Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Holistic approach to patient care

2. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes

3. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients

4. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health

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

6. Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients

7. Provide travel medicine services

8. Request pathology services as necessary

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

10. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

11. Ensure read codes are used correctly and effectively

12. Maintain chronic disease registers

13. Chaperone patients where necessary

14. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

15. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

16. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

17. Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children

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

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

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

21. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies

22. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately

Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Travel medicine
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma
• Spirometry
• CHD
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs

Desirable

• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena

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

Westcourt Medical Centre

Address

12 The Street

Rustington

West Sussex

BN16 3NX

Employer's website

https://www.westcourtmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)