Practice Nurse

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Ryde

On-site

GBP 32,000 - 44,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Practice Nurse role delivering patient-centred care within a multidisciplinary team across community and primary care settings on the Isle of Wight. You will participate in a range of clinical services within your scope of practice, including treatment room duties and follow-up of care plans.

The role includes chronic disease clinics for COPD and asthma, managing long-term conditions, maintaining accurate records, safeguarding, and liaising with external services to ensure patients receive

Responsibilities

Treatment Room services
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, NICE and the NSF
To provide chronic disease clinics for COPD and asthma delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction within legislation
To ensure read codes are used effectively
To maintain chronic disease registers
To chaperone patients where necessary
To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
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

Job description

Join our team as a Practice Nurse and play a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to our diverse patient population. Working collaboratively within our multidisciplinary team, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference to patients' health and wellbeing, delivering a varied range of clinical services within your scope of practice.

Your role will include providing treatment room services, supporting the management of long‑term conditions and helping patients take an active role in managing their health. You'll also work closely with the practice management team to develop proactive approaches to care, enhance service delivery and contribute to the ongoing development of the practice.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and forward‑thinking nurse who is passionate about delivering excellent patient care, improving health outcomes and contributing to the continued success and development of our practice. The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.

Core responsibilities

Treatment Room services
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, NICE and the NSF
To provide chronic disease clinics for COPD and asthma delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction within legislation
To ensure read codes are used effectively
To maintain chronic disease registers
To chaperone patients where necessary
To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

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