Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Chronic Disease Management:

To provide nurse-led clinics for chronic disease management including cardiovascular disease, lung disease, diabetes and other long-term conditions

To work in partnership with patients and their carers to assess individual health needs, plan appropriate care and use every appropriate opportunity to promote health and reduce the incidence of disease

Manage programmes of care effectively through working in partnership with others, optimising health outcomes and resource use and providing appropriate support to patients.

Initiate and carry out programmes of health screening

General Practice Nursing:

To provide routine practice nursing services such as ear irrigation, venepunture, suture removal, wound dressings, ECGs and 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

To provide domiciliary nursing care

To administer drugs and vaccines via Patient Group Directions (PGDs) and Patient Specific Directions (PSDs) as appropriate.

To provide seasonal vaccination clinics

To carry out sexual health screens, provide contraceptive advice and smear tests

To identify and assess risks to the health of all new patients registering with the Practice, documenting their health status and counselling them appropriately with referral to a General Practitioner as appropriate.

To undertake diagnostic health screening, health surveillance and therapeutic interventions within a broader health promotion/public health strategy.

To develop and audit nursing standards.

To participate in the ordering of vaccines and dressing supplies

To take responsibility for managing the cold chain and daily fridge checks

To take responsibility for checking and maintaining emergency drugs and equipment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A-C GCSE English
• Adult Nursing Degree

Experience

Essential

• Ideally at least 1 years Practice Nursing experience. Newly qualified also welcome but must have passion for LTCs and Chronic diseases.

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

Gough Walk Practice

Address

Newby Health Centre

21 Newby Place

London

E14 0EY

Employer's website

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