Lead Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities:

Management of chronic disease

• Identifying significant abnormalities
• Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals

Therapeutic monitoring

• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using an holistic patient-centred approach
• Recognising abnormalities
• Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.

Wound Care and management

• Assessing routine wounds including trauma
• Assessing [and prescribing] to support good wound management in complex situations (e.g. use of Doppler technique)

Patient health checks

• Identifying significant abnormalities
• Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues
• Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified

Risk assessment

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domesticviolence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems)

Health screening

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. womens and mens health, sexual health, older people)
• Undertaking monitoring tasks (e.g. smears) and providing advice as appropriate
• Providing in-depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the post-holders specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans.

Travel health

• Administering injections and providing guidance in accordance with guidelines
• Identifying problems
• Provision of specialist and evidence-based support to the team.

Immunisation (adult and child)

• Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously
• Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.

First contact

• Working independently or alongside the general practitioner and making decisions/ recommendations as appropriate.

Minor operations

• Assisting the general practitioner and/or undertaking some simple procedures

Ear care

• Providing routine ear care
• Dealing with more complex problems and prescribing if appropriate.

Mental health

• Communicating with key workers
• Administering appropriate prescribed therapies and monitoring for side effects.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Practice Nurse
• Full driving license holder
• Evidence of a commitment to continuous professional development
• Passionate about Nursing and patient care
• Confident working autonomously but enjoy being part of a team
• Skills and experience in
• Chronic disease management (Diabetes, CVD, Respiratory)
• Vaccinations and Immunisations including Travel Health
• Wound care

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

Oak Glen Surgery

Address

Eldwick & Gilstead Health Centre

196 Swan Avenue, Eldwick

Bingley, Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD16 3PA

Employer's website

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