Practice Nurse

Heaton Medical Centre; Bolton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Heaton Medical Centre is seeking an enthusiastic, well-organised, and experienced nurse to join our supportive team to provide high standard of service to our local population. The post-holder will work within patient group directions where available and deliver comprehensive care across long-term conditions, vaccinations, and health checks.

You will conduct health reviews, medications management, patient education, travel vaccinations, and blood test reporting within a training-practice

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, well organised, experienced nurse.

Responsibilities

• Conduct patient health reviews for Long Term Conditions, development of individual patient centred management plans at annual review; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals in accordance with current guidelines and with knowledge of QOF requirements and NICE guidelines
• Performing medication reviews and assessments for long term conditions
• Educate, advise and support newly diagnosed and established chronic disease management patients
• NHS Health Checks/New Patient Checks
• Assist at IUD fitting clinics
• Testing Urine samples
• Blood results reporting (training and protocols provided)
• Assessment and administration of travel vaccinations
• B12 injections
• Depo administration
• ECGs
• Smears
• Pill checks/HRT checks
• Ordering & Administering appropriate immunisation and vaccinations
• Communicating with Child Health and D of H on immunisation queries and programmes
• Maintenance of cold chain and fridge temperatures
• Collaboration of equipment
• We are a training practice consisting of 7 GP partners, 2 Salaried GPs, 2 ANPs, GP Trainees, Paramedics, Pharmacists and Practice nurses. Our list size is approximately 11,000.

Skills

Patient care

Chronic disease management

Medication review

NICE guidelines

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, well organised, experienced nurse to join our friendly and supportive team to provide a high standard of service to our local population. We perform well, both in terms of Bolton Quality Contract and QOF outcomes, and provide a wide range of enhanced services. The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available.Main duties of the job

• Conduct patient health reviews for Long Term Conditions, development of individual patient centred management plans at annual review; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals in accordance with current guidelines and with knowledge of QOF requirements and NICE guidelines
• Performing medication reviews and assessments for long term conditions
• Educate, advise and support newly diagnosed and established chronic disease management patients
• NHS Health Checks/New Patient Checks
• Assist at IUD fitting clinics
• Testing Urine samples
• Blood results reporting (training and protocols provided)
• Assessment and administration of travel vaccinations
• B12 injections
• Depo administration
• ECGs
• Smears
• Pill checks/HRT checks
• Ordering & Administering appropriate immunisation and vaccinations
• Communicating with Child Health and D of H on immunisation queries and programmes
• Maintenance of cold chain and fridge temperatures
• Collaboration of equipment
  We are a training practice consisting of 7 GP partners, 2 Salaried GPs, 2 ANPs, GP Trainees, Paramedics, Pharmacists and Practice nurses. Our list size is approximately 11,000.