Practice Nurse

Job summary

This role has been advertised by Hartlepool & Stockton Health on behalf of our member practice Densham Surgery. This exciting new role will provide safe high quality primary care nursing services to the practice population. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct, the post holder will work as apart of the nursing team using previous primary care experience to provide nurse interventions.

Main duties of the job

Deliver general clinical care.

Carry our nursing interventions and measurements for patients using clinical judgement.

Administer medications by injection, with the appropriate legal authorisation.

Recognise health promotion opportunities and give brief, focused lifestyle advice using motivational interviewing techniques, which may include brief intervention sign-posting.

Undertake initial assessment of patients presenting with wounds, produce treatment plans, and refer to other services as necessary.

Measure circulation by recording Ankle Brachial Pressure Index and applying compression therapy to patients with venous leg ulcers.

Remove wound closure materials including sutures, clips, and staples.

Take samples for the cervical screening programme according to recognised standards.

Administer vaccines to adults and children according to the UK immunisation schedule.

Administer prescribed therapies such as vitamin B12 and Depo medications, recognising side effects and contraindications.

Provide sexual health services.

Advise women on the suitability of oral and long term contraceptive methods and be aware of local referral pathways.

Provide a nurse-run asthma / diabetes / COPD service to patients, to include screening, diagnosis, ongoing management, and referral to other agencies in line with NICE guidelines and Quality and Outcome Framework indicators.

About us

Hartlepool and Stockton Health is a GP federation created in 2016 to support primary care and to develop and run services across practices in our region. We are proud to say that our membership includes every doctors surgery in the Hartlepool and Stockton area. Run by and for local people, we are committed to being innovators in the field of primary care, bettering outcomes, and above all helping people.