Practice Nurse

Hartlepool & Stockton Health Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartlepool & Stockton Health Ltd; Woodbridge Practice are seeking a highly skilled Practice Nurse to support the primary care team. The role includes treatment room duties, chronic disease care, immunisations, health promotion and family planning, using Systmone to provide Personal Medical Services to practice patients.

Excellent opportunity for nurses with experience in COPD, asthma, diabetes and cardiovascular risk management in a primary care setting.

Qualifications

• Home visits to patients' homes to conduct CDM and care management.
• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by the GPs.
• Wound care/ulcer care/Doppler.
• Removal of sutures.
• Providing health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise.
• Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness.
• COPD/Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry.
• Diabetes/CHD Management.
• Hypertension Management.
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs.
• Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
• Able to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate.
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
• Cytology.
• Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
• Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection.

Responsibilities

• We are looking for a highly skilled Practice Nurse will help carry out Treatment Room duties, chronic disease care, immunisations, health promotion and family planning. They will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the Practices patients, using Systmone.
• We welcome applications from nurses with a broad practical experience in the management of long-term conditions including COPD, asthma, diabetes etc. in a primary care setting.
• If you are an enthusiastic, motivated nurse with a commitment to ongoing service provision to the patients registered with our practice we would very much like to hear from you.

Job description

This vacancy has arisen from a Practice Nurse studying towards a Nurse Practitioner qualification, supported by the practice., Home visits to patients homes to conduct CDM and care management.

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by the GPs.

Wound care/ulcer care/Doppler.

Removal of sutures.

Providing health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise.

Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness.

COPD/Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry.

Diabetes/CHD Management.

Hypertension Management.

Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs.

Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.

Able to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.

Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.

Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate.

Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.

Cytology.

Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.

Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection.

We are looking for a highly skilled Practice Nurse will help carry out Treatment Room duties, chronic disease care, immunisations, health promotion and family planning. They will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the Practices patients, using Systmone.

We welcome applications from nurses with a broad practical experience in the management of long-term conditions including COPD, asthma, diabetes etc. in a primary care setting.

If you are an enthusiastic, motivated nurse with a commitment to ongoing service provision to the patients registered with our practice we would very much like to hear from you.

At Hartlepool and Stockton Health GP Federation our guiding aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. Relationships are key to everything we do and by working with our practice members and their Primary Care Networks, as well as other local partners, we strive to provide excellent services that help people to live their best lives.

As part of this support, we are hosting this job advert on behalf one of Woodbridge Practice.

At Woodbridge Practice our approach to delivering healthcare services is innovative, refreshing and above all caring. We are committed to putting patient care first and we are looking for dedicated professionals who share our values and our passion for delivering quality care.

We provide front-line NHS services across Thornaby and Ingleby Barwick to circa 19,000 patients. We aim to make a lasting positive difference to the quality-of-care people receive and to support people to be healthier, happier and in control at every stage of their journey.