Practice Nurse

NHS Jobs; Quarrington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a qualified nurse to provide comprehensive clinical care for patients in primary care settings. The post involves collaboration with General Practitioners and multi-disciplinary teams to ensure high standards of nursing care and patient safety.

The role includes managing chronic diseases, delivering immunisations, and providing health information to patients and carers. You will support infection control, stock management, and liaise with secondary care as needed.

Qualifications

• Provision of nursing care to patients in collaboration with GPs.
• Manage chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension.
• Administer vaccines and travel health advice.

Responsibilities

• Wound Care Assessment and Management
• Removal of Sutures
• Venepuncture
• Hypertension Management
• Immunisations, routine and childhood
• Travel Health advice and immunisations
• Cervical Cytology
• Advising on general health care and minor ailments with GP referral
• Telephone advice and support as appropriate
• Assist and chaperone other clinicians when requested
• Chronic Disease Management
• Infection control procedures adherence
• Stock, maintain and rotate supplies and equipment with HCAs

Skills

Nursing care

Wound care

Venipuncture

Immunisations

Chronic Disease Management

Patient education

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

To provide Nursing care and treatment to patients in participation with General Practitioners or independently to agreed protocols. To ensure that all nursing care delivered is relevant, of a high standard and is clinically effective and to deliver sensitive information, advice and support regarding illness, treatments and care plans for patients and their carers. Responsible for nurse management of patients with chronic disease and for developing, implementing and evaluating care i.e. Diabetes, Asthma and COPD. Provide women's health and family planning services to all patients. Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions. Work collaboratively with colleagues, networks, secondary care, ICB, and local community services and ensure that there is a multi-agency approach to planning and organising care through a multi-disciplinary approach. Access the nursing needs of patients in the surgery, the community and housebound. Provide appropriate care and treatment in conjunction with the General Practitioners, or independently, as appropriate with and according to practice policies and protocols. Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with other disciplines within the practice with appropriate regards to confidentiality. Have a range of clinical skills developed through experience and be competent to deal with the general nursing care according to practice policy and protocols and to refer to a general practitioner as appropriate. These duties will include:

• Wound Care Assessment and Management
• Removal of Sutures
• Venepuncture
• Hypertension Management
• Immunisations, routine and childhood
• Travel Health advice and immunisations
• Cervical Cytology
• Advise on general health care of minor ailments with referral to GP as necessary
• Telephone advice and support as appropriate
• Assist and chaperone other clinicians when requested
• Chronic Disease Management
• Ensure that infection control procedures are adhered to.
• Treatment rooms are kept clean, tidy and adequately stocked.
• Maintain and clean equipment used by nursing team.
• Stock, maintain and rotate supplies and equipment in conjunction with the Health Care Assistants.