immunisation experience
• Systmone experience

Desirable

• Travel Immunisations
• Gets on well with people at all levels
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
• Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
• Childhood Imms

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

The Long Buckby Practice

Address

24 Station Road

Long Buckby

Northamptonshire

NN6 7QB

Employer's website

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