Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management and monitoring of chronic diseases and LTC including:

CHD, Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, RA, Dementia, Sexual Health

· To provide nursing services to patients of the practice including the development and promotion of health screening programmes, within the professional competence of the post holder. The post holder will work in accordance with the NMC code

· Provide nursing treatments to patients in collaboration with G.P.’s or independently to agreed protocols

· Child Health surveillance clinics

· Participation in National Screening and Immunisation Programmes, cervical screening, childhood immunisations, immunisation within at risk populations

· Travel advice (including immunisations covered within NHS contract)

· Visit patients where appropriate in their own home

· Maintain accurate patient records, statistics and equipment used

· To order and maintain stocks of vaccines and injectables personally administered by the Partners or Practice Nurses

· To maintain professional development and education

· To liase with outside agencies to provide a good standard of service to the Practice population

· Responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the patients you are responsible for or come into contact with

· The ability to self motivate, organise and prioritise workload

· Good communication skills

· The post holder must be in possession of a current NMC registration

· The post holder must hold a full U.K. driving licence

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered
• First level nurse
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Experience in General Practice
• Training qualification
• Respiratory Diploma
• Spirometry
• Diabetes Diploma
• CHD Diploma
• Immunisation, vaccination and cervical screening experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a practice nurse

Desirable

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Trained Cervical Sample Taker
• Trained Immuniser
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures

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

Inspire Medical Centre

Address

2nd Floor, Croft Shifa Health Center

Belfield Road

Rochdale

Lancashire

OL16 2UY

Employer's website

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