Practice Nurse

NHS Jobs

Morden

On-site

CAD 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a community nurse to develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes, and to provide routine nursing care for patients in line with clinical evidence. The role includes identifying patients at risk of long-term conditions and delivering proactive, patient-centred care across a range of services.

The post involves vaccination programmes for adults and children, wound care, cervical cytology support, contraception services, blood tests, pathology

Job description

To develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
To implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health
To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence
To provide wound care to patients including dressings and the removal of sutures/clips
To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children and to administer vaccinations (Baby / Child / Adult)
To provide travel medicine services where within scope of practice and competencies
To undertake Cervical Cytology Screening and support with recall of the same
To provide contraception services where within scope of practice and competencies
To take blood tests where required
To request pathology services as necessary and to process pathology results as required and where within scope of practice and competencies
To undertake new patient and NHS Healthchecks as required
To provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required where within scope of practice and competencies.
To maintain accurate clinical records and ensure that snomed codes are used effectively
To maintain chronic disease registers
To chaperone patients where necessary
To assist GPs with procedures when required
To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies, reporting any concerns to the practice safeguarding leads.
To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate