Practice Nurse
Primary Care Careers
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Job summary
Old Road Medical Practiceis looking to recruit a practice nurse to join our multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
- Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
- Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
- General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
- Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
- Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
- Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
- Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
- Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
- Hypertension review and management.
- Running asthma, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
- New patient and health checks.
Please see the attached job description for full details.
About us
Old Road Medical Practice is a long standing GP partnership practice in the heart of Clacton on Sea.
Date posted
15 July 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience dependent on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
7815
Job locations
145-149 Old Road
Clacton on Sea
Essex
CO15 3AU
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Care Careers
Address
145-149 Old Road
Clacton on Sea
Essex
CO15 3AU
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)