Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Main Duties of the Role

Assessing Patient Needs

• Assess and manage patients nursing needs including care passed to the Nurse by the GP
• Deliver care in line with Practice Policy and National protocols

General Nursing Care

• Provide a broad range of general nursing care and refer to a GP when needed
• Duties include
  • wound assessment and management
  • pathology samples
  • hypertension management
  • immunisations
  • childhood vaccinations
  • cervical screening and new patient health checks
  • Women's health including HRT family planning breast awareness and swabs
  • health education including smoking alcohol weight diet and medication
  • telephone advice and support

chronic disease management

• support and deliver chronic disease clinics for diabetes, asthma, COPD, heart disease, spirometry and stroke
• maintain an appointment and recall system
• training will be provided to extend clinical skills

Liaison and Teamwork

• work with the wider primary care team to ensure high quality care
• support training and learning for other Practice Nurses

Record Keeping

• maintain accurate clinical records
• complete clinical templates in line with QOF and practice standards

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a nursing team.

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary Care.

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential
• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and ability to meet revalidation requirements.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Additional training relevant to General Practice nursing is desirable.

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

Rycroft Primary Care Centre

Address

Madeley Road

Havercroft

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF4 2QG

Employer's website

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