Practice Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for dedicated and compassionate Practice Nurse to join our friendly team.

Initially working on a fixed term contract over 3 days in one of our practices in Wallsend then the opportunity to join our Workforce Pool bank to cover absences in practices across North Tyneside

Main duties of the job

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:

Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients

Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health

Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

Provide wound care to patients

Provide travel medicine services

Request pathology services as necessary

Process pathology results as required

Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required

Maintain accurate clinical records

Ensure read codes are used effectively

Chaperone patients where necessary

Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children

Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)

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

Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

About us

TyneHealth was founded in 2006 and became the North Tyneside GP Federation in 2014, representing all of the practices in North Tyneside.

Together with our GP members, we deliver improved health care in the community to over 215,000 residents, by bringing care closer to patients homes.

We work in partnership with commissioners, local hospitals, the third sector and our patients to provide community based, medically-led services.